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MFB: May 1960





Monthly Film Bulletin
May 1960
Vol. 27 No. 316



The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
USA - 1960 - 107m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Michael Curtiz

All the Fine Young Cannibals
USA - 1960 - 112m - col / scope
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Michael Anderson

And Women Shall Weep
UK - 1959 - 65m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: John Lemont

Can-Can
USA - 1960 - 141m - col / Todd-AO
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Walter Lang
6-channel stereo

Caught in the Net
UK - 1960 - 64m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John Haggerty

Climb Up the Wall
UK - 1960 - 65m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Michael Winner

The Crimson Kimono
USA - 1959 - 81m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Samuel Fuller





The Green Mare's Nest
La jument verte
(USA: The Green Mare)
France - 1959 - 96m - col / scope
Cross-Channel (X) (cut)
D: Claude Autant-Lara

Guerrilla Girl
USA - 1953 - 81m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: John Christian

Guns of the Timberland
USA - 1959 - 88m - col
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Robert D. Webb

Heller in Pink Tights
USA - 1960 - 100m - col
Paramount (A)
D: George Cukor

Hell is a City
UK - 1959 - 98m - bw / scope
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Val Guest

Hound Dog Man
USA - 1959 - 87m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Mar 1984.
4-channel stereo

Inside the Mafia
USA - 1959 - 72m - bw
Unitred Artists (A) (cut)
D: Edward L. Cahn




Jackpot
UK - 1960 - 71m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Montgomery Tully

Jesse James' Women
USA - 1954 - 83m - col
Regal (A) (cut)
D: Don 'Red' Barry

Julie the Redhead
Julie la rousse
France - 1959 - 100m - bw
Miracle (A)
D: Claude Boissol

The Last Angry Man
USA - 1959 - 98m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Daniel Mann

The Last Voyage
USA - 1959 - 91m - col
MGM (A)
D: Andrew L. Stone

The League of Gentlemen
UK - 1960 - 113m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Basil Dearden




Lift to the Scaffold
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
(aka: Frantic)
(aka: Elevator to the Gallows)
France - 1957 - 89m - bw
Mondial (A)
D: Louis Malle

The Little Savage
USA - 1959 - 78m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Byron Haskin

Lunch on the Grass
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
(aka: Picnic on the Grass)
France - 1959 - 91m - col
Mondial (X) (cut)
D: Jean Renoir

A Lust to Kill
(aka: Border Lust)
USA - 1957 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Oliver Drake

Operation Cupid
UK - 1959 - 65m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Charles Saunders

The Pay-Off
T-Bird Gang
USA - 1958 - 75m - bw
Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Richard Harbinger

Peeping Tom
UK - 1959 - 101m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated (X) (cut)
D: Michael Powell
Also reviewed: Nov 1994.

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
USA - 1960 - 111m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Charles Walters

Racial Incident
Zwischenfall in Benderath
E.Germany - 1956 - 97m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: János Veiczi




The Rawhide Trail
USA - 1958 - 67m - bw
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Robert Gordon


The Rookie
USA - 1959 - 86m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: George O'Hanlon

School for Scoundrels
UK - 1960 - 94m - bw
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Robert Hamer

Seven Guns to Mesa
USA - 1958 - 69m - bw
Warner-Pathe (A) (cut)
D: Edward Dein

Sins of Youth
Péché de jeunesse
France - 1958 - 79m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Louis Duchesne

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
(USA: Season of Passion)
Australia/UK/USA - 1959 - 94m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Leslie Norman

Texas John Slaughter
USA (TV) - 1958 - 74m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: James Neilson
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Walt Disney Presents (1958-61).
Followed by: Stampede at Bitter Creek (1959, May/1963), Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge (1962, Aug/1964).

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus
USA - 1959 - 96m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Charles T. Barton

Travelling Light
UK - 1959 - 52m - col
Gala (U) (cut)
D: Edward Craven-Walker [as: Michael Keatering]


Trouble With Eve
UK - 1959 - 64m - bw
Butcher's (A)
D: Francis Searle

Untamed Women
Wild Women
(aka: Bowanga Bowanga)
USA - 1951 - 62m - bw
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: Norman Dawn

Urge to Kill
UK - 1960 - 58m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Vernon Sewell
Followed by: Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960, Nov/1960), Marriage of Convenience (1960, Jan/1961), The Man Who Was Nobody (1960, Jan/1961), Clue of the New Pin (1960, Apr/1961), Partners in Crime (1961, May/1961), The Fourth Square (1961, Aug/1961), The Man at the Carlton Tower (1961, Sep/1961), The Clue of the Silver Key (1961, Oct/1961), Attempt to Kill (1961, Oct/1961), Man Detained (1961, Dec/1961), Never Back Losers (1961, Jan/1962), The Sinister Man (1961, Feb/1962), Candidate for Murder (1962, Apr/1962), Backfire (1962), The Share Out (1962, May/1962), Flat Two (1962, May/1962), Number Six (1962, Jun/1962), Time to Remember (1962, Sep/1962), Locker Sixty Nine (1962, Feb/1963), Playback (1962, Nov/1962), Solo for Sparrow (1962, Nov/1962), Death Trap (1962, Dec/1962), The Set Up (1962, Apr/1963), The £20,000 Kiss (1963, Apr/1963), Incident at Midnight (1963, Apr/1963), On the Run (1963, May/1963), Return to Sender (1963, Jul/1963), Ricochet (1963, Aug/1963), The Double (1963, Aug/1963), The Rivals (1963), To Have and to Hold (1963), The Partner (1963, Nov/1963), Accidental Death (1963, Mar/1964), Five to One (1963, Mar/1964), Downfall (1963, Apr/1964), The Verdict (1964, May/1964), We Shall See (1964, Jul/1964), Who Was Maddox? (1964, Aug/1964), Act of Murder (1964, Feb/1965), Face of a Stranger (1964), Never Mention Murder (1964, Apr/1965), The Main Chance (1964, May/1965), Game for Three Losers (1965, Jul/1965), Change Partners (1965, Apr/1966), Strangler's Web (1965, Sep/1966), Dead Man's Chest (1965, Dec/1965).

Versailles
Si Versailles m'était conte
(USA: Royal Affairs in Versailles)
(aka: Affairs in Versailles)
France - 1954 - 165m - col
Mondial (A)
D: Sacha Guitry

Vice Raid
USA - 1959 - 71m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Edward L. Cahn

The Wild Women of Wongo
USA - 1958 - 72m - col
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: James L. Wolcott

Women Are Weak
Faibles femmes
(USA: 3 Murderesses)
France - 1958 - 100m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Michel Boisrond

The Young Sinner
High School Big Shot
USA - 1958 - 70m - bw
Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Joel Rapp

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