MFB: February 1965

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1965

Vol. 32 No. 373

Act of Murder
UK - 1964 - 62m - bw
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Alan Bridges

Carry On Cleo
UK - 1964 - 92m - col
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Gerald Thomas
Series: Carry On Sergeant (1958, Sep/1958).

Clash by Night
(USA: Escape by Night)
UK - 1963 - 75m - bw
Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Montgomery Tully

The Crimson Circle
Ser rote Kreis
(aka: The Red Circle)
W.Germany - 1960 - 92m - bw
DUK (A)
D: Jürgen Roland

"Is this a dagger I see before me?..."
(Carry On Cleo)

Father Goose
USA - 1964 - 116m - col
Rank (U)
D: Ralph Nelson

Hamlet
Гамлет
USSR - 1964 - 150m - bw / scope
British Lion (U)
D: Grigori Kozintsev
4-channel stereo

The High Bright Sun
(USA: McGuire, Go Home!)
(aka: A Date With Death)
UK - 1965 - 114m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Ralph Thomas

Hollywood Nudes Report
USA - 1963 - 64m - col
Compton-Cameo (A - London)
D: Barry Mahon
Rejected by the BBFC in 1964.

La Fayette
France/Italy - 1961 - 158m - col / Super Technirama 70
Cinerama (U)
D: Jean Dréville
Some UK prints screened in 70mm Cinerama.
6-channel stereo

The Lively Set
USA - 1964 - 95m - col
Rank (U)
D: Jack Arnold

Mary Poppins
USA - 1964 - 139m - col
Rank (U)
D: Robert Stevenson
4-channel stereo

Nightmare in the Sun
USA - 1963 - 81m - col
SF (A)
D: Marc Lawrence

Nude Las Vegas
USA - 1964 - 69m - col
Compton-Cameo
D: Barry Mahon

Put to the Test
UK - 1964 - 63m - col
Rothmans of Pall Mall
D: Jack Rayfield

Ride the Wild Surf
USA - 1964 - 101m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Don Taylor

Rio Conchos
USA - 1964 - 107m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Gordon Douglas

La ronde
(aka: Circle of Love)
France/Italy - 1964 - 110m - col / scope
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Roger Vadim

The Secret Invasion
USA - 1964 - 95m - col / scope
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Roger Corman

Seduced and Abandoned
Sedotta e abbandonata
Italy/France - 1963 - 123m - bw
British Lion (X)
D: Pietro Germi

She Loved to Be Bad
La donnaccia
Italy - 1963 - 97m - bw
E.J. Fancey (X) (cut)
D: Silvio Siano

House of the Damned: MFB Nov 1963

A Shot in the Dark
UK - 1964 - 101m - col / scope
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Blake Edwards
Series: The Pink Panther (1963, Feb/1964).

Signpost to Murder
USA - 1964 - 69m - bw / scope
MGM (A)
D: George Englund

The Strangler
USA - 1963 - 84m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Burt Topper

Swordsmen Three
Las tres espadas del Zorro
(USA: Sword of Zorro)
Spain/Italy - 1963 - 90m - col / scope
Regal (U)
D: Ricardo Blasco

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
France/W.Germany - 1964 - 92m - col
Bargate (A)
D: Jacques Demy
Also reviewed: Feb 1997.

Valley of the Kings
UK - 1964 - 101m - 6 chapters - col
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Frederic Goode

Witchcraft
UK - 1964 - 79m - bw
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: Don Sharp

The Yellow Rolls Royce
USA - 1964 - 122m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: Anthony Asquith