Alvin Rakoff

Known for: Directing
Born: February 18, 1927, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Movies: 34

Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian television, stage, and film director, who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions.

Best-Known Movies

5.1

Death Ship

1980

5.1

City on Fire

1979

5.6

Crossplot

1969

7.0

Hoffman

1970

6.1

Passport to Shame

1958

7.1

The Comedy Man

1964

4.4

Say Hello to Yesterday

1971

7.6

Romeo and Juliet

1978

6.4

The Treasure of San Teresa

1959

7.1

An einem Freitag um halb zwölf

1961

Filmography

1998

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

1993	A Haunting Harmony	Director
1991	Gas and Candles	Director
1991	The Best of Friends	Director
1986	Paradise Postponed	Director
1984	A Voyage Round My Father	Director
1983	A Talent for Murder	Director
1983	Fireworks for Elspeth	Director
1983	Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson	Director
1982	The Breadwinner	Director
1981	The Quiet Days of Mrs Stafford	Director
1981	Dirty Tricks	Director
1980	Death Ship	Director
1979	City on Fire	Director
1979	King Solomon's Treasure	Director, Producer
1978	Romeo and Juliet	Director
1977	The Kitchen	Director
1977	Three Dangerous Ladies	Director
1976	The Dame of Sark	Director
1975	Cheap in August	Director
1975	Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert	Director
1975	Mrs. Amworth	Director
1973	The Adventures Of Don Quixote	Director
1971	Say Hello to Yesterday	Writer, Director
1970	Hoffman	Director
1969	Crossplot	Director
1967	Call Me Daddy	Director
1964	The Comedy Man	Director
1962	Heart to Heart	Director, Producer
1961	An einem Freitag um halb zwölf	Director
1959	The Ransom of Red Chief	Director
1959	The Treasure of San Teresa	Director
1958	Passport to Shame	Director
1958	The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial	Screenplay, Director

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