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MFB: February 1956





Monthly Film Bulletin
February 1956
Vol. 23 No. 265


All for Mary
UK - 1955 - 79m - col
Rank (U)
D: Wendy Toye
Also reviewed: Sep 1986.

The Big Bluff
USA - 1955 - 71m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: W. Lee Wilder

The Big Combo
USA - 1955 - 84m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Apr 1980.

The Big Knife
USA - 1955 - 104m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich

Big Leaguer
USA - 1953 - 71m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert Aldrich
Also reviewed: Dec 1977.

The Cobweb
USA - 1955 - 124m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (A)
D: Vincente Minnelli
4-channel stereo

The Crooked Web
USA - 1955 - 77m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Nathan Juran

Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
USA - 1955 - 93m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Norman Foster
Three episodes of the TV series Disneyland (1954-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956, Dec/1956).

The Desperate Hours
USA - 1955 - 113m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: William Wyler

Devil Goddess
USA - 1955 - 67m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Series: Jungle Jim (1948, Jun/1949).

The Drifter
USA - 1944 - 61m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).




Flight From Vienna
(USA: Escape From the Iron Curtain)
UK - 1955 - 58m - bw
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: Denis Kavanagh

Fruits of Summer
Les fruits de l'été
France - 1954 - 107m - bw
Regent (X) (cut)
D: Raymond Bernard

Fun at St. Fanny's
UK - 1955 - 80m - bw / scope
Grand Alliance / British Lion (U)
D: Maurice Elvey

Glory
USA - 1955 - 100m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (U)
D: David Butler

Good Morning, Miss Dove
USA - 1955 - 107m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Koster
4-channel stereo

Les grandes manoeuvres
(USA: The Grand Maneuver)
(aka: Summer Manoeuvres)
France/Italy - 1955 - 106m - col
Films de France (A)
D: René Clair




Heidi and Peter
Heidi und Peter
Switzerland - 1955 - 95m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Franz Schnyder
Series: Heidi (1952, Jun/1954).

It's a Dog's Life
The Bar Sinister
(aka: Wildfire)
USA - 1955 - 82m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: Herman Hoffman
4-channel stereo

It's a Great Day
UK - 1955 - 71m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: John Warrington

Johnny You're Wanted
UK - 1955 - 71m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Vernon Sewell

Laughing in the Sunshine
UK/Sweden - 1955 - 81m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Daniel Birt

The Man With the Golden Arm
USA - 1955 - 118m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Otto Preminger

Murder Ad Lib
UK - 1956 - 53m - bw
Butcher's (A) (cut)
D: Paul Garrison
Two episodes of the TV series The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: The Brass Key (1953).

Never Say Goodbye
USA - 1955 - 96m - col
Rank (U)
D: Jerry Hopper

No Man's Woman
USA - 1955 - 70m - bw
Republic (A)
D: Franklin Adreon

The Phenix City Story
USA - 1955 - 87m/100m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson
Also reviewed: Jan 1982.

The Rains of Ranchipur
USA - 1955 - 104m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Jean Negulesco
4-channel stereo

Rebel Without a Cause
USA - 1955 - 111m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (X) (cut)
D: Nicholas Ray
4-channel stereo

Rebel Without a Cause




Revenge of the Creature
USA - 1955 - 81m - bw / 3-D
Rank (X)
D: Jack Arnold
The UK version distributed by Rank was 2-D only.
Series: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954, Jan/1955).

Secret Interlude
The View From Pompey's Head
USA - 1955 - 97m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Philip Dunne
4-channel stereo

Sincerely Yours
USA - 1955 - 113m - col
Warner (U)
D: Gordon Douglas

The Square Jungle
USA - 1955 - 85m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Jerry Hopper

Target Zero
USA - 1955 - 92m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Harmon Jones

Top Gun
USA - 1955 - 74m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Ray Nazarro

Torreani
USA - 1952 - 101m - bw
Renown (A) (cut)
D: Gustav Fröhlich

The Treasure of Pancho Villa
USA - 1955 - 95m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (U)
D: George Sherman


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