Wolf Mankowitz

Wolf Mankowitz

1924-11-07 London, England 20 Credits

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Almonds and Raisins

Almonds and Raisins

1985

Writer

Writing

This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in ...

The Battle of Sutjeska

The Battle of Sutjeska

1973

Writer

6.3
Writing

The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The Partisans have no choice but to fight their way out of the e...

The Hireling

The Hireling

1973

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite an...

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

1971

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel beautifully comes to life in this family drama set in England. Told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself, t...

Bloomfield

Bloomfield

1970

Screenplay, Producer

5.1
Writing Producing

An aging soccer player has a part-time girlfriend, a young fan, and doubts about throwing a game.

The 25th Hour

The 25th Hour

1967

Writer

7.7
Writing

A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's gove...

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...

Where the Spies Are

Where the Spies Are

1966

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is co...

Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962

Writer

4.8
Writing

General Fitzhugh, an ageing Lothario has an over-active eye for a pretty woman. Despite a long and satisfying career as a seducer extraordinaire, some...

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961

Writer

6.8
Writing

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world aft...

The Long and the Short and the Tall

The Long and the Short and the Tall

1961

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the r...

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

1960

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jek...

The Millionairess

The Millionairess

1960

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in l...

Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo

1959

as Sandwich Man

5.4
Acting

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.

Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo

1959

Writer, Screenplay

5.4
Writing

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.

Trapeze

Trapeze

1956

Writer

6.3
Writing

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a ...

The Bespoke Overcoat

The Bespoke Overcoat

1955

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garm...

A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings

1955

Novel, Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tel...

Make Me an Offer!

Make Me an Offer!

1954

Novel

6.7

A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of othe...

One Pair Of Eyes - Who Are The Cockneys Now?

One Pair Of Eyes - Who Are The Cockneys Now?

N/A

as Self

Acting

Georgia Brown revisits her childhood home in Whitechapel and notes the fading presence of the Jewish immigrant community. Brown discusses the area's i...