As a 20-year-old, Jack Warner was tasked with flying over Normandy ... epic The Brutalist came away as big winners on the British film industry's biggest night.

Wallis was up for another film as well with Watch on the Rhine. When Franklin read the winner, Hal Wallis got up to receive his award, but studio boss Jack Warner beat him to the stage.

AUSTIN “Jack” Warner was born in Rio Claro, South Trinidad, on January 26, 1943. He studied at the University of the West Indies, in St Augustine. In 1966, he became General Secretary of the ...