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MFB: November 1954

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1954

Vol. 21 No. 250

The Affair of Madame Pompadour
Le avventure di Mandrin
(USA: Don Juan's Night of Love)
(aka: The Adventures of Manderin)
Italy/France - 1949 - 102m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Mario Soldati

Arrow in the Dust
USA - 1954 - 74m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lesley Selander

Bongolo and the Black Princess
Bongolo
(aka: Bongolo and the Negro Princess)
Belgium - 1952 - 85m - col
Astarte (U)
D: André Cauvin

Broken Lance
USA - 1954 - 96m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Edward Dmytryk
4-channel stereo

Crime Squad
USA - 1953 - 71m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Jean Yarbrough
Three episodes of the TV series I'm the Law (1953), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

The Crowded Day
(USA: Shop Spoiled)
UK - 1954 - 82m - bw
Adelphi (A) (cut)
D: John Guillermin

Dawn at Socorro
(aka: Gunfight in Socorro)
USA - 1954 - 80m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: George Sherman

The Day After Tomorrow
Strange Holiday
(aka: Terror on Main Street)
USA - 1945 - 61m - bw
Adelphi (A) (cut)
D: Arch Oboler

Devil's Point
(USA: Devil's Harbor)
UK - 1954 - 65m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Montgomery Tully

Diplomatic Passport
UK - 1954 - 66m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Gene Martel

Drums Across the River
USA - 1954 - 77m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Nathan Juran

The End of the Road
UK - 1954 - 76m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Wolf Rilla

Fabian of the Yard
UK - 1954 - 75m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Edward Thommen, Anthony Beauchamp
Three episodes of the TV series Fabian of the Yard (1955-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Handcuffs, London (1955, Mar/1955).

Final Appointment
(USA: The Last Appointment)
UK - 1954 - 69m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Terence Fisher
Followed by: Stolen Assignment (1955, Oct/1955), The Diplomatic Corpse (1958, Apr/1958), Dead Lucky (1960, Aug/1960).

For Better, For Worse
(USA: Cocktails in the Kitcken)
UK - 1954 - 84m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: J. Lee Thompson

Francis Joins the WACS
USA - 1954 - 85m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Arthur Lubin
Series: Francis (1949, Jan-Feb/1950).

Gog
USA - 1954 - 81m - col / 3-D
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Herbert L. Strock
The UK version distributed by United Artists was 2-D only.

Golden Ivory
(USA: The White Huntress)
UK - 1954 - 86m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: George P. Breakston

Her Twelve Men

USA - 1954 - 91m - col
MGM (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Hunters of the Deep
USA - 1954 - 64m - col
Monarch (U)
D: Ben Chapman

The Inspecting General
Ревизор
(USA: The Inspector-General)
USSR - 1952 - 90m - col
Gala (U)
D: Vladimir Petrov

Invaders From Mars
USA - 1953 - 82m - col
British Lion (A)
D: William Cameron Menzies
Also reviewed: Jun 1981.

The Iron Mask
USA - 1929 - silent - bw
[Distributor unknown] (U)
D: Allan Dwan
Originally silent, but later released in a re-edited version with music, sound effects and a newly-recorded commentary.

King Richard and the Crusaders
USA - 1954 - 114m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U)
D: David Butler
4-channel stereo

Lease of Life
UK - 1954 - 94m - col
General Film (U)
D: Charles Frend

Lotus of Kashmir
Pamposh
पम्पोश
India - 1953 - 75m - col
Gala (U)
D: Ezra Mir

The Iron Mask

Men of the Fighting Lady
USA - 1954 - 79m - col
MGM (A)
D: Andrew Marton

Orders Are Orders
UK - 1954 - 78m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: David Paltenghi

The Purple Plain
UK - 1954 - 100m - col
General Film (A)
D: Robert Parrish

Radio Cab Murder
UK - 1954 - 70m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Vernon Sewell

Red Desert
USA - 1949 - 62m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ford Beebe

Riding Shotgun
USA - 1954 - 74m - col
Warner (U)
D: André De Toth

Ripening Seed
Le blé en herbe
(USA: The Game of Love)
France - 1953 - 105m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Claude Autant-Lara

Roaring Challenge
USA - 1954 - 52m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Lew Landers
Two episodes of the TV series The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Prince of Padua Hills (1953).

Salt of the Earth
USA - 1954 - 94m - bw
Film Traders (A) (cut)
D: Herbert J. Biberman

Sky High
USA - 1951 - 61m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Sam Newfield

Stories of the Century No. 1
USA - 1954 - 59m - bw
Republic (U) (cut)
D: William Witney
Two episodes of the TV series Stories of the Century (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

Stranger From Venus
(USA: Immediate Disaster)
(aka: The Venusian)
UK - 1954 - 75m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Burt Balaban

Suddenly
USA - 1954 - 75m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Allen

Superman's Peril
USA - 1953 - 77m - bw
Eros (U)
D: George Blair, Thomas Carr
Three episodes of the TV series Adventures of Superman (1952-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Superman Flies Again (1953, Aug/1956), Superman in Exile (1953), Superman in Scotland Yard (1953), Superman and the Jungle Devil (1953).

This is Cinerama
USA - 1952 - 116m - col / Cinerama
Cinerama (U)
D: Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch
7-channel stereo

Thunder in the Pines
USA - 1948 - 61m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Robert Gordon [as: Robert Edwards]

White Christmas
USA - 1954 - 120m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Michael Curtiz

Yesterday and Today
USA - 1953 - 54m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Abner J. Greshler

MFB: October 1954

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1954

Vol. 21 No. 249

36 Hours
(USA: Terror Street)
UK - 1953 - 80m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Montgomery Tully

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
UK - 1954 - 76m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Alan Bromly

The Battle of Stalingrad
Сталинградская битва
USSR - 1948/1949 - 192m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Vladimir Petrov
Released in two separate parts (98m and 94m respectively).
Part 1 reviewed: May 1953.

The Belles of St. Trinian's
UK - 1954 - 91m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Frank Launder
Followed by: Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957, Jan/1958), The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960, Dec/1960), The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966, Apr/1966), The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980, May/1980).

Bengal Rifles
Bengal Brigade
USA - 1954 - 87m - col
General Film (U)
D: Laslo Benedek

Betrayed
USA - 1954 - 108m - col
MGM (U)
D: Gottfried Reinhardt

Black Horse Canyon
USA - 1954 - 81m - col
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Jesse Hibbs

The Black Knight
UK - 1954 - 85m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Tay Garnett

The Black Shield of Falworth
USA - 1954 - 98m - col / scope (2.55:1)
General Film (U)
D: Rudolph Maté
4-channel stereo

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
USA - 1954 - 82m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Lew Landers

Demetrius and the Gladiators
USA - 1954 - 100m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Delmer Daves
Series: The Robe (1953, Jan/54).
4-channel stereo

Dragon's Gold
USA - 1954 - 73m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Aubrey Wisberg, Jack Pollexfen

Flame and the Flesh
USA - 1954 - 104m - col
MGM (X)
D: Richard Brooks

Garden of Evil
USA - 1954 - 99m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Henry Hathaway
4-channel stereo

The High and the Mighty
USA - 1954 - 146m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U) (cut)
D: William A. Wellman
4-channel stereo

Hot News
USA - 1953 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Jennifer
USA - 1953 - 71m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Joel Newton

Jungle Man Eaters
USA - 1954 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lee Sholem
Series: Jungle Jim (1948, Jun/1949).

Loophole
USA - 1954 - 80m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Harold D. Schuster

Naked Alibi
USA - 1954 - 85m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Jerry Hopper

Princess of the Nile
USA - 1954 - 71m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Harmon Jones

Profile
UK - 1954 - 65m - bw
Monarch (A)
D: Francis Searle

Pushover
USA - 1954 - 88m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Richard Quine

The Raid
USA - 1954 - 83m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Hugo Fregonese

Romeo and Juliet
UK/Italy - 1954 - 138m - col
General Film (U)
D: Renato Castellani

The Singing City
Città canora
(USA: Melody of Love)
Italy - 1952 - 96m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Mario Costa

Stolen Identity
USA/Austria - 1953 - 81m - bw
Renown (A)
D: Gunther von Fritsch

Thirty-Six Hours
[see: 36 Hours]

Time is My Enemy
UK - 1954 - 64m - bw
Independent / British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Don Chaffey

Tucson

USA - 1949 - 62m - bw
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: William F. Claxton

Two Kinds of Murder
USA - 1954 - 50m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Harry L. Fraser
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).

Wedding Night
Une nuit de noces
(aka: A Night at a Honeymoon)
France - 1950 - 85m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: René Jayet

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
USA - 1951 - 51m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ron Ormond

The Young Lovers
(USA: Chance Meeting)
UK - 1954 - 96m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Anthony Asquith

MFB: September 1954

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

September 1954

Vol. 21 No. 248

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Mexico - 1953 - 89m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Luis Buñuel

Apache
USA - 1954 - 87m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Robert Aldrich

The Beachcomber
UK - 1954 - 90m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Muriel Box

The Caine Mutiny
USA - 1954 - 124m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Edward Dmytryk

Delayed Action
UK - 1954 - 60m - bw
General Film (A)
D: John Harlow

Dial M for Murder
USA - 1954 - 105m - col / 3-D
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Alfred Hitchcock
The UK version distributed by Warner was 2-D only.

Dragonfly Squadron
USA - 1954 - 83m - bw / 3-D
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lesley Selander
The UK version distributed by Associated British-Pathé was 2-D only.

The Embezzler
UK - 1954 - 61m - bw
General Film (A)
D: John Gilling

The Far Country
USA - 1954 - 96m - col
General Film (U)
D: Anthony Mann

Fighter Attack
USA - 1953 - 72m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lesley Selander

Flame of Africa
S.Africa - 1954 - 70m - col
United Artists (U)
D: T.V. Bulpin

Geisha Girl
USA - 1952 - 67m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: George P. Breakston, C. Ray Stahl

The Golden Link
UK - 1954 - 83m - bw
Archway (A)
D: Charles Saunders

The Green Scarf
UK - 1954 - 96m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: George More O'Ferrall

Happy Childhood
Счастливое детство
USSR - 1953 - 53m - col
Plato
D: Tamara Lavrova

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
USA (TV) - 1950 - 52m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Richard L. Bare
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of The Magnavox Theatre (1950).

Indiscretion
Stazione Termini
(USA: Indiscretion of an American Wife)
Italy/USA - 1953 - 90m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Vittorio De Sica

The Iron Glove
USA - 1954 - 77m - col
Columbia (U)
D: William Castle

Jesse James vs. the Daltons
USA - 1953 - 65m - col / 3-D
Columbia (U)
D: William Castle
The UK version distributed by Columbia was 2-D only.

Johnny Dark
USA - 1954 - 86m - col
General Film (U)
D: George Sherman

Last of the Pony Riders
USA - 1953 - 58m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: George Archainbaud
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Living It Up
USA - 1954 - 95m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Norman Taurog

The Master Plan
UK - 1954 - 78m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: Cy Endfield [as: Hugh Raker]

On the Waterfront
USA - 1954 - 107m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Elia Kazan

Overland Pacific
USA - 1954 - 72m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Fred F. Sears

Prince of the Blue Grass
Pride of the Blue Grass
USA - 1954 - 70m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U) (cut)
D: William Beaudine

Rear Window
USA - 1954 - 112m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Alfred Hitchcock

The Red Dress
UK - 1954 - 76m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Lawrence Huntington, Charles Saunders
Two episodes of the TV series Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953-57), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: The Triangle (1953, Jun/1953).

The Return of Don Camillo
Le retour de Don Camillo
France/Italy - 1953 - 115m - bw
Miracle (U)
D: Julien Duvivier
Series: Don Camillo (1952, Mar/1953).

Ricochet Romance

USA - 1954 - 80m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Charles Lamont

Il ritorno di Don Camillo
[see: Return of Don Camillo, The]

River of No Return
USA - 1954 - 91m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Otto Preminger
4-channel stereo

Rose Marie
USA - 1954 - 104m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: Mervyn LeRoy
4-channel stereo

Sabaka
(aka: The Hindu)
USA - 1953 - 77m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Frank Ferrin

Indiscretion

Sabrina
(aka: Sabrina Fair)
USA - 1954 - 114m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Billy Wilder

Saginaw Trail
USA - 1953 - 55m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: George Archainbaud
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Secret of the Incas
USA - 1954 - 101m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Jerry Hopper

Snake River Desperadoes
USA - 1951 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

The Stranger Came Home
(USA: The Unholy Four)
UK - 1954 - 80m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Terence Fisher

Streets of Ghost Town
USA - 1950 - 53m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Susan Slept Here
USA - 1954 - 98m - col
RKO Radio (A)
D: Frank Tashlin

Tanganyika
USA - 1954 - 81m - col
General Film (U)
D: André De Toth

Them!
USA - 1954 - 93m - bw
Warner (X) (cut)
D: Gordon Douglas

Up to His Neck
UK - 1954 - 90m - bw
General Film (U)
D: John Paddy Carstairs

Valley of the Kings
USA - 1954 - 86m - col
MGM (U)
D: Robert Pirosh

What Every Woman Wants
UK - 1954 - 88m - bw
Adelphi (A)
D: Maurice Elvey

World for Ransom
USA - 1953 - 82m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich