Fresh
For all its implicit misogyny, the original 1966 film version of Bill Naughton's play remains durable because of Michael Caine's career-defining performance as the cockney ladies' man.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Alfie
Is any man an Alfie? Ask any girl!
1966 · 1h 54m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Lewis Gilbert
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Alfie
Overview
A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
Director and cast
- Lewis Gilbert Director
- Michael Caine as Alfie Elkins
- Shelley Winters as Ruby
- Millicent Martin as Siddie
- Julia Foster as Gilda
- Jane Asher as Annie
- Shirley Anne Field as Carla
- Vivien Merchant as Lily Clamacraft
- Eleanor Bron as The Doctor
- Denholm Elliott as The Abortionist
- Alfie Bass as Harry Clamacraft
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Behind its alley-cat philosophy, there's some shrewd sense, some pointed barbs and a sharp moral.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Of course he gets his comeuppance, in an ending that has all the moral weight and sincerity of a DeMille sex'n'sawdust spectacular. Good performances, though.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Caine plays the sodding little spiv with a raucous charm that makes Alfie seem more interesting than he actually is.
TIME Magazine
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