By Mark Allison
In 1971, Michael Caine recast the cheery cockney crim as a decidedly nasty and unglamorous antihero.
By Anton Bitel
With its camp aesthetic and winking humour, Mike Hodges’ swash-buckling space romp is undeniably a product of its time.
Before Mike Hodges and Michael Caine, there was Masoud Kimiai and Behrouz Vossoughi.