MFB: October 1959

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1959

Vol. 26 No. 309

The Alligator People
USA - 1959 - 74m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Anatomy of a Murder
USA - 1959 - 160m - bw
Columbia (X)
D: Otto Preminger

Ask Any Girl
USA - 1959 - 98m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Charles Walters
4-channel stereo

Assault in Broad Daylight
Es geschah am hellichten Tag
(USA: It Happened in Broad Daylight)
Switzerland/W.Germany/Spain - 1958 - 102m - bw
Miracle (X)
D: Ladislao Vajda

The Big Fish

Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce
Czechoslovakia - 1955 - 69m - bw
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Bretislav Pojar

The Blue Angel
USA - 1959 - 107m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Edward Dmytryk
4-channel stereo

Blue Jeans
Blue Denim
USA - 1959 - 89m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Philip Dunne
4-channel stereo

Carry On Teacher
UK - 1959 - 86m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Gerald Thomas
Series: Carry On Sergeant (1958, Sep/1958).

Cast a Long Shadow
USA - 1959 - 82m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Thomas Carr

Demons of the Swamp
Attack of the Giant Leeches
USA - 1959 - 61m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (X) (cut)
D: Bernard L. Kowalski

The Devil's Disciple
UK/USA - 1959 - 83m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Guy Hamilton

Every Day's a Holiday
L'oro di Napoli
(USA: The Gold of Naples)
Italy - 1954 - 138m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Vittorio De Sica
Also reviewed: Jul 1956.

The Foxiest Girl in Paris
Nathalie
France/Italy - 1957 - 96m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Christian-Jaque

Gunfighters of Abilene
USA - 1959 - 67m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Edward L. Cahn

I'm All Right Jack
UK - 1959 - 105m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John Boulting

Jet Storm
UK - 1959 - 99m - bw
British Lion / Britannia (A)
D: Cy Endfield

The Killer Shrews
USA - 1959 - 69m - bw
Eros (X) (cut)
D: Ray Kellogg
Followed by: Return of the Killer Shrews (2012).

The Legend of Tom Dooley
USA - 1959 - 77m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ted Post

Machete
USA - 1958 - 75m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Kurt Neumann

Maigret Sets a Trap
Maigret tend un piège
(USA: Inspector Maigret)
(aka: Maigret Lays a Trap)
(aka: Woman-Bait)
France/Italy - 1957 - 119m - bw
Rank (X) (cut)
D: Jean Delannoy
Followed by: Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959).

Mark of the Phoenix
UK - 1957 - 64m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

The Mirror Has Two Faces
Le miroir à deux faces
France/Italy - 1958 - 105m - bw
MGM (X)
D: André Cayatte

The Mystery of the Mine
UK - 1958 - 128m - 8 chapters - bw
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: James Hill

The Night We Dropped a Clanger
(USA: Make Mine a Double)
UK - 1959 - 86m - bw
Rank (U) (cut)
D: Darcy Conyers

North by Northwest
USA - 1959 - 136m - col / VistaVision
MGM (A)
D: Alfred Hitchcock

A Private's Affair
USA - 1959 - 92m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Raoul Walsh
4-channel stereo

The Rabbit Trap
USA - 1958 - 76m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Philip Leacock

The Rebel Set
USA - 1958 - 72m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Gene Fowler Jr.

Return of the Fly
USA - 1959 - 80m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: Edward L. Bernds
Series: The Fly (1958, Sep/1958).

Revolt in the Big House
USA - 1958 - 79m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: R.G. Springsteen

The Siege of Pinchgut
(USA: Four Desperate Men)
UK - 1959 - 104m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Harry Watt

Tank Commando
Tank Commandos
USA - 1959 - 81m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Burt Topper

Tarawa Beachhead
USA - 1958 - 76m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Paul Wendkos

Temptation Island
L'île du bout du monde
(USA: Temptation)
France - 1958 - 104m - bw
Films de France (X) (cut)
D: Edmond T. Gréville

This Other Eden
Ireland - 1959 - 80m - bw
Regal (U)
D: Muriel Box

Two Guns and a Badge
USA - 1954 - 69m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

The White Trap
UK - 1959 - 58m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Sidney Hayers

Yellowstone Kelly
USA - 1959 - 91m - col
Warner (U)
D: Gordon Douglas