A - Z British Films - 1960's

A

Michael Caine is a womanizing cockney chauffeur

B

Joy and George Adamson raise Elsa the lioness

C

"Infamy, infamy. They've all got it in for me!"

D

Kubrick's dark political satire. President Merkin Muffley and others, are in a race to prevent a nuclear bomb being dropped on the USSR

E

Lawrence Olivier plays Archie Rice, a fading music hall act

F

Starring Sean Connery, the follow up to Dr. No

G

Romantic comedy set in "swinging London" Theme song was a hit for The Seekers

H

Boulting Brothers comedy starring Peter Sellers as a vicar in the prosperous town of Orbiston Parva

I

Lindsay Anderson's satire of English public school life

J

Black and white crime drama set in Brighton. Jack Warner is the senior detective when a woman with the initials C.S. is murdered

K

A boy, a falcon, a malevolent games master...

L

Based on the autobiographical 'Seven Pillars Of Wisdom', this movie won best film Oscar in 1963

M

Historical drama portraying the final years of Thomas More.

N

Hammer Horror psychological drama starring Bette Davis. Ten year old Joey returns to the family home with "an intense dislike of middle aged women"

O

Musical based on a Dickens novel

P

Maggie Smith won an Oscar for her portrayal of a teacher at an all girls school in Edinburgh.

Q

Science fiction story from Hammer Films. A five million year old skeleton, and a mysterious object are dug up in London Underground. Could the human race be descended from Martians...

R

Graham Merrill and his pet otter move from London to a cottage on the Scottish coast.

S

In the week Arthur Seaton is a machinist at the Raleigh factory. At the weekend he's a womanizing hard drinker out for a good time...

T

Rugby League film drama starring Richard Harris.

U

Kitchen sink drama based on Nell Dunn's book of the same title. Features Dennis Waterman, Adrienne Posta and Suzy Kendall

V

Sci-Fi movie based on John Wyndham's 'The Midwich Cuckoos'

W

World War ll action movie. MI6 officers assemble a commando team for a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood star.

Y

British comedy musical starring Cliff Richard. Title later used for an anarchic 80's sitcom.

Z

Epic historical drama depicting the 1879 Battle Of Rorke's Drift. Featured Michael Caine in his first major role.