Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) featured on the October 1966 album release entitled "Chér". Despite the relative failure of the version of "Alfie" cut for the US film release, Cilla Black's UK success with the song had attracted sufficient attention in the US for several American singers besides Cher to cover the song by the time the film "Alfie" opened in the US in August 1966. Two of these covers actually predate the Cher recording although neither was released prior to Cher's, the first evident recording of "Alfie" by an American singer being that cut by Jerry Butler in May 1966 which first appeared as
The Man Who Would Be King (film) been a long time since there's been an escapist entertainment quite this unabashed and thrilling and fun." Some critics felt that the film was too long and that Caine had overplayed his part. A review in "Variety" was critical of the film mostly because of Caine's performance, stating "Whether it was the intention of John Huston or not, the tale of action and adventure is a too-broad comedy, mostly due to the poor performance of Michael Caine." This film has a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Both Sean Connery and Michael Caine considered "The Man Who Would Be King" to