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Lewis Gilbert

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Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter, who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). [1]

93 relations: A Cry from the Streets, A. H. Weiler, Academy Awards, Albert R. Broccoli, Albert R.N., Alexander Korda, Alfie (1966 film), Alfred Hitchcock, BBC Radio 4, Before You Go (film), Bill Naughton, Bosley Crowther, British Film Institute Fellowship, Cannes Film Festival, Carol Reed, Carve Her Name with Pride, Caryn James, Cast a Dark Shadow, Cosh Boy, Desert Island Discs, Dick Turpin (1933 film), Douglas Bader, Educating Rita (film), Emergency Call, Ferry to Hong Kong, First Motion Picture Unit, Friends (1971 film), Gaumont-British, Golden Globe Award, H.M.S. Defiant, Hackney Central, Harry Saltzman, Haunted (1995 film), Jamaica Inn (film), James Bond, Janet Maslin, John Stafford (producer), Johnny on the Run, Jude Law, Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival), Laurence Olivier, Light Up the Sky! (film), Lionel Bart, London, Los Angeles Times, Marry Me! (1949 film), Michael Caine, Monaco, Moonraker (film), Music hall, ..., Not Quite Paradise, Oliver! (film), Once a Sinner, Operation Daybreak, Order of the British Empire, Orson Welles, Paul and Michelle, Reach for the Sky, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, Scarlet Thread, Seven Nights in Japan, Shirley Valentine, Shirley Valentine (film), Sink the Bismarck!, Special Operations Executive, Stephen Holden, Stepping Out (1991 film), The 7th Dawn, The Admirable Crichton (1957 film), The Adventurers (1970 film), The Divorce of Lady X, The Good Die Young, The Greengage Summer, The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, The Little Ballerina, The New York Times, The Sea Shall Not Have Them, The Spy Who Loved Me (film), There Is Another Sun, Time Gentlemen, Please!, Tuberculosis, United States Army Air Forces, Victor Hanbury, Vincent Canby, Violette Szabo, William Keighley, Willy Russell, World War II, You Only Live Twice (film), 1997 Birthday Honours. Expand index (43 more) »

A Cry from the Streets

A Cry from the Streets is a 1958 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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A. H. Weiler

Abe H. Weiler (December 10, 1908 – January 22, 2002) was an American writer and critic best known for being a film critic for The New York Times.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Albert R. Broccoli

Albert Romolo Broccoli (April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996), nicknamed "Cubby", was an American film producer who made more than 40 motion pictures throughout his career.

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Albert R.N.

Albert R.N. is a 1953 British war film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Anthony Steel.

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Alexander Korda

Sir Alexander Korda (born Sándor László Kellner, 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956), BFI Screenonline.

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Alfie (1966 film)

Alfie is a 1966 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael Caine.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Before You Go (film)

Before You Go is a 2002 comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert (his final directorial effort).

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Bill Naughton

William John Francis Naughton, or Bill Naughton (12 June 1910 – 9 January 1992) was an Irish-born British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie.

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Bosley Crowther

Bosley Crowther (July 13, 1905 – March 7, 1981) was an American journalist and author who was film critic for The New York Times for 27 years.

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British Film Institute Fellowship

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established in 1933, based in the United Kingdom.

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Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Festival (Festival de Cannes), named until 2002 as the International Film Festival (Festival international du film) and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world.

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Carol Reed

Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949).

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Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British war drama film based on the book of the same name by R.J. Minney.

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Caryn James

Caryn A. James is an American film critic, journalist, university lecturer and writer.

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Cast a Dark Shadow

Cast a Dark Shadow is a 1955 British film noir suspense film directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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Cosh Boy

Cosh Boy (released in the United States as The Slasher) is a 1953 British film noir directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring James Kenney and Joan Collins.

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Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

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Dick Turpin (1933 film)

Dick Turpin is a 1933 British historical drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Stafford it starred Victor McLaglen, Jane Carr, Frank Vosper, James Finlayson and Cecil Humphreys.

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Douglas Bader

Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, (21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War.

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Educating Rita (film)

Educating Rita is a British 1983 drama/comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play.

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Emergency Call

Emergency Call is a British film released in 1952 by Nettlefold Films.

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Ferry to Hong Kong

Ferry to Hong Kong is a 1959 British melodrama/adventure film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Curt Jürgens, Sylvia Syms, Orson Welles and Jeremy Spenser.

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First Motion Picture Unit

The First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU), later 18th Army Air Forces Base Unit, was the primary film production unit of the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II and was the first military unit made up entirely of professionals from the film industry.

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Friends (1971 film)

Friends is a 1971 teen-romance film directed and produced by Lewis Gilbert and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris, and Jack Russell.

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Gaumont-British

The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation was a company that produced and distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom.

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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

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H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant (released as Damn the Defiant! in the United States) is a British naval war CinemaScope and Technicolor film from 1962 starring Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde.

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Hackney Central

Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in London, England.

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Harry Saltzman

Herschel Saltzman (October 27, 1915 – September 28, 1994), known as Harry Saltzman, was a Canadian theatre and film producer, He is best remembered for his role in co-producing the ''James Bond'' film series with Albert R. Broccoli.

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Haunted (1995 film)

Haunted is a 1995 horror film, by veteran director Lewis Gilbert and starring Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Shalet and John Gielgud.

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Jamaica Inn (film)

Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name, the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel Rebecca and short story "The Birds").

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James Bond

The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.

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Janet Maslin

Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times.

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John Stafford (producer)

John Stafford (1893–1967) was a British film producer and director.

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Johnny on the Run

Johnny on the Run is a 1953 adventure film directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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Jude Law

David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor.

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Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)

The Jury Prize (Prix du Jury) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival, chosen by the Jury from the "official section" of movies at the festival.

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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Light Up the Sky! (film)

Light Up the Sky! is a 1960 British comedy drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele, Benny Hill and Dick Emery.

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Lionel Bart

Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Marry Me! (1949 film)

Marry Me! (alternative title: I Want to Get Married Retrieved 2012-04-14) is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring Derek Bond, Susan Shaw, Patrick Holt, Carol Marsh and David Tomlinson.

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Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer, and author.

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Monaco

Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco (Principauté de Monaco), is a sovereign city-state, country and microstate on the French Riviera in Western Europe.

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Moonraker (film)

Moonraker is a 1979 British spy film, the eleventh in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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Music hall

Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960.

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Not Quite Paradise

Not Quite Paradise is a 1985 British comedy-drama directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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Oliver! (film)

Oliver! is a 1968 musical drama film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical of the same name, with book, music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart.

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Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner is a 1950 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Pat Kirkwood, Jack Watling and Joy Shelton.

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Operation Daybreak

Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the US) is a 1975 Second World War film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Orson Welles

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film.

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Paul and Michelle

Paul and Michelle is a 1974 drama film directed and produced by Lewis Gilbert, whose story Vernon Harris and Angela Huth dramatized.

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Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky is a 1956 British biographical film about aviator Douglas Bader, based on the 1954 biography of the same name by Paul Brickhill.

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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) is a drama school in London, England that provides training for film, television and theatre.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Air Force Film Production Unit

Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (typically abbreviated to the acronym RAFFPU) produced propaganda films depicting RAF personnel and aircraft both on the ground and in aerial action during World War II from 1941 to 1945.

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Scarlet Thread

Scarlet Thread is a 1951 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and produced by Ernest G. Roy.

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Seven Nights in Japan

Seven Nights in Japan is a 1976 drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael York, Charles Gray, and Hidemi Aoki.

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Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine is a one-character play by Willy Russell.

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Shirley Valentine (film)

Shirley Valentine is an award-winning 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck! is a 1960 black-and-white CinemaScope British war film based on the book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C. S. Forester.

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Special Operations Executive

The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British World War II organisation.

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Stephen Holden

Stephen Holden (born July 18, 1941) is an American writer, music critic, film critic, and poet.

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Stepping Out (1991 film)

Stepping Out is a 1991 American musical comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert, written by Richard Harris (based on his 1984 play Stepping Out) and starring Liza Minnelli.

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The 7th Dawn

The 7th Dawn is a 1964 Technicolor drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring William Holden, Capucine and Tetsuro Tamba.

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The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)

The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker and Sally Ann Howes.

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The Adventurers (1970 film)

The Adventurers is a 1970 American drama film based on the novel by Harold Robbins.

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The Divorce of Lady X

The Divorce of Lady X is a 1938 British colour romantic comedy film made by London Films; it stars Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and Binnie Barnes.

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The Good Die Young

The Good Die Young is a 1954 British film noir crime thriller film made by Remus Films, featuring a number of American characters.

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The Greengage Summer

The Greengage Summer (called The Loss of Innocence in the USA) is a 1961 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More and Susannah York (in her first leading role).

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The Little Ballerina

The Little Ballerina is a 1948 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Sea Shall Not Have Them

The Sea Shall Not Have Them is a 1954 British war film starring Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), Anthony Steel, (1920-2001) and Nigel Patrick (1912-1981).

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The Spy Who Loved Me (film)

The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 British-American spy film, the tenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond.

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There Is Another Sun

There Is Another Sun, released in the United States as Wall of Death, is a 1951 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and produced by Ernest G. Roy.

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Time Gentlemen, Please!

Time Gentlemen, Please! is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Eddie Byrne.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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Victor Hanbury

Victor Hanbury or W. Victor Hanbury (1897 – 14 December 1954) was a British film director and producer.

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Vincent Canby

Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000.

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Violette Szabo

Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – February 1945) was a French/British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross.

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William Keighley

William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director.

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Willy Russell

William Russell (born 23 August 1947) is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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You Only Live Twice (film)

You Only Live Twice is a 1967 British spy film and the fifth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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1997 Birthday Honours

The 1997 Birthday Honours were announced on 14 June 1997 for the United Kingdom and on 2 June 1997 for New Zealand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gilbert

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