68-610: Terence or Terry Young may refer to: Terence Young (director) (1915–1994), British film director Terence Young (politician) (born 1952), Canadian Conservative Party politician Terence Young (writer) , Canadian writer Terry Young (American politician) (born 1948), former mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma Terry Young (Australian politician) (born 1968), Liberal MP for Longman Terry Young (table tennis) (born 1978), table tennis player from England See also [ edit ] Young (surname) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
136-573: A Schwere Panzerabteilung and a counterattack by the 12 SS Hilterjugend . Novel tactics had to be employed to deal with the more heavily gunned and armoured Tiger, with one being rammed by a Sherman of the Irish Guards . Whilst taking part in Operation Goodwood east of Cagny, Lt John Gorman who was a Troop Commander in the 2nd Armoured Battalion was probing forward in his Sherman tank Ballyragget when suddenly he found himself broadside to
204-742: A Firefly , Ballymena , whose commander had been killed and continued to fire at the Tiger tank with the Firefly's 17-pounder gun until the Tiger's destruction was complete. For this action Gorman was awarded the Military Cross and his driver, L/Cpl James Brown, was awarded the Military Medal, being the first members of the Allied Expeditionary Forces to knock out a Tiger II. However, the German account
272-610: A German Tiger II , the German heavy tank that no-one had yet seen. He fired his 75mm gun but the shot bounced off German tank. He was unable to fire again as the Sherman's gun was jammed. By now, the Tiger Tank was traversing its gun towards Gorman's Sherman so he ordered his driver L/Cpl James Brown to ram the German Tank. The collision disabled the Tiger and caused its crew to bail out. After seeing his own crew to safety, Lt Gorman commandeered
340-641: A breakout or a more limited effort, it had the effect of drawing most of the German reserves towards Caen , aiding the Cobra offensive . Originally intended as a combined attack, it was changed to an armoured assault as the British Army in France had suffered heavy infantry casualties and were struggling to find replacements. As a result, the attack was changed to one largely of armoured divisions, as lost tanks would be easier to replace. The Guards Armoured Division joined with
408-607: A major advance, attacks in the local area were fierce, particularly around Chenedolle. Support from other arms was also provided, with the Welsh infantry regiment supported by Churchill tanks of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade and the Household Cavalry deploying as infantry in the line for a brief period. On the 15th the Germans started to withdraw but were caught in the Falaise pocket, allowing
476-558: A motor infantry battalion. A certain level of common sense was applied to these changes, with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards being assigned as the motor battalion, due to the presence of King's Company. This group of men were all at least 6 feet tall and were expected to struggle to fit into tanks. Uniquely the Guards Armoured Division also kept its infantry company structure, with the tanks organised into companies and battalions , rather than squadrons and regiments . At
544-472: A percentage of the profits and the producers refused. Young quite the film, being replaced by Guy Hamilton. Instead he made The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965). This film was a co production with Young's Winchester Productions and starred Kim Novak (at one stage it was going to star Connery's then-wife Diane Cilento ). Young returned for Thunderball (1965), the fourth Bond movie. This turned out to be Young's last Bond. According to Young, he
612-459: A series of films based on the James Bond novels. Broccoli used many of the crew he had worked with during his time at Warwick for the first Bond movies, including Young as director, on Dr. No (1962). According to Bond historian, Steve Jay Rubin, "Tall, well-dressed and exquisitely mannered, Terence Young had all the panache of Ian Flem¬ ing’s James Bond. He was also an avid reader of the novels and
680-550: A success from the operational point of view, was a battle in which the Guards acquitted themselves satisfactorily. The operation also drew off most of the German mechanised reserves, being convinced that the allies planned to break out from Caen. This left little for reinforcements, when the Americans began Operation Cobra on 25 July. After Goodwood the Guards Armoured Division was reorganized into unofficial battlegroups. Goodwood had shown
748-743: A three-week-old girl they adopted in 1966 when their first two children were already adults. In 2022, actress Marguerite LeWars claimed that Young sexually assaulted her in 1962. According to an interview with LeWars, the incident occurred while the two were in a limousine on their way to a wrap party for Dr. No . Young repeatedly propositioned LeWars and, when she refused, groped her. After LeWars rejected his advances, Young threatened to cut her scenes out of Dr. No . Two months later, Young telephoned LeWars at her home in Kingston and propositioned her again, asking her to fly out to London to dub her lines. When she refused, he again threatened to cut her from
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#1732851365214816-541: A war movie set in the Battle of Arnhem, in which Young had participated. It was Young's first hit as directo.. Young directed Valley of Eagles (1951), a spy film on which he was credited on the script, which was partly shot in Sweden. He followed this with The Tall Headlines (1952). Young then made the first film for Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli 's Warwick Films , The Red Beret starring Alan Ladd . This movie
884-563: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Terence Young (director) Stewart Terence Herbert Young (20 June 1915 – 7 September 1994) was a British film director and screenwriter who worked in the United Kingdom, Europe and Hollywood. He is best known for directing three James Bond films : the first two films in the series, Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963), and Thunderball (1965). His other films include
952-462: Is rather different. The Tiger II gunner, Hans-Joachim Thaysen, insisted he never even saw Gorman's Sherman and was instead concentrating on firing ahead of him. Thaysen also said that it was a German anti-tank gun friendly fire incident which was likely trying to fire at Gorman's Sherman that destroyed his Tiger II, which caused the crew to bail out. The 75mm PaK hit the Tiger II on the left side between
1020-625: The 7th and 11th Armoured Divisions for this attack. The aim was to strike south out of the Orne bridgehead on 18 July. The Guards Armoured Division was to advance south-east to capture Vimont and Argences . Prior to this attack the German defences were heavily bombed by the Royal Air Force . Unfortunately this was less effective than hoped against the dug-in defenders, both in the south of Caen and in Cagny and Emieville . All three of these areas were in
1088-716: The Ardennes offensive , it was sent in bitterly cold weather, which forced the tanks to start their engines every hour to prevent the fuel and oil freezing, to the Meuse as a reserve in case the Germans broke through the American lines; some German tanks breaking through were stopped. It endured hard fighting in Operation Veritable , the advance towards the Rhine through the Reichswald, and again in
1156-664: The Audrey Hepburn thrillers Wait Until Dark (1967) and Bloodline (1979), the historical drama Mayerling (1968), the infamous Korean War epic Inchon (1981), and the Charles Bronson films Cold Sweat (1970), Red Sun (1971), and The Valachi Papers (1972). Young was born in the International Settlement , of Shanghai , China to British parents, His civil registration documents gives his name as Stewart Terence Herbert Young , though he also used
1224-619: The Battle of Inchon with Laurence Olivier . Olivier and Young had been friends since 1943 when Olivier had initially offered the direction of his film Henry V (1944) to Young, who declined. At the 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards in 1983, he won the Razzie Award for Worst Director for Inchon . Later on Young made The Jigsaw Man (1983) with Michael Caine and Olivier. Filming was difficult as it ran out of money and had to stop until more finance could be secured. Young's last film as director
1292-706: The Nijmegen Bridge with the help of the US 82nd Airborne Division . Following this they spent the winter in the Netherlands and Germany, before being moved into Belgium as a reserve against the Battle of the Bulge . The infantry of the Welsh Guards were also replaced by the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards , due to a severe lack of replacements in the British Army at the time. Following this the division participated in Operation Veritable ,
1360-555: The River Seine . Due to the near total collapse of the German Army in France they reached and crossed the river on the 29th. Here some more changes were made to the Guards organization. The use of an Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment had not proved successful, while armoured cars had proved more adept at the role, despite the disadvantage of being more tied to the road network. Consequently, the 2nd Household Cavalry were formally attached as
1428-589: The advance through Germany . The division existed until 12 June 1945, a little over a month after Victory in Europe Day , when it was reorganised as an infantry division, the Guards Division , after almost exactly four years as an armoured division. Brainchild of General Sir Alan Brooke , then the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces , the Guards Armoured Division, commanded by Major General Oliver Leese ,
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#17328513652141496-587: The 11th Armoured Division, the Guards reached the border with the Netherlands, the Irish Guards under Joe Vandeleur seizing "Joe's Bridge", a bridge over the Meuse-Escault canal in a surprise assault. The Guards Armoured Division was then withdrawn from the line to prepare for Operation Market Garden . They formed the spearhead of the attacks into the Netherlands, with the Grenadier Guards managing to seize
1564-625: The British Army, and as intelligence officer of the Guards Armoured Division , Young participated in Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands and was wounded. Young wrote film reviewers for Granta and worked at Elstree Studios during his summer vacation. He broke into the industry as a screenwriter, earning a credit for Brian Desmond Hurst 's On the Night of the Fire (1939), which
1632-582: The Cote d'Azur and an expensive French girlfriend. He knew he'd made a lousy picture. How could I begrudge such an honest guy who freely admitted his greed. Young went to work on Jackpot with the same actor, producer and writer as The Klansman . However the film was never finished due to financial issues. Young directed Hepburn again in Bloodline (1979) from a novel by Sidney Sheldon, replacing John Frankenheimer. He went to Korea to make Inchon (1981) about
1700-472: The German coast. Two Victoria Crosses were awarded to the division for the fighting during this period; neither recipient survived the war. They were Guardsman Edward Charlton of the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards and Captain Ian Liddell of the 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards . After the German surrender the Guards were mostly involved in mopping up operations and occupation duties. A small detachment
1768-463: The Guards to recover for a refit. Bluecoat had been a success and the combined arms of the battlegroup concept had been proven. This would be the way the Guards Armoured Division would operate from now on. The division suffered many losses in the operation, though the Allies had enough replacements that they could lose six tanks for every German tank destroyed. Crew were a different matter and a consequence of
1836-407: The Guards who were not used to short-range combat. The Germans ended up committing their tanks piecemeal, and as a result there was no defensive line as such. Instead common opposition would consist of a small mobile group of infantry supported by a few tanks or self-propelled guns. Snipers and mortars were a particular problem in this terrain, with field modifications added to the tank to try to reduce
1904-636: The Nile (1955), an essentially shot-for-shot remake of the 1939 film The Four Feathers . This was popular at the British box office. Warwick asked Young back to do Safari (1956), a movie about the Mau Mau shot partly on location in Kenya, with Victor Mature and Janet Leigh. For the same company, Young directed Zarak (1957), also with Mature and Anita Ekberg . This was a big hit. MGM hired Young to make Action of
1972-835: The Second World War . The division was created in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1941 during the Second World War from elements of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards , Coldstream Guards , Scots Guards , Irish Guards , Welsh Guards , and the Household Cavalry. The division remained in the United Kingdom, training, until 13 June 1944, when it landed several armoured command vehicles at Arromanche. It lagered its advanced tactical headquarters in communication with GHQ awaiting
2040-527: The Tiger (1957) with Van Johnson ; a young Sean Connery had a supporting role. No Time to Die (1958), a war story set in North Africa, was Young's fourth film for Warwick, and third with Mature. Young was credited on the screenplay. He directed an episode of Playhouse 90 called " Dark as the Night " from a novel by James Hadley Chase ; it was shot in London. Young made Serious Charge (1959), which
2108-558: The XXX Corps attack in Operation Market Garden , the ground forces' advance to relieve airborne troops aiming to seize the bridges up to Arnhem, capturing Nijmegen bridge in conjunction with American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division . The Tac HQ reached Arnhem but was not able to seize the bridge because German anti tank guns were entrenched on the North side and the British airborne had surrendered or were too far away to help. During
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2176-488: The all-star The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966), from a story bu Ian Fleming. Young followed this with Triple Cross (1966), a war spy story starring Christopher Plummber and Yul Brynner. He made The Rover (1967) with Anthony Quinn which was a huge box office flop. Young had a hit with Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn . In a 1967 interview he said his three best films were Black Tights , From Russia with Love and They Were Not Divided . Wait Until Dark
2244-524: The best of the Bonds, Wait Until Dark , and the curiously memorable, baroque, and unoriginal Corridor of Mirrors . He seems at home with the sweet lyricism of death, but his overall career is staggeringly undistinguished. Nonetheless, he seems to have come into his own, at least commercially." Guards Armoured Division The Guards Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during
2312-487: The bulk of the armour Normandy , France , during Operation Overlord as part of VIII Corps . Its first major engagement was Operation Goodwood , the attack by three armoured divisions towards Bourguebus Ridge in an attempt to break out of the Normandy beachhead. That was followed by Operation Bluecoat , the advance east of Caen as the Falaise pocket formed. Transferred to XXX Corps , the division liberated Brussels . It led
2380-482: The casting of Luciana Paluzzi, who had been in Thunderball . Fuller later met Young on a film festival jury, and wrote in his memoirs: Terence swore he'd never meant to squeeze me out of the picture. He'd never even read my original script and couldn't have cared less about America's social problems. His manager had pushed him to accept the job purely for the paycheck. Terence had big expenses to keep up on his estate on
2448-452: The damage. Due to the difficulty of completely clearing the enemy from a particular area and of supplying sub-units, the attack ground to a halt on 4 August. On 7 August the Guards had a short break as the Germans concentrated their forces on a counter-offensive against the Americans at Mortain. On that day the Guards were given the 11th Armoured Divisions area to defend as well, freeing up the 11th Armoured. While not actually trying to launch
2516-588: The division: although occasionally altered, the Grenadier and Irish groups formed the 5th Brigade, and the Coldstream and Welsh groups made the 32nd Brigade. Machine-gun support was provided by the Grenadier Guards for the 5th Brigade and the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the 32nd. Having broken out from Normandy, the terrain change and the countryside became much more open and flowing. The advance
2584-466: The end of 1942, the division, now under the command of Major General Allan Adair , was split in line with all armoured divisions at this time, with one armoured brigade replaced with a brigade of lorried infantry. At this point the 6th and 5th Guards Armoured Brigades were separated. During this period the division re-equipped with Crusader III tanks , which were again replaced with Sherman Vs by 1944. The Guards Armoured Division landed in Normandy at
2652-470: The end of June, and went into battle around Carpiquet Airfield soon after, with the infantry of the 32nd Guards Brigade skirmishing with the 12th SS Hitlerjugend . However this was only to last a couple of weeks before the armour arrived and the division was deployed further south to participate in Operation Goodwood . The aim of this attack has been debated many times, but whether an attempt at
2720-570: The film. LeWars stated this was the real reason for her voice having been dubbed over by another actress. Young died of a heart attack in Cannes ; he was 79. Screenonline wrote "Young remained a chameleon working without a definable identity within the confines of mainstream commercial production and the uninspired quality of much of his output suggests a director who wasn't really trying; but after his lucrative encounters with Mr Bond perhaps he didn't need to." In 1968 Andrew Sarris wrote Young "did
2788-426: The majority of the German armour had redeployed after Goodwood, this attack switched back towards Villers-Bocage to support the Americans and to capture the road junction at Vire and the high ground at Mont Pincon . While the opposition was initially two weak infantry divisions ( 276th and 326th ), they were well dug in, having prepared minefields and other defences. The terrain was bocage , which also slowed down
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2856-613: The name Shaun Terence Young , and is listed as such by the British Film Institute 's Screenonline database. Young’s father was a deputy commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police . His family moved back to England when he was a child, and he was educated at Harrow School in London. He read history at St Catharine's College, Cambridge . During the Second World War Young rose to the rank of captain in
2924-533: The novelist Dorothea "Dosia" Bennett in 1942. Bennett had been married to a Norwegian man by the name of Nissen, with whom she had had a daughter, but had had her marriage to him dissolved by the Norwegian government-in-exile in London in June 1942 and married Young five days later. Nissen later sued for divorce from Bennett alleging that the dissolution by the Norwegian government-in-exile had been invalid, and citing Young as
2992-444: The official division reconnaissance element. This freed up the Welsh Guards tank crews for other duties, and formal battlegroups were formed. These were far more organized than the previous ad hoc affair, with each regiment's battalions being merged to form a battlegroup. The Grenadier battlegroup consisted of the tanks of the 2nd Battalion and the motor infantry of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. This required some rearranging of
3060-514: The operation to clear the Reichswald forest . Due to the weather and the Germans flooding the area, only the infantry ended up playing an active part. After this the towed batteries of the Royal Artillery anti-tank guns were converted to infantry for the lack of targets. The division then supported the push over the Rhine before breaking into Germany and fighting up towards the Netherlands and along
3128-510: The operation was the removal of the Crusader AA tanks , possible due to the lack of air opposition; their crews were used to man the replacement Shermans provided to the division. The Guards were not committed to the fighting in the Falaise pocket , but instead got a chance to rest and regroup. On the 27th they were transferred to XXX Corps under Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks and advanced on
3196-420: The path of the Guards advance. The attack quickly bogged down and losses became heavy, the guards losing 60 tanks to a single battery of four Luftwaffe 88mm AA guns . In addition to this, a group of Tiger I tanks of the 503, which had been completely knocked out in the bombardment, recovered enough over the course of the morning to stiffen the resistance against the Guards. In addition, the Guards were checked by
3264-492: The police prevented a scout car having its wheels removed. The population were starving, having been deprived of food by the Germans, and supplies and chocolate were dished out to the grateful population. On 3 September Brussels was liberated by the Guards Armoured Division after a high-speed run, the division advancing 75 miles in one day. The division could not rest long however, pushing further into north-east Belgium against stiffening German opposition. After gaining support from
3332-450: The respondent. Nissen's suit was upheld at first instance in March 1955 before being over-turned on appeal later the same year, with the original dissolution being found valid. He had a son and two daughters with Bennett, their son being born in March 1943. Juliet Nissen, Bennett's daughter by her previous marriage, was raised as Young's step-daughter. Bennett and Young's youngest child was
3400-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terence_Young&oldid=1186601692 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
3468-644: The script of Theirs Is the Glory , which told the story of the fighting around Arnhem Bridge. Arnhem, coincidentally, was home to an adolescent Audrey Hepburn . During the later filming of Young's film Wait Until Dark , Hepburn and Young joked that he had been shelling his favourite star without even knowing it. Young worked at Two Cities Films on the screenplays for Hurst's Hungry Hill (1947) and David McDonald's The Bad Lord Byron (1949). These films were expensive box office failures. Young's first sole credit as director (and also Christopher Lee 's film debut)
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#17328513652143536-399: The speed of the attack. Initially the Guards supported the 11th Armoured Division who were the spearhead of the attack by protecting their flank, however they took over the spearhead duties themselves on 1 August, fighting in the bocage until 15 August against elements of the 276th and 326th Infantry, 21st Panzer and 1st , 9th and 10th SS-Panzer Divisions . This was to prove challenging to
3604-547: The time. This organisation was not unique to the Guards, the 11th Armoured also adapted the formation for Bluecoat, apparently on Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor 's orders. After this reorganisation, the Guards Armoured Division took part in Operation Bluecoat . Operation Bluecoat was launched on 30 July in support of the Americans taking part in Operation Cobra. Rather than continue to try to push past Caen where
3672-435: The track and running gear. Thaysen said the round penetrated and just missed him under his backside. The next day enough progress was made to allow the Guards to reach Bourgebus Ridge and support the 7th and 11th Armoured Divisions, German reinforcements started to arrive and the attack ground to a halt. Fighting continued until 20 July, when the gains were consolidated by infantry and the attack died off. The battle, while not
3740-656: The undesirable effects of not having supporting infantry with the tanks. Consequently, the two Grenadier battalions were formed into a battlegroup, with the Coldstream infantry attached to the Irish Guards Tanks and the Coldstream Guards tanks split into two groups and used to support the Irish and Welsh Guards battalions. The units were not organized in any formal way at this point, but rather by who happened to be closest at
3808-440: Was Corridor of Mirrors (1948), an acclaimed film made in France starring Eric Portman . He followed it with a musical One Night with You (1948), shot in Itay. This was highly unsuccessful at the box office. In England Young was to direct Precious Bane with Stewart Granger but that was cancelled and instead he made Woman Hater (1948), a comedy with the actor. Young wrote and directed They Were Not Divided (1950),
3876-426: Was Run for Your Life (1988) with David Carradine. Young contributed to the screenplay for the Hong Kong film Foxbat (1977), which led to him being credited as co-director in some regions. Young was the editor of The Long Days ( Al-ayyam al-tawila ) (1980), a six-hour Iraqi telenovela about the life of Saddam Hussein , which also led to him being credited as co-director in some regions. Young married
3944-422: Was Cliff Richard 's film debut. Then he did Too Hot to Handle (1960) with Jayne Mansfield . Young went to Europe to make Black Tights (1961) in France, a ballet film, with Maurice Chevalier and Duel of Champions (1961), a peplum shot in Italy and Yugoslavia with Alan Ladd. Albert Broccoli and Irving Allen had split as a producing team, and Broccoli went into partnership with Harry Saltzman to make
4012-451: Was a huge box office success and was quickly followed by From Russia with Love (1963), an even bigger hit. During the filming, Young and a photographer nearly drowned when their helicopter crashed into the sea while filming a key sequence. They were rescued by other members of the film crew. Young was back behind the camera 30 minutes after being rescued. Young was deluged with offers. He started preproduction on Goldfinger but wanted
4080-443: Was a notable success at the British box office and featured many crew who would later be significant on the Bond films - not just Allen, Broccoli and Young but also writer Richard Maibaum, camera operator Ted Moore and stuntman Bob Simmons. Young made That Lady (1955) in Spain with Olivia de Havilland , which wsa the first film of Paul Scofield, although it was not a commercial success. Young worked for Alex Korda on Storm Over
4148-415: Was chosen as Britain's entry for the Cannes Film Festival. He wrote further scripts for Hurst: A Call for Arms (1940) (a short), Dangerous Moonlight (1941), and A Letter from Ulster (1942) (a short). For other directors Young wrote Secret Mission (1942) (featuring a young James Mason) and On Approval (1944). Young went off to war service. In 1946, he returned to assist Hurst again with
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#17328513652144216-458: Was formed in May 1941 as a result of the shortage of armoured troops in England to face a German invasion . There was opposition to this move, as it was felt by the establishment that the height of the Guards—selected for height, amongst other criteria, as elite soldiers—would make them poor tank crew. The division originally consisted of two armoured brigades, the 5th and the 6th . These consisted of three tank regiments of Covenanter V tanks and
4284-421: Was in favour of retaining as much of Fleming’s writing for the film version of Dr. No as possible." Young made several key contributions to the film including recruiting Sean Connery to portray Bond. Actress Lois Maxwell , who portrayed Miss Moneypenny , later said that "Terence took Sean under his wing. He took him to dinner, to his tailor, showed him how to walk, how to talk, even how to eat." The movie
4352-412: Was now generally along a road, with the lead elements and Typhoon air support brushing aside most opposition before it could delay the column. The population was grateful for their liberation; the 2nd Household Cavalry , who were generally first into the town, had to keep a sharp eye on stowage and aerials on the exterior of the vehicle lest it be taken as a souvenir. In one town, only the intervention of
4420-451: Was offered and turned down the direction of Bond films For Your Eyes Only and Never Say Never Again . Following Thunderball , most of Young's work was in continental Europe, mainly Italy and France. Young directed part of the 1965 espionage portmanteau film The Dirty Game starring Bourvil and Henry Fonda . He provided the story for a spy film starrgin Frederick Stafford, Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1966), and directed
4488-416: Was the biographical mob drama The Valachi Papers (1972), another hit. Young made War Goddess (1973), then was hired to direct The Klansman (1974) with Richard Burton and Lee Marvin. The latter was based on a script by Samuel Fuller who was meant to direct, but Young was hired at the insistence of the film's European investors, who also arranged for the script to be rewritten. Young arranged for
4556-432: Was used to test the new Centurion universal tank , six of which had arrived in Germany, too late to be used in the conflict. Eventually the division was selected for conversion back to infantry, and held a "farewell to armour" parade on 9 June 1945; Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery took the final salute. Although its paper organisation remained one armoured brigade and one mechanised infantry brigade, after Normandy
4624-438: Was very popular. Young directed and co-wrote Mayerling (1968) with Omar Sharif and The Christmas Tree (1969) with William Holden . Young made three films starring Charles Bronson . The first was the thriller Cold Sweat (1970). Then came the offbeat Western Red Sun (1972) co starring Ursula Andress from Dr No , Alain Delon and Toshiro Mifune ; this was popular internationally. Their last collaboration
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