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MFB: April 1954


Introduction for newcomers



Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1954
Vol. 21 No. 243


Alaska Seas
USA - 1953 - 77m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Jerry Hopper

The Back of Beyond
Australia - 1953 - 66m - bw
Shell Film Unit, Australia
D: John Heyer

Bang! You're Dead
(USA: Game of Danger)
UK - 1954 - 88m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Lance Comfort

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
USA - 1953 - 100m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U) (cut)
D: Robert D. Webb
4-channel stereo

The Big Heat
USA - 1953 - 90m - bw
Columbia (X)
D: Fritz Lang

Bomba and the Safari Drums
[see: Safari Drums]

Border River
USA - 1953 - 80m - col
General Film (U)
D: George Sherman

Casanova's Big Night
USA - 1953 - 86m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard





Cease Fire
USA - 1953 - 75m - bw / 3-D
Paramount (U)
D: Owen Crump
3-channel stereo

Easy to Love
USA - 1953 - 96m - col
MGM (U)
D: Charles Walters

Escape From Fort Bravo
USA - 1953 - 98m - col
MGM (U) (cut)
D: John Sturges
3-channel stereo

Executive Suite
USA - 1953 - 104m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert Wise

Fast and Loose
UK - 1954 - 75m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Gordon Parry

Fixed Bayonets!
USA - 1951 - 92m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Samuel Fuller

The Good Die Young
UK - 1954 - 98m - bw
Independent / British Lion (U) (cut)
D: Lewis Gilbert


Gun Fury
USA - 1953 - 80m - col / 3-D
Columbia (U) (cut)
D: Raoul Walsh
The UK version distributed by Columbia was 2-D only.

Hell's Half Acre
USA - 1953 - 83m - bw
Republic (A) (cut)
D: John H. Auer

The Homesteaders
USA - 1953 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Hondo
USA - 1953 - 83m - col / 3-D
Warner (U) (cut)
D: John Farrow

An Inspector Calls
UK - 1954 - 79m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Guy Hamilton





Island Sinner
La peccatrice dell'isola
Italy - 1951 - 90m - bw
Archway (X) (cut)
D: Sergio Corbucci, Sergio Grieco

It Should Happen to You
USA - 1954 - 85m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: George Cukor

Jubilee Trail
USA - 1953 - 103m - col
Republic (U) (cut)
D: Joseph Kane

The Kid From Left Field
USA - 1953 - 80m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Harmon Jones

Lady in the Iron Mask
USA - 1952 - 78m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Ralph Murphy

Lovers at Midnight
Les amants de minuit
France - 1952 - 100m - bw
Regent (A)
D: Roger Richebé

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
USA - 1954 - 81m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Charles Lamont
Series: The Egg and I (1947, Aug/1947).

The Maggie
(USA: High and Dry)
UK - 1953 - 92m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Alexander Mackendrick

Manon des sources
(aka: Manon of the Spring)
France - 1952 - 200m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Marcel Pagnol

Mexican Manhunt
USA - 1953 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Rex Bailey

Monte Carlo Baby
Nous irons à Monte-Carlo
(aka: We Will All Go to Monte Carlo)
France - 1951 - 79m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Jean Boyer, Lester Fuller
French and English versions produced simultaneously, with some cast members exclusive to each edition.

Oklahoma Annie
USA - 1952 - 90m - bw
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

On Top of Old Smoky
USA - 1953 - 59m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: George Archainbaud
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted
Saskatchewan
USA - 1954 - 87m - col
General Film (U)
D: Raoul Walsh

Overture to Glory
USA - 1940 - 90m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Max Nosseck

Pals of the Golden West
USA - 1951 - 65m - bw
Republic (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Red Garters
USA - 1953 - 91m - col
Paramount (U)
D: George Marshall

Rhapsody
USA - 1954 - 116m - col
MGM (U)
D: Charles Vidor

Ride Clear of Diablo
USA - 1953 - 81m - col
General Film (U)
D: Jesse Hibbs

River Beat
UK - 1954 - 70m - bw
Eros (U) (cut)
D: Guy Green

Royal New Zealand Journey
(USA: A Queen's Royal Tour)
(aka: Queen's Royal Journey)
UK/New Zealand - 1954 - 62m - col
General Film (U)
D: Oxley Hughan





Safari Drums
USA - 1953 - 68m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Ford Beebe
Series: Bomba the Jungle Boy (1949, Nov/1949).

Silver Raiders
USA - 1950 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Wallace Fox

Slade
Jack Slade
USA - 1953 - 90m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Harold D. Schuster

The Thief of Venice
Il ladro di Venezia
Italy/USA - 1950 - 107m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: John Brahm

Three Sailors and a Girl
USA - 1953 - 95m - col
Warner (U)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Thy Neighbor's Wife
USA - 1953 - 76m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Hugo Haas

Trail Blazers
USA - 1953 - 52m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Wesley Barry

The Vanishing Outpost
USA - 1951 - 55m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: Ron Ormond
Series: Dead Man's Gold (1948, Mar/1952).

The Volga-Don Canal
Волга-Дон
USSR - 1952 - 77m - col
Plato
D: Fyodor Kisilev

The Wages of Fear
Le salaire de la peur
France/Italy - 1953 - 156m - bw
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Henri-Georges Clouzot

War Arrow
USA - 1953 - 78m - col
General Film (U)
D: George Sherman

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