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-''[[Repulsion]]'' (1965)+'''Alfie''' is a [[nickname]] (though it can also be a [[given name]]) in [[English language|English]]-speaking countries, a variant on or shortened version of [[Alfred]] ([[Old English]]) or Alphonse ([[Old German]]).
-Carol Ledoux (Catherine Deneuve), a Belgian beautician left alone in an apartment, has psychosexual hallucinations.+In a general context, '''Alfie''' may refer to:
 +* ''Alfie'', a 1963 play by [[Bill Naughton]]
 +* [[Alfie (1966 film)|''Alfie'' (1966 film)]], a film based on the play by Bill Naughton starring Michael Caine
 +* ''[[Alfie Darling]]'' (aka ''Oh, Alfie!''), a 1975 sequel to the 1966 film
 +* [[Alfie (2004 film)|''Alfie'' (2004 film)]], a 2004 remake of the 1966 film
-''[[Alfie]]'' (1966)+In '''music''':
 +* [[Alfie (band)]], an English indie rock band
 +* [[Alfie (song)|"Alfie" (song)]], a Burt Bacharach and Hal David song, first sung by Cher, for the 1966 film
 +* [[Alfie (Sonny Rollins album)|''Alfie'' (Sonny Rollins album)]], a [[Sonny Rollins]] album, the soundtrack album to the 1966 film
 +* [[Alfie (soundtrack)|''Alfie'' (soundtrack)]], the soundtrack to the 2004 film remake
 +* [[Alfie (Lily Allen song)|"Alfie" (Lily Allen song)]], a Lily Allen song
 +* [[The Alfee]], a Japanese rock band formerly named Alfie
 +* "Becoming More Like Alfie", a song from The Divine Comedy's 1996 album ''[[Casanova (album)|Casanova]]''
-A lady‘s man (Michael Caine) plies his trade.+In '''sport''':
 +* [[Allan Langer]], an Australian Rugby League player
 +* [[Gareth Thomas (rugby player)]], former Welsh rugby union team captain
 +* [[Daniel Alfredsson]], a Swedish professional ice hockey player
 +* [[Justin Langer]], a former Australian cricketer nicknamed "Alfie"
 +* [[Adam le Fondre]], an English football player
-''[[The Bible: in the Beginning]]'' (1966)+'''Other uses''':
 +* [[Alfie Kohn]], an American lecturer and author in the fields of education, psychology and parenting
 +* [[Alfie Dennen]], a British technologist and pundit, and founder of several prominent websites based around mobile blogging.
 +* [[Alfie Moon]], a fictional character in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''
-Michael Parks and Ulla Bergryd appear as Adam and Eve, respectively. Buttocks are shown, but in distant, unfocused shots. 
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-''[[Blow-up]]'' (1966) 
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-Fashion photographer Thomas (David Hemmings) has sex with his models; the film includes a simulated orgasm, a brief glimpse of pubic hair, and Vanessa Redgrave topless. 
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-''[[Belle du Jour]]'' (1966) 
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-Parisian newlywed Sévérine Serizy (Catherine Deneuve) daydreams about gang-rape, becoming a daytime suburban prostitute. 
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-''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]'' (1967) 
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-Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) appears nude, but Clyde (Warren Beatty) proves impotent. 
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-''[[The Graduate]]'' (1967) 
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-Graduate (Dustin Hoffman) sees split-second flashes of Mrs. Robinson’s (Anne Bancroft) breasts as she seduces him; later, thet make love. 
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-''[[A Guide for the Married Man]]'' (1967) 
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-A guide for the married man as to how to commit adultery, this film contains limited, brief nudity. 
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-''[[I Am Curious, Yellow ]]''(1967) 
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-Full frontal nudity of both sexes, simulated sexual intercourse, and the kissing of the male's flaccid penis (fellatio) led to the U. S. Customs Department to seize this Swedish film as pornographic. 
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-''[[Valley of the Dolls]]'' (1967) 
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-Three Hollywood wannabe actresses (Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, and Sharon Tate) are corrupted by Tinsel Town’s movers and shakers. Based on the novel by Jacqueline Susann. 
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-''[[Inga]]'' (1967) 
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-Ex-ballerina Marie Liljedahl plays a young virgin; scenes include nudity, masturbation, and sexual intercourse. 
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-''[[Barbarella]]'' (1968) 
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-In this adaptation of the French comic strip, Barbarella (Jane Fonda) is sentenced to death by orgasm. 
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-''[[Candy]]'' (1968) 
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-A naive young woman experiences bizarre sexual adventures. Based on the novel by Terry Southern. 
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-''[[Flesh]]'' (1968) 
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-Bisexual hustler Joe Dallesandro hustles himself. 
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-''[[The Fox]]'' (1968) 
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-Lesbian lovers Ellen March (Anne Heywood) and Jill (Sandy Dennis) make love in an isolated Canadian farmhouse until Paul Renfield (Keir Dullea) arrives and Ellen choses him over Jill, who is later killed. Based on the novel by D. H. Lawrence. 
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-''[[Greetings]]'' (1968) 
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-This movie was the first to receive the X rating, although the rating was changed to R. Bare breasts and sex are prominent. 
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-''[[Hugs & Kisses]]'' (1968) 
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-This was the first movie in which an extended full frontal view of female genitalia occurs as the film's main character Eva (Agneta Ekmanner) undresses in front of a mirror, wanders around the room, and looks at her reflection 
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-''[[if]]'' (1968) 
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-This one has a shower scene that includes frontal male nudity; there are also scenes involving sex and homosexuality. 
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-''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' (1968) 
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-An X-rated film, this movie features lesbian lovemaking between Mercy Croft (Coral Browne) and Alice McNaught (Susannah York); later, it was released as an R-rated film. 
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-''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1968) 
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-Romeo (Leonard Whiting) and Juliet (Olivia Hussey) enjoy their honeymoon. 
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-''[[Rosemary’s Baby]]'' (1968) 
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-Rosemary (Mia Farrow), raped by the devil, gives birth Satan’s beastly baby. 
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-''[[Therese and Isabelle]]'' (1968) 
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-Two French schoolgirl classmates (Essy Persson and Anna Gael) fall in love, 
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-''[[Vixens!]]'' (1968) 
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-Erica Gavin is a sexually driven vixen. 
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-''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]'' (1969) 
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-Two couples, Bob and Carol Sanders (Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) and their best friends Ted and Alice Henderson (Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon) get to know one another during a weekend swinging trip to Sin City. 
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-''[[Easy Rider]]'' (1969) 
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-A pair of biker drug-dealers enjoy skinny dipping and sex in a New Orleans bordello. 
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-''[[Medium Cool]]'' (1969) 
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-This is the first mainstream American feature film to show full male and female nudity as sexual trysts abound. 
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-''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' (1969) 
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-A male prostitute, Joe Buck (Jon Voight) is befriended by a thief, Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), who have a homosexual relationship. 
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-''[[100 Rifles]]'' (1969) 
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-Raquel Welch showers under a railroad water tank, wearing skin-tight clothing, to distract Mexicans; she appears with Jim Brown in an onscreen interracial love scene. 
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-''[[Women In Love]]'' (1969) 
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-Despite its title, this film features nude male wrestling between local mine owner Gerald Crich (Oliver Reed) and schoolmaster Rupert Birkin (Alan Bates) and is the first commercial movie to show male genitals. 
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Alfie is a nickname (though it can also be a given name) in English-speaking countries, a variant on or shortened version of Alfred (Old English) or Alphonse (Old German).

In a general context, Alfie may refer to:

In music:

In sport:

Other uses:

  • Alfie Kohn, an American lecturer and author in the fields of education, psychology and parenting
  • Alfie Dennen, a British technologist and pundit, and founder of several prominent websites based around mobile blogging.
  • Alfie Moon, a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders


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