MFB: April 1956

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1956

Vol. 23 No. 267

1984
UK - 1955 - 90m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X)
D: Michael Anderson

Ali Baba
Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs
(USA: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves)
(aka: Dance of Desire)
France - 1954 - 92m - col
Republic (U)
D: Jacques Becker

Alone in the Streets
Soli per le strade
Italy - 1954 - 115m - bw
Adelphi / Grand National (U)
D: Silvio Siano

Apache Woman
USA - 1955 - 69m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Roger Corman

Backlash
USA - 1956 - 84m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: John Sturges

The Barbarians
Il sacco di Roma
(USA: The Pagans)
Italy - 1953 - 87m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Ferruccio Cerio

Billy the Kid's Round-Up
USA - 1941 - 57m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Sherman Scott]
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Bobby Ware is Missing
USA - 1955 - 64m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

The Brave and the Beautiful
The Magnificent Matador
USA - 1955 - 93m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Renown (A) (cut)
D: Budd Boetticher
4-channel stereo

Charley Moon
UK - 1956 - 92m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Guy Hamilton

Cry Vengeance
USA - 1954 - 82m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Mark Stevens
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Day the World Ended
USA - 1955 - 81m - bw / scope (2.00:1)
Anglo-Amalgamated (X) (cut)
D: Roger Corman

Fire in the Skin
La feu dans la peau
(USA: Fire Under Her Skin)
France - 1954 - 108m - bw
Regent (X) (cut)
D: Marcel Blistène

Frou-Frou
(aka: The Toy Wife)
France/Italy- 1955 - 112m - col / scope
Curzon (A) (cut)
D: Augusto Genina

The Gelignite Gang
(USA: The Dynamiters)
UK - 1956 - 75m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Francis Searle

Hell on Frisco Bay
USA - 1955 - 98m - col / scope
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Frank Tuttle

Her
Sie
W.Germany - 1954 - 95m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Rolf Thiele

Hot Blood
USA - 1955 - 84m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Nicholas Ray

The Indian Fighter
USA - 1955 - 86m - col / scope
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: André De Toth

Indian Scout
Davy Crockett: Indian Scout
USA - 1949 - 70m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Lew Landers

The Lie
Menzogna
Italy - 1952 - 98m - bw
Gala (U) (cut)
D: Ubaldo Maria del Colle

The Light Across the Street
La lumière d'en face
(aka: Female and the Flesh)
France - 1955 - 99m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Georges Lacombe

One Man Mutiny
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
USA - 1955 - 100m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U)
D: Otto Preminger
4-channel stereo

Othello
[see: Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, The]

The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues
USA - 1955 - 81m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Dan Milner

Private's Progress
UK - 1956 - 102m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John Boulting

Ransom!
USA - 1955 - 109m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Alex Segal

Return to the Desert
UK - 1955 - 60m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Denis Kavanagh

The Scarlet Coat
USA - 1955 - 99m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: John Sturges
4-channel stereo

The Secret of the Forest
UK - 1955 - 61m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Darcy Conyers

Seminole Uprising
USA - 1955 - 72m - col
Eros (U)
D: Earl Bellamy

Soho Incident
(USA: Spin a Dark Web)
UK - 1956 - 77m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Vernon Sewell

Star in the Dust
USA - 1956 - 80m - col
Rank (U)
D: Charles Haas

The Steel Cage
USA - 1954 - 77m - bw
Adelphi / Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Walter Doniger
Compiled from material intended for a TV anthology series which never aired.
See also: Duffy of San Quentin (1954, Jun/1954).

Sudden Danger
USA - 1955 - 65m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Hubert Cornfield

Time Table
USA - 1955 - 80m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Mark Stevens

Tons of Trouble
UK - 1956 - 77m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Leslie S. Hiscott

A Town Like Alice
UK - 1956 - 117m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Jack Lee

The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
USA/Italy/France/Morocco - 1952 - 91m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Orson Welles

When Gangland Strikes
USA - 1956 - 69m - bw
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Who Done It?
UK - 1955 - 85m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Michael Relph, Basil Dearden