Violette Bushell is the daughter of an English father and a French mother, living in London in the early years of World War II. Read More »
Tag Archives: Lewis Gilbert
A Cry from the Streets (1958) Lewis Gilbert, Max Bygraves, Barbara Murray, Colin Petersen
Max Bygraves and Barbara Murray star in this hard-hitting and bittersweet story about London’s unwanted children – and the good people trying to help them. Read More »
Loss of Innocence / The Greengage Summer (1961) Lewis Gilbert, Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York, Comedy, Drama, Romance
When she arrives in the French region of Champagne in the company of her mother, her two sisters and her brother, sixteen-year-old Joss Grey is still just a teen-ager. Read More »
Light Up the Sky! (1960) Lewis Gilbert, Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele, Benny Hill, Comedy, Drama
Lewis Gilbert’s classic comedy drama portrays the antics of a British Army Searchlight Squad during World War II. Read More »
The 7th Dawn (1964) Lewis Gilbert, William Holden, Susannah York, Capucine, Adventure, Drama, War
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
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Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) Lewis Gilbert, Curd Jürgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Action, Adventure, Drama
Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He’s sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. Conrad’s papers are out of order and Macao refuses him entry. Unable to go ashore, Conrad is a permanent passenger on the ferry with Hart, who detests him. It’s all one long, lazy voyage for Conrad until one fateful trip when an encounter with a typhoon and pirates forces Conrad to choose between an aimless drifter’s life and becoming a man again.
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