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Lewis Gilbert has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1990s.
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Funny Girl
1968
Comedy · Drama

Irma la Douce
1963
Romance · Comedy

Brancaleone at the Crusades
1970
Comedy · Adventure

Thunderball
1965
Adventure · Action

Goldfinger
1964
Adventure · Action

The White Sun of the Desert
1969
Action · Drama

Marriage Italian Style
1964
Drama · Romance

Cartouche
1962
Adventure · Comedy

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama
A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner

Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews