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MFB: April 1955





Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1955
Vol. 22 No. 255

As Long As They're Happy
UK - 1955 - 91m - col
General Film (U)
D: J. Lee Thompson

The Atomic Kid
USA - 1954 - 74m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Leslie H. Martinson

Bad Day at Black Rock
USA - 1954 - 81m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (A) (cut)
D: John Sturges
4-channel stereo

Before I Wake
(USA: Shadow of Fear)
UK - 1955 - 78m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Albert S. Rogell

Break in the Circle
UK - 1955 - 91m - col
Exclusive (U)
D: Val Guest

Cafe Paradise
Café Paradis
Denmark - 1951 - 97m - bw
Regent (A)
D: Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen

Cattle Station
The Phantom Stockman
(USA: Return of the Plainsman)
Australia - 1952 - 67m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Lee Robinson

Conquest of Space
USA - 1955 - 80m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Byron Haskin

The Cruel Wind
Aandhiyan
आंधियां
India - 1952 - 96m - bw
De Lane Lea (A) (cut)
D: Chetan Anand

Deep in My Heart
USA - 1954 - 131m - col
MGM (U)
D: Stanley Donen
3-channel stereo

Desert Outpost
USA/France - 1954 - 67m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Sam Newfield, Marcel Cravenne
Two episodes of the TV series Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955-57), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

The End of the Affair
UK - 1954 - 105m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Edward Dmytryk

The Fighting Lawman
USA - 1953 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

Final Column
UK - 1955 - 50m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: David MacDonald
Two episodes of the TV series The Vise (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Three Cornered Fate (1954, below).


The Flaming Torch
The Bob Mathias Story
USA - 1954 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Francis D. Lyon

High Society
USA - 1955 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

Kekec
Yugoslavia - 1951 - 97m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Jože Gale
Followed by: Mountain of Fear (1963, Mar/1967), Kekceve ukane (1968).

King of the Coral Sea
Australia - 1954 - 86m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lee Robinson

The Long Gray Line
USA - 1954 - 137m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Columbia (U)
D: John Ford
4-channel stereo

The Looters
USA - 1955 - 87m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Abner Biberman

The Love Match
UK - 1954 - 85m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: David Paltenghi

The Man From Bitter Ridge
USA - 1955 - 80m - col
General Film (U)
D: Jack Arnold

Murder by Proxy
(USA: Blackout)
UK - 1955 - 87m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Terence Fisher

One Jump Ahead
UK - 1955 - 66m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Charles Saunders

The Other Woman
USA - 1954 - 80m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Hugo Haas

Prince of Players
USA - 1955 - 102m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Philip Dunne
4-channel stereo

Prisoner of War
USA - 1954 - 77m - bw
MGM (X) (cut)
D: Andrew Marton
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.




A Prize of Gold
UK - 1954 - 100m - col
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Mark Robson

Quest for the Lost City
USA - 1954 - 64m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Dana Lamb

Raising a Riot
UK - 1955 - 91m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Wendy Toye
Also reviewed: Sep 1986.

Return From the Sea
USA - 1954 - 80m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lesley Selander

The Seven Samurai
七人の侍
Japan - 1954 - 207m/155m - bw
Films de France (X)
D: Akira Kurosawa

Shadows of Death
USA - 1945 - 60m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Shichi Nin no Samurai
[see: Seven Samurai, The]

Smoke Signal
USA - 1955 - 88m - col
General Film (U)
D: Jerry Hopper

Stagecoach Driver
USA - 1951 - 50m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Tangier Assignment
UK/Spain - 1954 - 82m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Ted Leversuch, César Fernández Ardavín

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
USA - 1955 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (U) (cut)
D: Harold D. Schuster
Followed by: Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957, Jan/1958), Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958, Apr/1959), Tarzan and the Trappers (1958), Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959, Jul/1959), Tarzan the Magnificent (1960, Aug/1960).



Ten Wanted Men
USA - 1955 - 79m - col
Columbia (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone

That Lady
UK/Spain - 1955 - 100m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Terence Young
4-channel stereo

Three Cornered Fate
UK - 1954 - 75m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: David MacDonald
Three episodes of the TV series The Vise (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Triple Blackmail (1955, below), The Yellow Robe (1955, below), Final Column (1955, above), Count of Twelve (1955, May/1955), Diamond Expert (1955, May/1955), Man in Demand (1955), One Just Man (1955), The Price of Greed (1955).

The Three Pirates
I tre corsari
(aka: Three Corsairs)
Italy - 1952 - 88m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Mario Soldati

Tight Spot
USA - 1955 - 96m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson

Topeka
USA - 1953 - 69m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

Triple Blackmail
UK - 1955 - 76m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Paul Gerrard, David MacDonald
Three episodes of the TV series The Vise (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Three Cornered Fate (1954, above).

Unchained
USA - 1954 - 75m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Hall Bartlett

Underwater!
USA - 1955 - 99m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (U)
D: John Sturges

Vera Cruz
USA - 1954 - 92m - col / scope (2.00:1)
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich

Where There's a Will
UK - 1955 - 77m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Vernon Sewell

The Yellow Robe
UK - 1955 - 50m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: David MacDonald
Two episodes of the TV series The Vise (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Three Cornered Fate (1954, above).

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