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Alvin Rakoff (February 6, 1927 – October 12, 2024) was a Canadian director of film, television and theatre productions. He worked with actors including Laurence Olivier , Peter Sellers , Sean Connery , Judi Dench , Rex Harrison , Rod Steiger , Henry Fonda and Ava Gardner .
Alvin Rakoff, Canadian filmmaker who helped launch the careers of actors Sean Connery and Alan Rickman, has died. He was 97. On Oct. 12, the legendary director passed away in his home in Chiswick ...
Canadian director, writer and producer Alvin Rakoff, best known for directing Laurence Olivier in “A Voyage Round My Father,” has died at the age of 97. The cause of death was “old age ...
Hoffman is a 1970 British drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Peter Sellers, Sinéad Cusack, Ruth Dunning and Jeremy Bulloch. [3] It is the tale of an older man who blackmails an attractive young woman into spending a week with him in his flat in London, hoping that she will forget her crooked fiancé and fall in love with him instead.
Pages in category "Films directed by Alvin Rakoff" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Say Hello to Yesterday is a 1971 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Jean Simmons and Leonard Whiting. It was written by Rakoff and Peter King, based on an original story by Rakoff and Ray Mathew. The film covers ten hours in the life of a suburban housewife.
The Face of Love is a 1954 BBC TV movie produced and directed by Alvin Rakoff, and adapted from Troilus and Cressida as a modern-language and modern-dress drama [1] by Ian Dallas, a RADA graduate later better known as a scholar of sufism. This was only Dallas' second play, but won him a contract with BBC, where he stayed till the mid-60s. [2]
Jackie Is One of the Highest Paid Actors in the World. Back in 2016, Jackie Chan was the second highest-paid actor in the entire world, according to Forbes which said he made $61 million thanks to ...