Who Dares Wins [1982] [DVD]

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Nonetheless, after the film's release, Collins was invited to meet the James Bond producer Cubby Broccoli, who was looking for a new 007. "I was in his office for about five minutes, but it was really over for me in seconds," Collins said later. "He's expecting another Connery to walk through the door but there are few of them around. He found me too aggressive."

We the former "LCFC Team" would like to send our very best wishes to all Lew's fans today, where ever you are in the world. And we send love and best wishes to Michelle, Oliver, Elliot and Cameron for letting us share our very special memories of our time with Lew. Very much missed by us all. Love Ruth, Debbie, Chris and Deb. xx a b "BBC News – Professionals star Lewis Collins dies". BBC. 28 November 2013 . Retrieved 28 November 2013.The American ambassador's residence was played by Heatherden Hall, the office administration building at Pinewood Studios, a building that has inevitably appeared in many other British films, including the James Bond and Carry On series. For Who Dares Wins, the building was expanded with a fake additional storey. His course ran for three weekends at the Finchley drill hall and then a fortnight straight off at St Martins Plain Folkestone Camp. It was not a holiday camp that was for sure. Interview with Brian Clemens on the making of 'The Professionals', Huffington Post (UK edition), 27 March 2014 In 2003, Collins left Britain and abandoned acting, and later in life had a business in the United States, selling computer equipment. [32] Who Dares Wins (The Final Option) stands out as the best movie dealing with military counter-terrorism yet made. Of course, it was made at the beginning of the Special Air Service Regiment superstardom mania that took hold in Britain after the successful Operation Nimrod at the Iranian Embassy in London. It can be dated and cheesy at times, and certainly the viewer has to wait quite a long time for the ultimate payoff. But when that payoff comes, it's well worth the time you spent watching Captain Skellen (Lewis Collins) infiltrate the CND-esque terrorist movement.

One of the many people watching the TV news that day was the British film producer Euan Lloyd. Lloyd was a former publicist who had made a few westerns shot in Spain in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and had recently produced the war films The Wild Geese (1978) and The Sea Wolves (1980). Watching the SAS in action, Lloyd knew that he had the subject for his next film, and got on the phone immediately to his lawyer to register a number of prospective film titles with the MPAA, one of which was Who Dares Wins, the motto of the SAS.

Hi to all the "Lew" fans reading this, ladies and gents!

Lewis died in November 2013 after a five year fight with cancer. I have stayed in touch with him up until his death. Some 33 years of friendship as the Airborne Brotherhood have with each other.. Rest in Peace Lewis dear friend and a nice guy to know. The Special Air Service (SAS) was one of several British special forces units formed in the desert campaign in North Africa during World War II. Unusually, it was also one that had survived into the Cold War era, being reactivated for the Malayan Emergency of 1948-1960.