Guy Hamilton

Mervyn Ian ​Guy Hamilton, DSC (September 16, 1922 – April 20, 2016) was an English film director. Hamilton was born in Paris, France where his English parents were living. Remaining in France during the Nazi occupation, he was active in the French Resistance. After the end of the war, he worked as an assistant to Carol Reed on films including The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949), before turning to directing with his first film The Ringer in 1952. He made 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four installments of the James Bond series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming. He was married at one time to actress Naomi Chance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Battle of Britain (1969)

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Harry Andrews  •  Michael Caine  •  Trevor Howard  •  Curd Jürgens

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Harry Andrews  •  Michael Caine  •  Trevor Howard  •  Curd Jürgens

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Joel Grey  •  Wilford Brimley  •  George Coe  •  J.A. Preston

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Joel Grey  •  Wilford Brimley  •  George Coe  •  J.A. Preston

The Colditz Story (1955)

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  John Mills  •  Christopher Rhodes  •  Ian Carmichael  •  Eric Portman

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  John Mills  •  Christopher Rhodes  •  Ian Carmichael  •  Eric Portman

The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Angela Lansbury  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Tony Curtis  •  Edward Fox

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Angela Lansbury  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Tony Curtis  •  Edward Fox

Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Robert Shaw  •  Barbara Bach  •  Edward Fox

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Robert Shaw  •  Barbara Bach  •  Edward Fox

Manuela (1957)

James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Trevor Howard  •  Elsa Martinelli  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Donald Pleasence

James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Trevor Howard  •  Elsa Martinelli  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Donald Pleasence

Live and Let Die (1973)

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James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Seymour  •  Clifton James

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Seymour  •  Clifton James

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Christopher Lee  •  Britt Ekland  •  Maud Adams

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Christopher Lee  •  Britt Ekland  •  Maud Adams

Evil Under the Sun (1982)

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An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Peter Ustinov  •  Jane Birkin  •  Nicholas Clay  •  Maggie Smith

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Peter Ustinov  •  Jane Birkin  •  Nicholas Clay  •  Maggie Smith

The Party's Over (1965)

This once controversial British movie that was filmed in ‘62 but released in ‘65 involves the fiancé of a depressed American heiress searching for her whereabouts amongst the Chelsea “beatnik” scene. Answers are hard to come by from the nihilistic hedonist youth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Oliver Reed  •  Clifford David  •  Ann Lynn  •  Louise Sorel

This once controversial British movie that was filmed in ‘62 but released in ‘65 involves the fiancé of a depressed American heiress searching for her whereabouts amongst the Chelsea “beatnik” scene. Answers are hard to come by from the nihilistic hedonist youth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Oliver Reed  •  Clifford David  •  Ann Lynn  •  Louise Sorel

The Best of Enemies (1961)

During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the Italians, lots of problems ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  David Niven  •  Alberto Sordi  •  Michael Wilding  •  Amedeo Nazzari

During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the Italians, lots of problems ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  David Niven  •  Alberto Sordi  •  Michael Wilding  •  Amedeo Nazzari

Try This One for Size (1989)

The story (based on a novel by James Hadley Chase) concerns the efforts of the genial and deceptively tentative Lepski (Michael Brandon), an insurance company detective, to track down a valuable medieval Russian icon, which was stolen by Bradley (David Carradine), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Michael Brandon  •  David Carradine  •  Arielle Dombasle  •  Guy Marchand

The story (based on a novel by James Hadley Chase) concerns the efforts of the genial and deceptively tentative Lepski (Michael Brandon), an insurance company detective, to track down a valuable medieval Russian icon, which was stolen by Bradley (David Carradine), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Michael Brandon  •  David Carradine  •  Arielle Dombasle  •  Guy Marchand

Man in the Middle (1964)

In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  France Nuyen  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Trevor Howard

In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  France Nuyen  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Trevor Howard

The Ringer (1952)

An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Herbert Lom  •  Donald Wolfit  •  Mai Zetterling  •  Greta Gynt

An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Herbert Lom  •  Donald Wolfit  •  Mai Zetterling  •  Greta Gynt

A Touch of Larceny (1960)

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  James Mason  •  George Sanders  •  Vera Miles  •  Robert Flemyng

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  James Mason  •  George Sanders  •  Vera Miles  •  Robert Flemyng

Charley Moon (1956)

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Max Bygraves  •  Dennis Price  •  Michael Medwin  •  Florence Desmond

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Max Bygraves  •  Dennis Price  •  Michael Medwin  •  Florence Desmond

The Intruder (1953)

When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief escapes, Merton tries to contact former members of the regiment, in order to find out what set the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Michael Ripper  •  Jack Hawkins  •  Hugh Williams  •  Michael Medwin

When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief escapes, Merton tries to contact former members of the regiment, in order to find out what set the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Michael Ripper  •  Jack Hawkins  •  Hugh Williams  •  Michael Medwin

An Inspector Calls (1954)

Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Jane Wenham  •  Brian Worth  •  Eileen Moore

Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Jane Wenham  •  Brian Worth  •  Eileen Moore

Goldfinger (1964)

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Honor Blackman  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Shirley Eaton

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Honor Blackman  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Shirley Eaton

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Jill St. John  •  Charles Gray  •  Lana Wood

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Jill St. John  •  Charles Gray  •  Lana Wood
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