Editing Michael Winner (section)

===Oliver Reed===
Winner's film ''[[The System (1964 film)|The System]]'' (1964), also known as ''The Girl-Getters'', began a partnership with actor [[Oliver Reed]] that would last for six films over a 25-year period, and was based on a script by Peter Draper. Winner would later receive an offer from Columbia to direct a comedy, ''[[You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)|You Must Be Joking!]]'' (1965). It starred American actor [[Michael Callan]] and a supporting cast that included [[Lionel Jeffries]] and [[Denholm Elliott]], while Winner also wrote the script.

Winner was reunited with Reed on ''[[The Jokers]]'' (1967), a comedy where Reed was teamed with [[Michael Crawford]]. It was based on a script by [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]] from a story by Winner for his own company, Scimitar Films Limited (for Universal's English operations, then under [[Jay Kanter]]). The resulting movie was a popular hit.<ref>{{cite news|author=Martin, B.|title=Gavin signs universal pact|date=3 June 1966|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|155503215}}}}</ref>

Winner and Reed then made the comedy-drama ''[[I'll Never Forget What's'isname]]'' (1967), co-starring [[Orson Welles]], [[Carol White]] and [[Harry Andrews]], also for Scimitar. Draper wrote the script, which was a spoof of the advertising world, and the film was also done for Universal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Schell to Direct 'Garden'|author=Martin, Betty|work=Los Angeles Times|date=22 February 1967|page=e14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Jokers' Make Him the Winner|author=MARK SHIVAS|work=The New York Times|date=11 June 1967|page=133}}</ref>

Winner did some uncredited directing on ''A Little of What You Fancy'' (1967), a documentary about the history of the British music hall. Then he and Reed made their fourth feature together, the World War II satire ''[[Hannibal Brooks]]'' (1969), again from a Clement/La Frenais script and based on a story by Winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/hannibal-brooks/|title=''Hannibal Brooks'' (1969) Directed by Michael Winner|website=LETTERBOXD|access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref><ref>Goodwin, Cliff ''Evil Spirits: The Life of Oliver Reed'', London: Virgin Publishing Ltd, 2000</ref>
 
In 1970, Winner directed ''[[The Games (1970 film)|The Games]]'' for [[20th Century Fox]], the film is about the [[Olympic Games]] and which starred [[Ryan O'Neal]] and [[Stanley Baker]], with script by [[Eric Segal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23432-THE-GAMES?cxt=filmography |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>