Always loved this film the older version from 1966, Michael Caine was superb for the part of Alfie,as he was born in London and a cockney I think,so he was totally suited to this role,this is my favourite of his movies,amazing actor
Not a cockney. He was born in South London. A true Cockney is born within the sound of the Bow Bells from St Mary Le Bow Church. Although most people from East London are considered Cockneys.
A gem of a film that is still 100% relevant today. Also valuable as a look at the way our parents (if you are aged 40-50) used to live. And one of Michael's best performances!
I'm an American in my 50s and have not watched many movies over the years,especially those churned out by Holly wood. This film amazed me when I watched it so many years ago. I rented it and watched it with my son when he was a teenager,about 10 years ago. He was so very impressed by it too. We love how the story begins and ends with the little stray dog. "Alfie" 1966 is truly unique among films and what an excellent actor Michael Caine has always been!
Yes it’s pretty unique, funny on one level but brutal on another. As a teenager in the 70s, before discovering that women were human beings, I found it outrageously hilarious, until the end which was sordid, squalid and depressing. A cautionary tale, you might say,
Calling women "it" seems a bit strong now but poor old Alfie gets his comeuppance. It's actually a very radical film for 1966. We woz cutting edge back then.
Indeed! This film reminds me of many many good times when I lived in Cambridge, where I saw it and enjoyed it. That WAS fun. How lucky we were to live in that golden period of the 20th century: future had a future then...! The new version is a pale copy of "that special atmosphere" gone for ever. The "plot" has never changed however!
I saw this film for the first (& only time until now) when I was in secondary school. It broke me up. I survived it better this time. Many years later. How sensitive we are when we are young. We usually have no idea. But seeing this again, I recall all the terrible moments for me then. They are still terrible, but abit muted , w a glint of humour slipping through the cracks left by the breaking. I didn't recall the film being so moralistic either, altho' What's it all about? is THE question all right.
Yeah, it hurts, especially as a young man, It shatters your perception of what relationships and love are, it's a huge dose of realism and the true human nature of both men and women. That's why this movie is brilliant. One must face the realities of life instead of running away from them.
Indeed! This film reminds me of many many good times when I lived in Cambridge, where I saw it and enjoyed it. That WAS fun. How lucky we were to live in that golden period of the 20th century: future had a future then...!
Caine is brilliant in this role; Denholm Elliot as the abortionist and the blokes who play Humphrey and Lily's husband are also fantastic. British realism at its best.
Indeed! This film reminds me of many many good times when I lived in Cambridge, where I saw it and enjoyed it. That WAS fun. How lucky we were to live in that golden period of the 20th century: future had a future then...! The new version is a pale copy of "that special atmosphere" gone for ever. The "plot" has never changed however! Cockney Caine was very charming !
It is now 2024 and Maurice Mickelwhite( Michael Caine is still hanging in there at age 91. Graham Stark plays Humphrey. Two years earlier he was in the second Panther film “A shot in the Dark1964. Graham was a favorite of Director/, Writer Blake Edwards. He would appear in Edwards classic “ Victor and Victoria”” Julia Foster or Millicent Martin in 1966. Bloody difficult choice. ?????
I went into Blockbuster and asked if they had the original 'Alfie' and the guy said "duuuuuuhhh, there was an original? duuuuuhhh" Really, that's what he said.
ok, we know the soundtrack was by Sonny Rollins, Stan Tracey was on piano, who improvised "Little Malcolm Loves His Dad" (although never credited), Rick Laird on bass, Phil Seamen on drums, Ronnie Scott on tenor sax. Anybody knows who was on guitar?
The movie that is taking place is the date July 22-31, I think, I not good at the setting. I good at the setting almost. The movie is quite good, it is sometimes dark most of the time.
What a dreadful shame,the virtues of Alfie's flawless character aren't promoted in the classrooms of the higher eduction establishments of today. What a much happier world it would be.
If you like this film, you'll like Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen "Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). With the coming of the pill, and penicillin, things have turned full circle. The woman still ends up with the mansion and Ferrari, if she isn't a Merry Widow. It's a dog's life for a man. Better to me eunuched at birth than be lead by the chopper.
Loved the movie Alfie in the 60’s and this is the first time I’ve watched it again in over 50 years. Michael Cain is still an excellent actor!
I lived my life like this for years n years...❤🇬🇧
Always loved this film the older version from 1966, Michael Caine was superb for the part of Alfie,as he was born in London and a cockney I think,so he was totally suited to this role,this is my favourite of his movies,amazing actor
Not a cockney. He was born in South London. A true Cockney is born within the sound of the Bow Bells from St Mary Le Bow Church. Although most people from East London are considered Cockneys.
Ahh, the good ole days of TH-cam, where there's 100 ten minute videos
Lol shit. Remember that?😂
Annoying little bloke that Alfie..😂😂
This is my jam
A gem of a film that is still 100% relevant today. Also valuable as a look at the way our parents (if you are aged 40-50) used to live. And one of Michael's best performances!
I'm an American in my 50s and have not watched many movies over the years,especially those churned out by Holly wood. This film amazed me when I watched it so many years ago. I rented it and watched it with my son when he was a teenager,about 10 years ago. He was so very impressed by it too. We love how the story begins and ends with the little stray dog. "Alfie" 1966 is truly unique among films and what an excellent actor Michael Caine has always been!
Yes it’s pretty unique, funny on one level but brutal on another. As a teenager in the 70s, before discovering that women were human beings, I found it outrageously hilarious, until the end which was sordid, squalid and depressing. A cautionary tale, you might say,
A genius at work. All actors listen ,watch and learn.
Calling women "it" seems a bit strong now but poor old Alfie gets his comeuppance. It's actually a very radical film for 1966. We woz cutting edge back then.
Love it..... "Enough's as good as as feast". Fabulous, one of my all time favourites......🏴
The lockdown is making us nostalgic to the good old days.
You took the words right out me glum mug :(
my god he's so young, im not used to seeing him look like that its weird haha. awesome, one of my fave actors
unpopular opinion - i like both Alfie movies, i think they suit the times in which they are both made
Should have a jazz soundtrack for all movies. It takes a classy movie and makes it classy squared!
Sooo crazy to think that’s Michael Caine, he was for sure beautiful when he was younger 😍
Loved the film, especially that there's no Hollywood style attempt to demonstrate any total transformation in Caine's character. He is what he is.
Michael Caine - perfection always!!!!
What a soundtrack!
Indeed! This film reminds me of many many good times when I lived in Cambridge, where I saw it and enjoyed it. That WAS fun. How lucky we were to live in that golden period of the 20th century: future had a future then...! The new version is a pale copy of "that special atmosphere" gone for ever. The "plot" has never changed however!
Were you sleeping with other men's wives as well?
One of the best movies from the so called swinging sixties - and swing it does from the very first frame.
She's a cracking little standby.
pix046 😂
素敵な音楽！観客に語りかけるのも好き。
"You get one of them laughing and you wont get nothing else" - the friend zone
That's not true! I've made lots of girlfriends laugh!
@@kawaii7653 When you dropped your strides probably
🤣
The Kinks wrote the song "dandy" on face to face album after watching this film
mmm. not sure about that one...it was written about his brother
I saw this film for the first (& only time until now) when I was in secondary school. It broke me up. I survived it better this time. Many years later. How sensitive we are when we are young. We usually have no idea. But seeing this again, I recall all the terrible moments for me then. They are still terrible, but abit muted , w a glint of humour slipping through the cracks left by the breaking. I didn't recall the film being so moralistic either, altho' What's it all about? is THE question all right.
Yeah, it hurts, especially as a young man, It shatters your perception of what relationships and love are, it's a huge dose of realism and the true human nature of both men and women. That's why this movie is brilliant. One must face the realities of life instead of running away from them.
Indeed! This film reminds me of many many good times when I lived in Cambridge, where I saw it and enjoyed it. That WAS fun. How lucky we were to live in that golden period of the 20th century: future had a future then...!
Alfie and The Italian Job are, Caine's, best films in my book.
My dad worked on both movies
This is a classic ..great upload
Alfie, some lad with all them birds,& doing unspeakable things with them. Hello, hello
Much better than the Remake!
"C'mon now, enough's as good as a feast!" No one says them like our Michael.
One of my favorites.
Caine is brilliant in this role; Denholm Elliot as the abortionist and the blokes who play Humphrey and Lily's husband are also fantastic. British realism at its best.
Also, Shelley Winters, Vivian Merchant, Jane Asher, Eleanor Bron........
They're all perfect in their roles. I tried watching the pathetic remake and lasted about 7 mins.
Michael Caine as a bad boy...WHOA! I love it though!
Indeed! This film reminds me of many many good times when I lived in Cambridge, where I saw it and enjoyed it. That WAS fun. How lucky we were to live in that golden period of the 20th century: future had a future then...! The new version is a pale copy of "that special atmosphere" gone for ever. The "plot" has never changed however! Cockney Caine was very charming !
Where was it you lived? 😂
sorry jude but there is only one alfie: MICHAEL CAINE
Jude did a great job
Jude is my Alfie. Bleeeh
It is now 2024 and Maurice Mickelwhite( Michael Caine is still hanging in there at age 91. Graham Stark plays Humphrey. Two years earlier he was in the second Panther film “A shot in the Dark1964. Graham was a favorite of Director/, Writer Blake Edwards. He would appear in Edwards classic “ Victor and Victoria”” Julia Foster or Millicent Martin in 1966. Bloody difficult choice. ?????
I...I need subtitles, honestly.
Turn ‘em on then
i dont. learn the lingo
@@saulmarinoni1274 It's not the words, it's the accent
@@oscarclarke2653 He hasn't got a very strong accent really.
I went into Blockbuster and asked if they had the original 'Alfie' and the guy said "duuuuuuhhh, there was an original? duuuuuhhh" Really, that's what he said.
Thanks ever so much!
Great Michael Caine!
He still has a good accent
Dear Hollywood,
Please stop remaking the classics.
Thanks.
I second that!
👍🔥bagus
I adore Michael Caine.
me too!
“you get a lot of his sort Chelsea supporters” …so funny!
Millicent Martin was in Mrs.
Palfrey at the Clairmont
never saw it, not even the remake. but im convince that it would be good, after all, Micheal Caine is a great actor.
Thanks for that movie :)
Swinging London's most loveable shit!
Rock band Web, I Spider album ... "You can keep the good life." Sounds like a tribute to the film. 🤔
ok, we know the soundtrack was by Sonny Rollins, Stan Tracey was on piano, who improvised "Little Malcolm Loves His Dad" (although never credited), Rick Laird on bass, Phil Seamen on drums, Ronnie Scott on tenor sax. Anybody knows who was on guitar?
Gilda made the right choice later with Humphrey. Alfie isn't the loyal type.
The typical case of giving wife privileges to bfs.
The 2000's remake with that pretty boy Jude Law was terrible. Just like the Wicker Man remake (I consider a disaster).
Christopher Gullo Although I do like like Jude Law, did the same demolition job in the crap remake of Sleuth
I agree Christopher. As well, Michael Caine OWNED the part of Alfie. I don't want to hear Alfie's words come out of another actor's mouth.
I didn't like the 2004 remake I prefer the michael Caine version
Alfie as a movie character is amusing....an Alfie in real life would be a POS dog........
Jude laws version was fine
Anyone came here because of Tom Torero's book 'Street Hustle'?
Gettin a bit previous...... hahahaha 😂😂😂🏴
'all the more reason to do em!' proper eastender lol
I thought he was talking about married women.. then realized it's a quote from Alfie talking about fiddling the cash till.
09:35
Continual breaking of the forth wall - but, hey, it works!
The July calendar is for the year 1967.
Where's Mick and Keith's corner shop?
thank you so much!!
Wow. That's Daphne's mom in Frasier. Damn
With Sonny Rollins on the soundtrack!
Watch him in Zulu. Whole thing on TH-cam ....
Alfie was a bastard!
Love Michael Caine.
THANK YOU!
I'm here coz of MR. Sonny Rollins!!!!!!!!!!!!
Es la segunda vez que veo, Jude law interpreta u. Papel de Michael Caine.
Michael Caine es el Jude law del pasado ❤
Still in " wonderful condition . "
Was this the first film where the main character talks to the camera?
Jude Law was good on the remake and the overall movie was good but i don't know why remakes (of good films) never quite make it for me.
harsh acting charactor though lol nice guy in rl
Isn't there a full version of this film
Only came here because of Sonny Rollins
Oh wow! Awesome! Thanks!
0:33 OMG Night London at 1966
Compare to Five Easy Pieces (1970), starring Jack Nicholson and Karen Black.
Ah the 60s when Men ruled Stan Smith
i never knew that theres alfie in 1966. wow
exquisite
6:45 humphery is a beta orbiter
8:58 a doll!
The movie that is taking place is the date July 22-31, I think, I not good at the setting. I good at the setting almost. The movie is quite good, it is sometimes dark most of the time.
@pame2584 of course, far sexier than Jude Law will ever be
I am looking for the stage script for this play (yes it was a play before a movie) does anyone know where i can get a copy?
Caine. The Red Pill.
its too bad for him. He f'd up a relationship with sienna!!!!
Brutal. Absolutely brutal. I'm referring of course to the theme song.
09:14 Anyone can tell me why Tuesdays and Fridays are printed in red?
Gilda, like most women, tracks her menstrual cycle on a calendar.
That's Daphne's mom!!! Does that mean, that perhaps Daphne's dad, is indeed Alfie????? O.O
What a dreadful shame,the virtues of Alfie's flawless character aren't promoted in the classrooms of the higher eduction establishments of today. What a much happier world it would be.
@rocknrolla379 I've met him :D he's wonderful!
IT...
If you like this film, you'll like Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen "Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). With the coming of the pill, and penicillin, things have turned full circle. The woman still ends up with the mansion and Ferrari, if she isn't a Merry Widow. It's a dog's life for a man. Better to me eunuched at birth than be lead by the chopper.
I've seen both films. I don't really see s correlation but they're both great.
Um, bin don, we were meant to work together, not one dominating another.
caine is my hero
Classic film about an inhuman womanizer who keeps back alley abortionists happy. The soundtrack is bright and cheerful as well.
@pame2584 he was indeed :)
@goddamnsaint HE'S NOT DEAD
Alfie's name is short for Alfred.
+Matthew Smollen
Or it is a longer version of Alf.
On wikipedia it said Michael Caine as Alfred "Alfie" Elkins.
No kidding.
No kidding !
Matthew Smollen or Alfredo if you're Italian
Best Michael Caine film 😂
NO SUBTITLES!...REALLY....YOU DON´T MIND DEAF PEOPLE??.... YOU´RE MEAN!!!
I suppose you're gunna want to see the bleedin' titles now..? Well yaw not... so you can awl relax..