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Films with screenplays by Wolf Mankowitz
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The list Films with screenplays by Wolf Mankowitz includes
Casino Royale, Trapeze, The Millionairess, The 25th Hour and Treasure Island.
The list consists of 20 members.
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Wolf Mankowitz
English novelist and screenwriter
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Casino Royale
1967 James Bond spy comedy film
Overview: Casino Royale is a 1967 spy parody film originally distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming; the first novel to feature the character James ...
Release date: 29 December 1966Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure, ThrillerDirector: Val Guest, Ken HughesProducer: Jerry Bresler, John DarkWriter: Wolf Mankowitz, John LawIn an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
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Trapeze
1956 film by Carol Reed
Overview: Trapeze is a 1956 American circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. The film is based on Max Catto's 1950 novel The Killing Frost, with an adapted ...
Release date: 30 May 1956Genre: DramaDirector: Carol ReedProducer: Harold Hecht, James HillWriter: Max Catto, Liam O'BrienA crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful ... 0
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The Millionairess
1960 film
Overview: The Millionairess is a 1960 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith, and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers. Set in London, it is a loose adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 1936 ...
Release date: 18 October 1960Genre: Drama, Comedy, RomanceDirector: Anthony AsquithProducer: Dimitri De Grunwald, Pierre RouveWriter: George Bernard Shaw, Riccardo AragnoA millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents. 0
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A Kid for Two Farthings
1955 British film
Overview: A Kid For Two Farthings is a 1955 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his 1953 novel of the same name. The title is a reference to the ...Release date: 5 May 1955Genre: Family, Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, SportDirector: Carol ReedProducer: Wolf Mankowitz, Carol ReedIn a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy... 0
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The 25th Hour
1967 French film
Overview: The 25th Hour (French: La Vingt-cinquième Heure) is a 1967 anti-war drama film directed by Henri Verneuil, produced by Carlo Ponti and starring Anthony Quinn and Virna Lisi. The film is based on the b ...
Release date: 16 February 1967Genre: Drama, WarDirector: Henri VerneuilProducer: Carlo Ponti, Simon SchiffrinWriter: Henri Verneuil, François BoyerIn World War II, a Romanian gentile peasant is denounced by the village gendarme and sent to a concentration camp for Jews where, due to an error, he's ... 0
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Treasure Island
1972 live-action film adaption of Treasure Island
Overview: Treasure Island is a 1972 adventure film, based on the 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film stars Orson Welles as Long John Silver (albeit later dubbed by a different actor), Kim Burfield as ...Release date: 30 October 1972Genre: Adventure, FamilyDirector: John Hough, Andrea BianchiProducer: Artur Brauner, George DavisWriter: Wolf Mankowitz, Orson WellesYoung Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates. 0
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 British science fiction disaster film directed by Val Guest
Overview: The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a 1961 British science fiction disaster film directed by Val Guest and starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its ...
Release date: 23 November 1961Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, RomanceDirector: Val GuestProducer: F. Sherwin Green, Val GuestWriter: Wolf Mankowitz, Val GuestWhen the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth. 0
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The Battle of Sutjeska
1973 film by Stipe Delić
Overview: Battle of Sutjeska (also known as The Fifth Offensive) is a 1973 Yugoslav partisan film directed by Stipe Delić. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Sutjeska, the greatest engagement of the Yugoslav ...Release date: 1 July 1973Genre: Drama, WarDirector: Stipe DelicCast: Richard Burton, Ljuba Tadic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Irene Papas, Milena Dravic, Bert SotlarProducer: Nikola PopovicWriter: Branimir Scepanovic, Sergey BondarchukIn 1943, 20 000 Yugoslav partisans led by Tito find themselves encircled by 120 000 well-armed Axis troops in the mountains of Bosnia and must break-out ... 0
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The Assassination Bureau
1969 British film
Overview: The Assassination Bureau Limited (also known The Assassination Bureau in the United States) is a 1969 British Technicolor black comedy adventure film, produced by Michael Relph, directed by Basil Dearden ...
Release date: 10 March 1969Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, ThrillerDirector: Basil DeardenProducer: Charles Orme, Michael RelphWriter: Michael Relph, Jack LondonA woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge. 0
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960 British film by Terence Fisher
Overview: The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (also known as Doctor Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. U.S. titles: House of Fright and Jekyll's Inferno) is a 1960 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Paul Massie ...Release date: 24 October 1960Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, RomanceDirector: Terence FisherProducer: Michael Carreras, Anthony Nelson KeysWriter: Wolf Mankowitz, Robert Louis StevensonDr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. 0
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Expresso Bongo
1959 British film by Val Guest
Overview: Expresso Bongo is a 1959 British drama musical film directed by Val Guest, shot in uncredited black & white Dyaliscope and starring Laurence Harvey, Cliff Richard, and Yolande Donlan. It was written by ...Release date: 1 December 1959Genre: Music, Drama, MusicalDirector: Val GuestCast: Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard, Meier Tzelniker, Ambrosine PhillpottsProducer: Val Guest, Jon PeningtonWriter: Wolf Mankowitz, Julian MoreJohnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house, but their exploitative deal leads to a bad relationship ... 0
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Black Beauty
1971 film
Overview: Black Beauty is a 1971 British drama film directed by James Hill and starring Walter Slezak, Mark Lester, Uschi Glas, Patrick Mower and John Nettleton. It was written by Wolf Mankowitz based on Anna S ...Release date: 1 April 1971Genre: Family, Drama, AdventureDirector: James HillProducer: Artur Brauner, James Hill 0
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Where the Spies Are
1965 British film
Overview: Where the Spies Are is a 1965 British comedy adventure film directed by Val Guest and starring David Niven, Françoise Dorléac, John Le Mesurier, Cyril Cusack and Richard Marner. It was based on the 1964 ...Release date: 1 May 1965Genre: Comedy, Adventure, ActionDirector: Val GuestProducer: F. Sherwin Green, Val GuestWriter: James Leasor, Wolf Mankowitz 0
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The Hero
1971 film
Overview: Bloomfield (released in the United States as The Hero) is a 1971 British-Israeli drama film directed by Richard Harris and Uri Zohar. It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.Release date: 1 June 1971Genre: DramaDirector: Richard Harris, Uri ZoharProducer: Joseph Gross, Richard HarrisRichard Harris portrays Eitan, yesterday's football hero waiting for tomorrow. A man who has nothing left but guts... 0
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Jungle Fighters
1961 British film
Overview: The Long and the Short and the Tall (released as Jungle Fighters in the US and Canada) is a 1961 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey and Richard Harris ...Release date: 28 February 1961Genre: Drama, WarDirector: Leslie NormanProducer: Michael Balcon, Hal MasonWriter: Willis Hall, Wolf MankowitzIn 1942, a group of British soldiers is sent on a mission in the Malaysian jungle and gets lost into the Japanese controlled zone. 0
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Waltz of the Toreadors
1962 British film
Overview: Waltz of the Toreadors (also known as The Amorous General) is a 1962 film directed by John Guillermin and starring Peter Sellers and Dany Robin. It was based on the play of the same name by Jean Anouilh ...Release date: 12 April 1962Genre: ComedyDirector: John GuillerminProducer: Jean Anouilh, Lucienne HillThis is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs... 0
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The Hireling
1973 film directed by Alan Bridges
Overview: The Hireling is a 1973 British drama film directed by Alan Bridges, based on a 1957 novel of the same title by L. P. Hartley, which starred Robert Shaw and Sarah Miles. It tells the story of a chauffeur ... 0
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The Bespoke Overcoat
1956 film
Overview: The Bespoke Overcoat is a 1956 British black and white short film directed by Jack Clayton, based on a 1953 play of the same name by Wolf Mankowitz. The story is an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's short ...Release date: 7 October 1956Genre: Short, Drama, FantasyDirector: Jack ClaytonProducer: Nikolai Gogol, Wolf MankowitzFender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own... 0
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Make me an Offer!
1954 British film by Cyril Frankel
Overview: Make Me an Offer (also known as Make Me an Offer!) is a 1954 Eastmancolor British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Peter Finch, Adrienne Corri, Rosalie Crutchley and Finlay Currie. It ...
Release date: 1 December 1954Genre: ComedyDirector: Cyril FrankelCast: Peter Finch, Adrienne Corri, Rosalie Crutchley, Finlay Currie, Meier Tzelniker, Ernest ThesigerProducer: W.P. LipscombWriter: Wolf Mankowitz, W.P. LipscombCharlie as a boy on a trip to the local museum, falls in love with a green portland vase (wedgewood)... 0
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