gladys knight sang the theme song in the movie alfie.
gladys knight sang the theme song in the movie alfie.
who sang the theme song in the movie alfie?
gladys knight
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alfie darling is a 1975 british comedy drama film directed by ken hughes. the film premiered at the universal cinema in london on 6 march 1975. it is the sequel to the 1966 film "alfie", with alan price taking over michael caine's role of alfie. price also penned the movie title song, performed and released as a single by cilla black who was also the first to record the title song based on the original movie, penned by burt bacharach and hal david.
alfie darling
kat gives birth to a boy named tommy but is rushed to hospital as she haemorrhages, due to a damaged placenta. charlie decides to join the new year's party, rather than stay with tommy so he is unattended when ronnie mitchell finds herself in the queen vic with her dead son and she swaps the babies. when alfie gets home, he finds "tommy" dead in his cot. kat and alfie struggle to cope with their loss but eventually start to deal with it until michael returns, wanting to see his son. kat tells michael to leave but he stays because he has friends locally. kat kisses michael but he rejects her, leading her to break down. eventually alfie moves out after they have a row and goes away for a weekend with michael. kat tells alfie that a coroner has confirmed that tommy (james) died of sudden infant death syndrome. he comforts her and they reconcile. eventually, ronnie admits to kat that she swapped the babies and returns tommy. alfie and kat are reunited with tommy after talking to a social worker. ronnie goes to prison for her crime and kat forgives her. she and alfie holiday in spain, leaving alfie's cousin, eddie moon (david essex), to look after the pub. when they return, they bring shenice quinn (lily harvey) with them, daughter of kat's friend, martina quinn (tamara wall). kat finds out she is pregnant and alfie asks who the father is, refusing to believe kat has not cheated. alfie realises he has gone too far but kat is not interested in his apologies, even after she miscarries. she tells him she does not want any more children and that their relationship will just be for show from now on, leading her to have a one-night stand with mark garland (chris simmons), which she regrets after hearing alfie's voicemail, saying how much he loves her. alfie takes kat, tommy and shenice on holiday but when they return, kat tells alfie that she cheated. they discuss it and alfie insists that he would rather kat cheat on him than not have her in his life. kat isn't happy and is further upset when alfie will not allow her to explain that she did not cheat again. they try to mend things over christmas but alfie hears kat say that she does not think he loves her. alfie pays a friend gerry (paul reynolds) to claim he is a marriage counsellor and tell kat that their marriage can be mended. however, when alfie deliberately leaves them alone, she says she thinks alfie does not love her and she wants to end the marriage. gerry tries to tell alfie but he thinks that gerry has helped. when charlie has a stroke, alfie and kat visit but he returns alone. derek branning (jamie foreman) gets alfie into a vat scam and alfie helps roxy and billy set derek up by intercepting his alcohol deliveries. alfie struggles financially and considers firing jean and stores derek's goods at the pub to earn extra cash but when phil demands alfie stop, derek arranges with alfie and billy to steal a large amount of alcohol. however, derek is scammed by alfie and billy and he suspects phil conned him. when billy is arrested on suspicion of murdering heather trott (cheryl fergison), derek worries that he may implicate them in the alcohol theft and asks alfie to frame phil by hiding goods at his garage. however, alfie is caught and phil confronts him, making it clear that alfie takes orders from him, not derek. when derek learns that alfie has told phil everything, he furiously threatens alfie.
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