Alfie
Alfie is a 1966 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael Caine. It is an adaptation by Bill Naughton of his own 1966 novel and 1963 play of the same name. The film was released by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
A handsome Cockney, self-centered, narcissistic chauffeur in London named Alfred (Alfie) Elkins enjoys the sexual favours of married and single women, while avoiding any commitment. He ends an affair with a married woman, Siddie, just as he gets his submissive single girlfriend, Gilda, pregnant. Alfie thinks nothing of pilfering fuel and money from his employer, and tells Gilda to do the same. Although Alfie refuses to marry Gilda and cheats on her constantly, Gilda decides to have the child, a boy named Malcolm Alfred, and keep him rather than give him up for adoption.
Awards
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| author | Bill Naughton |
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| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Lewis Gilbert |
| editor | Thelma Connell |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | barroom brawl black eye break bus conductor cheat church cockney family man fear of death fresh start illegal abortion married woman mental breakdown nothing one-night stand sheffield single girl steal tower of london tubercular shadows on his lungs tuberculosis |
| musicBy | Sonny Rollins |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Lewis Gilbert |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | London |
| theme | romantic comedy |