Alfie

"Is any man an Alfie? Ask any girl!"

1966 1h 54m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 240

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.

“Is any man an Alfie? Ask any girl!”

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Cast

Michael Caine
Alfie Elkins
Shelley Winters
Ruby
Millicent Martin
Siddie
Julia Foster
Gilda
Jane Asher
Annie
Shirley Anne Field
Carla
Vivien Merchant
Lily Clamacraft
Eleanor Bron
The Doctor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writers: Bill Naughton
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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60 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Alfie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lewis Gilbert, shot by Otto Heller. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sonny Rollins. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Thelma Connell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Michael Caine and Shelley Winters and Millicent Martin carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Is any man an Alfie? Ask any girl!".

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0060086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Lewis Gilbert directs. Otto Heller behind the camera. Sonny Rollins scores. Thelma Connell cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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160 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Alfie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Lewis Gilbert, shot by Otto Heller. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Sonny Rollins. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Thelma Connell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Michael Caine and Shelley Winters and Millicent Martin carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Is any man an Alfie? Ask any girl!".
8IMDB entry: tt0060086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "london, england", "based on play or musical", "womanizer", "playboy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Otto Heller
Original score: Sonny Rollins
Editing: Thelma Connell
Makeup / hair: Freddie Williamson
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Alfie (1966)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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Part of

Alfie Collection

The film tells the story of a young man who leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life. Alfie Darling is a 1975 British comedy drama film directed by Ken Hughes. It is the sequel to the 1966 film Alfie. This time Alan Price takes over Michael Caine's role of Alfie. It based on the novel of the same name by Bill Naughton (who wrote the play upon which the first film was based).

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wizzardss2021-02-17
★ 8/10
In his younger years it would be fair to say that Michael Caine was typecast as a rough-and-ready Cockney. Whether that was agent Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File or the efficacious Charlie Croker in The Italian Job, Caine became Britain's greatest self parody of a bygone era. In Alfie, Caine plays the eponymous character, a womanising lad-about-town who cares more about with who he'll be sleeping with than where he'll be sleeping that evening. The ladies - and there are more than a few - are often discarded as, literal, objects of desire, but as Alfie comes to learn, actions will eventually have consequences. When watched through a contemporary lens, there is something both creepy and despicable about Alfie - if any modern man behaved the way that Alfie does, he would rightly be lambasted by the #MeToo movement. But then, this is both the sexually liberating 1960's and Alfie never claims to want to be admired or looked up to. It would be easy to say that he treats all the women badly, but there is an argument that it is the men who usually come off worse, whether he is charming another man's wife into bed, or demanding so much attention that a perfectly respectable man is barely noticed. In fact, there are moments when Alfie's moral side appears to shine through as he suddenly become repentant of his actions, and it is impossible not to feel sorry for him. With Caine often breaking the fourth wall and delivering Alfie's inner monologues, you quickly realise that you - the viewer - are also being cleverly manipulated. Through clever writing and Caine's irresistible roguish charm, Alfie is a multi-layered comedy with an exceptionally important moral message.
CinemaSerf2024-09-02
★ 7/10
Michael Caine is a bit too convincing as the sleazy, London man-about-town who only cares about having a beautiful girl on his arm (and in his bed). It isn't so much that he's a misogynist, more that sees women in only one linear fashion and as he has no use for them - or anyone else, for that matter, unless it is for his own immediate gratification. The narrative of the film takes us on his slow journey of self-realisation; he starts to comprehend the shallowness of his existence and embarks on his own yellow brick road to maturity. There are some great supporting contributions from Shelley Winters and Denholm Elliott and a cast of glamorous 1960s British models to lend credence to his hedonistic lifestyle. It is hard to watch 50-odd years later; the character is so odious - but that is testament to good acting and a novel - intimate - creative style of directing from Lewis Gilbert. Sonny Rollins turns out a great score too.