Alfie (1966 film) Frankie Dunlop – drums The title song, "Alfie", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was sung by Cher over the film's closing credits in the US release reaching #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became a hit for British singer Cilla Black (Millicent Martin sang Alfie on its British release) and for Madeline Eastman and Dionne Warwick. Numerous jazz musicians have covered it and it has become a jazz standard. "Alfie" garnered critical acclaim. It currently holds a 96% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews with an average rating of 7.9/10. Academy
Michael Caine The stars of the film were George Baker, Stanley Baker, Harry Andrews and Michael Medwin, with Stephen Boyd and Ronald Lewis, and Robert Shaw also had a small part. He appeared regularly on television in small roles. His first credited role on the BBC was 'Boudousse' in the Jean Anouilh play "The Lark" in 1956. Other parts included three roles in "Dixon of Dock Green" in 1957, 1958 and 1959, prisoner-of-war series "Escape" (1957), crime/thriller drama "Mister Charlesworth", and a court orderly in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" (1958). Caine continued to appear on television, in serials "The Golden Girl" and