Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1958
Vol. 25 No. 295
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Les aventures d'Arsène Lupin
France/Italy - 1956 - 103m - col
MGM (U)
D: Jacques Becker
Alina
Italy - 1950 - 90m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Giorgio Pastina
Born to the Saddle
USA - 1953 - 74m - col
Butcher's (U)
D: William Beaudine
The Brothers Karamazov
USA - 1958 - 145m - col
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Richard Brooks
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
(aka: The Courage of Rin Tin Tin)
USA - 1958 - 77m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Robert G. Walker
Cop Hater
USA - 1957 - 75m - bwUnited Artists (X) (cut)
D: William Berke
The Country Husband
USA (TV) - 1956 - 75m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: James Neilson
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Playhouse 90 (1956-61).
Death in Small Doses
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Joseph M. Newman
Desert Hell
USA - 1958 - 82m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Charles Marquis Warren
Edge of Fury
USA - 1957 - 77m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Robert Gurney Jr., Irving Lerner
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.
Forest of the Falcons
Kék vércsék erdejében
Hungary - 1954 - 51m - col
Contemporary (U)
D: István Homoki Nagy
Girl on the Subway
USA (TV) - 1956 - 50m - bw
Warner (U)
D: John Rich
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Conflict (1956-57).
The Golden Age of Comedy
USA - 1957 - 79m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Robert Youngson
Followed by: When Comedy Was King (1959, Apr/1960), Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961, Jun/1961).
Graft and Corruption
Confession
USA (TV) - 1956 - 75m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Anton M. Leader
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Playhouse 90 (1956-61).
Gunman's Walk
USA - 1958 - 95m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson
Harry Black
(aka: Harry Black and the Tiger)
UK - 1958 - 117m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Hugo Fregonese
4-channel stereo
The High Cost of Loving
USA - 1958 - 87m - bw / scope
MGM (U)
D: José Ferrer
4-channel stereo
How to Rob a Bank
USA - 1958 - 87m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Levin
Ice Cold in Alex
(USA: Desert Attack)
UK - 1958 - 129m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: J. Lee Thompson
Indiscreet
USA/UK - 1958 - 98m - col
Warner (A)
D: Stanley Donen
Juvenile Passion
狂った果実
(USA: Crazed Fruit)
(aka: Juvenile Jungle)
Japan - 1956 - 86m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Kō Nakahira
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| Juvenile Passion |
Kurutta kajitsu
[see: Juvenile Passion]
Land of the Sun Worshippers
Elysia (Valley of the Nude)
USA - 1933 - 50m - bw
Orb (U - London)
D: Bryan Foy
Nudist film, rejected by the BBFC in 1934 (submitted by Universal) and 1949 (Film Sales), and once again in 1958 (Orb), at which point it was passed by London County Council. That same year, the BBFC relented and passed the film with an A rating, apparently uncut. Civilisation didn't fall. Funny, that.
Last of the Desperados
USA - 1955 - 72m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Sam Newfield
The Lineup
USA - 1958 - 86m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Mar 1984.
A Night to Remember
UK - 1958 - 123m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Roy Ward Baker
Ready to Die
USA - 1958 - 50m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Adrian Weiss
Two episodes of the TV series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1951-53), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Film series: Craig Kennedy: Criminologist (1953, Nov/1953).
The Reckless Age
Dragstrip Riot
USA - 1957 - 68m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: David Bradley
Return to Warbow
USA - 1957 - 66m - col
Columbia (A)
D: Ray Nazarro
The Saga of Hemp Brown
USA - 1958 - 79m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Richard Carlson
The Savage Mountain
白い山脈
Japan - 1957 - 71m - col
Gala (U)
D: Sadao Imamura
Scandal in Montmartre
La môme Pigalle
(USA: The Maiden)
France - 1955 - 100m - bw
Mayfair (A - London) (cut)
D: Alfred Rode
This doesn't appear to have been submitted to the BBFC, but it was passed by London County Council, subject to heavy cuts.
Shiroi sanmayaku
[see: Savage Mountain, The]
Sierra Baron
USA - 1958 - 79m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: James B. Clark
4-channel stereo
Six Inches Tall
Attack of the Puppet People
USA - 1958 - 78m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Bert I. Gordon
The Snorkel
UK - 1958 - 90m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Guy Green
This Happy Feeling
USA - 1958 - 92m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Blake Edwards
Too Much, Too Soon
USA - 1958 - 121m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Art Napoleon
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Seiler
Undersea Girl
USA - 1957 - 74m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: John Peyser
The Unknown Soldier
Tuntematon sotilas
Finland - 1955 - 169m - bw
Contemporary (X) (cut)
D: Edvin Laine
Followed by: Here Beneath the North Star (1968, Jul/1978), Akseli and Elina (1970, Jul/1978).
The Vikings
USA - 1958 - 112m - col / Technirama
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Richard Fleischer
The White Squaw
USA - 1956 - 71m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Ray Nazarro
The Whole Truth
UK - 1958 - 85m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Guillermin
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