 He directed the films "Me and the Colonel" (1958) with Danny Kaye, "Summer and Smoke" (1961) with Geraldine Page and Laurence Harvey, "Term of Trial" (1962) with Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret and Sarah Miles, "Becket" (1964) with Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole, "Hotel Paradiso" (1966) with Guinness and Gina Lollobrigida and "The Comedians" (1967) with Elizabeth Taylor, Burton, Guinness and Peter Ustinov.In 1970 Glenville directed another new Terence Rattigan play in the West End, "A Bequest to the Nation" In 1971 he began work on the film project of "Man of La Mancha", but when he failed to agree with United Artists on the production, he bowed out.In 1973 he directed the original production of Tennessee Williams's "Out Cry" on Broadway after which he retired and eventually moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.