MFB: January 1958

Introduction for newcomers

Censor certificates

Glossary

Monthly Film Bulletin

January 1958

Vol. 25 No. 288

The Amazing Colossal Man
USA - 1957 - 79m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Bert I. Gordon
Followed by: War of the Colossal Beast (1958, Jun/1959).

Angst
[see: paura, La]

Barnacle Bill
(USA: All at Sea)
UK - 1957 - 87m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Charles Frend

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
UK - 1957 - 86m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Frank Launder
Series: The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954, Oct/1954).

The Careless Years
USA - 1957 - 72m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Arthur Hiller

Cat Girl
UK - 1957 - 75m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (X) (cut)
D: Alfred Shaughnessy

Awarded an X certificate in 1957, Cat Girl was resubmitted
to the BBFC in 1958 and cut for an A rating.

Copper Sky
USA - 1957 - 77m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Charles Marquis Warren

Damn Citizen
USA - 1957 - 88m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Robert Gordon

Dangerous Exile
UK - 1957 - 90m - col / VistaVision
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Brian Desmond Hurst

Day of the Bad Man
USA - 1957 - 82m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Harry Keller

Death Over My Shoulder
UK - 1957 - 89m - bw
Orb (A) (cut)
D: Arthur Crabtree

The Depraved
UK - 1957 - 70m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Paul Dickson

The Diary of Major Thompson
Les carnets du Major Thompson
(USA: The French, They Are a Funny Race)
France - 1955 - 105m - bw
Gala (U)
D: Preston Sturges

The Faithful City
USA/Israel - 1952 - 85m - bw
Equity British (A) (cut)
D: Josef Lejtes

The Fall of Lola Montes
Lola Montès
France/W.Germany - 1955 - 140m - col / scope
Regent (A)
D: Max Ophüls
Also reviewed: Oct 1978.

Fighting Trouble
USA - 1956 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: George Blair
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

The Flying Scot
(USA: The Mailbag Robbery)
UK - 1957 - 69m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Compton Bennett

Girl in a Bikini
Poveri ma belli
(USA: Poor But Beautiful)
(aka: Poor, But Handsome)
Italy - 1957 - 103m - bw
Gala (U)
D: Dino Risi
Followed by: Irresistible (1957, Jun/1960), Poveri milionari (1959).

The Girl Most Likely
USA - 1957 - 99m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Mitchell Leisen
Badly cropped from 1.85:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as 'RKO-Scope'.

Girls Marked Danger
La tratta delle bianche
(aka: Frustrations)
Italy - 1952 - 97m - bw
Exclusive (X) (cut)
D: Luigi Comencini

His Greatest Role
Sénéchal le magnifique
(USA: Senechal the Magnificent)
France/Italy - 1957 - 79m - bw
Films de France (A)
D: Jean Boyer

It Happened in Rome
Souvenir d'Italie
Italy/France/UK - 1956 - 100m - col / Technirama
Rank (U)
D: Antonio Pietrangeli

Just My Luck
UK - 1957 - 86m - bw
Rank (U)
D: John Paddy Carstairs

Lola Montès

The Monolith Monsters
USA - 1957 - 77m - bw
Rank (A)
D: John Sherwood

Morning Call
(USA: Strange Case of Dr. Manning)
UK - 1957 - 75m - bw
Astral (A) (cut)
D: Arthur Crabtree

The Naked Truth
(USA: Your Past is Showing)
UK - 1957 - 92m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Mario Zampi

Night of the Demon
(USA: Curse of the Demon)
UK - 1957 - 95m/82m - bw
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Jacques Tourneur

On the Bowery
USA - 1955 - 65m - bw
Filmsa de France (X)
D: Lionel Rogosin

Pal Joey
USA - 1957 - 112m - col
Columbia (A)
D: George Sidney

La paura
(aka: Fear)
Italy/W.Germany - 1954 - 83m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Roberto Rossellini
Also reviewed: Mar 1981.

Rockabilly Baby
USA - 1957 - 82m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: William F. Claxton

The Sad Sack
USA - 1957 - 98m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: George Marshall

The Stepmother
Fedra
(USA: Fedra: The Devil's Daughter)
Spain - 1955 - 100m - bw
Mondial (X) (cut)
D: Manuel Mur Oti

Stopover Tokyo
USA - 1957 - 100m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Richard L. Breen
4-channel stereo

The Story of Mankind
USA - 1957 - 99m - col
Warner (U)
D: Irwin Allen

Summer Love
USA - 1957 - 85m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Charles Haas

The Tarnished Angels
USA - 1957 - 91m - bw / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Douglas Sirk

Tarzan and the Lost Safari
UK - 1957 - 81m - col
MGM (U) (cut)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone
Badly cropped from 1.85:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, billed erroneously as 'CinemaScope'.
Series: Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955, Apr/1955).

The Ten Commandments
USA - 1956 - 219m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Cecil B. DeMille

Toto and the Poachers
UK - 1957 - 50m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Brian Salt

Until They Sail
USA - 1957 - 95m - bw / scope
MGM (A)
D: Robert Wise
4-channel stereo

War Drums
USA - 1956 - 73m - col
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Reginald Le Borg

Young and Dangerous
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: William F. Claxton

The Young Guns
USA - 1956 - 82m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Albert Band

Zero Hour!
USA - 1957 - 83m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Hall Bartlett