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
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
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| The Iron Mask |
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
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