Lionel Bart Filmography

Occupation:: Composer (Music Score), Songwriter, Screenwriter, Play Author
Birth name:: Lionel Beglieter

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The Brian Epstein Story

Synopsis: A two-part BBC documentary about the man behind The Beatles' meteoric rise to worldwide fame, The Brian Epstein Story details the life and premature death of Brian Epstein, one of the most influential managers to ever enter the rock & roll arena. Combining rare '60s footage and present-day Read More

2000
The Optimists

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Songwriter

Actors: Peter Sellers, Donna Mullane, John Chaffey, David Daker, Marjorie Yates

Synopsis: Peter Sellers gives a splendid, understated performance in this gentle comedy-drama. Liz (Donna Mullane) and Mark (John Chaffey) are a pair of poor children trying to get by on the streets of London. In their travels, Liz and Mark get to know Sam (Sellers), a one-time music hall performer who Read More

1973
Black Beauty

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Mark Lester, Uschi Glas, Walter Slezak, Peter Lee Lawrence, John Nettleton

Synopsis: This internationally produced adaptation of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty is essentially a vehicle for Oliver star Mark Lester. The young Lester spends most of the film trying to reclaim his beautiful black horse, which passes through several hands over the course of 90 minutes. All the setpieces of Read More

1971
Lock Up Your Daughters!

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Glynis Johns, Ian Bannen, Tom Bell

Synopsis: Three sailors on shore leave engage in a series of comedic sexual pursuits in Lock Up Your Daughters!. Jim Dale, Ian Bannen, and Tom Bell hit dry land with one thing on their minds -- something that lands everyone in jail in this comedic romp. Susannah York, Glynis Johns, and Elaine Taylor become Read More

1969
Danger Route

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Richard Johnson, Carol Lynley, Barbara Bouchet, Sylvia Syms, Diana Dors

Synopsis: British agents drop like skeets in this convoluted espionage film. Jonas Wilde (Richard Johnson) is a successful British secret agent who wants to hang up his license to kill and retire. His superior, Canning (Harry Andrews), agrees to accept his resignation if he agrees to one last case Read More

1968
Oliver!

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Play Author, Screenwriter

Actors: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Hugh Griffith, Mark Lester, Jack Wild

Synopsis: Inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens' more graphic passages but managed to retain a strong subtext to what was essentially light entertainment. For its first half-hour or so, Carol Reed's Oscar-winning 1968 Read More

1968
Man in the Middle

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Robert Mitchum, France Nuyen, Barry Sullivan, Trevor Howard, Keenan Wynn

Synopsis: Based on Howard Fast's novel The Winston Affair, this WW II-era crime drama is set in India and chronicles the attempts of an American military attorney to defend a lieutenant who shot a British officer in cold blood. Many witnesses were present and the question the lawyer must answer is whether Read More

1964
The Judy Garland Show, Episode 15: The Christmas Special

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Synopsis: In this 1963 holiday episode of The Judy Garland Show, a large crop of guest stars, including Judy Garland's three children, joins the singer for a bevy of classic and contemporary songs, most of them Christmas-themed. Opening with one of her signature tunes, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Read More

1963
From Russia With Love

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw

Synopsis: From Russia With Love, the second in the series of James Bond films, is the film that solidifies all the Bond film elements into a formula -- the action sequences are intensified and lend greater tension to the proceedings; John Barry's inimitable score makes its first appearance; Q is seen for Read More

1963
Sparrows Can't Sing

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear, George Sewell, Brian Murphy, Avis Bunnage

Synopsis: This British comedy drama of the lower classes features actors with such thick cockney accents that some prints of the film were subtitled. James Booth stars as Charlie, a merchant seaman who returns home to the East End after two years to find that his wife Maggie (Barbara Windsor) has taken up Read More

1963
In the Nick

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Bernie Winters, James Booth, Harry Andrews

Synopsis: The "nick" in this standard prison farce is a modernistic, forward-looking jail without bars. At its core of staff are dedicated young psychologist Dr. Newcombe (Anthony Newley) and tough-minded but fair overseer Chief Officer Williams (Harry Andrews). Their jobs are made that much more difficult Read More

1960
Never Let Go

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith, Carol White

Synopsis: This shockingly violent yet engaging crime drama is about a bitter battle for survival in the lingering poverty of post-World War II London. Richard Todd plays optimistic but ineffectual soap and shampoo salesman John Cummings whose job becomes even harder when his new car is stolen. The theft Read More

1960
The Duke Wore Jeans

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Tommy Steele, June Laverick, Michael Medwin, Alan Wheatley, Eric Pohlmann

Synopsis: In anticipation of Elvis Presley's Kissin' Cousins, British rock-and-roll idol Tommy Steele plays a dual role in The Duke Wore Jeans. Tony (Steele) is a young nobleman who wants to wriggle out of an arranged marriage-especially since he's already taken a bride in secret. Upon meeting a carefree Read More

1958