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MFB: January 1956





Monthly Film Bulletin
January 1956
Vol. 23 No. 264


An Alligator Named Daisy
UK - 1955 - 88m - col / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: J. Lee Thompson

Artists and Models
USA - 1955 - 109m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A)
D: Frank Tashlin

The Beginning Was Sin
Am Anfang war es Sünde
W.Ger/Yug - 1954 - 96m - bw
Astral (A) (cut)
D: Frantisek Cáp

The Blue Peter
(USA: Navy Heroes)
UK - 1954 - 93m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Wolf Rilla

Bread, Love and Jealousy
Pane, amore e gelosia
(USA: Frisky)
It - 1954 - 98m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Luigi Comencini
Series: Bread, Love and Dreams (1953, Dec/1954).

The Cockleshell Heroes
UK - 1955 - 98m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: José Ferrer

Count Three and Pray
USA - 1955 - 92m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: George Sherman

Les diaboliques
(USA: Diabolique)
(aka: The Devils)
(aka: The Fiends)
Fr - 1954 - 114m - bw
Films de France (X)
D: Henri-Georges Clouzot





Dial 999
(USA: The Way Out)
UK - 1955 - 86m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Montgomery Tully

Fire One
USA/W.Ger - 1954 - 52m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Dallas Bower

Five Boys From Barksa Street
Piątka z ulicy Barskiej
(USA: Five From Barska Street)
Pol - 1953 - 115m - col
Synchro-Cine (A)
D: Aleksandr Ford

Flame of the Islands
USA - 1955 - 87m - col
Republic (A) (cut)
D: Edward Ludwig

Gang Busters
USA - 1954 - 70m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Bill Karn
Three episodes of the same-named TV series (1952-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

The Gentle Sergeant
Three Stripes in the Sun
USA - 1955 - 85m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Richard Murphy



The High Command
UK - 1937 - 84m - bw
New Realm (A)
D: Thorold Dickinson
Original UK release: 1937 (Associated-British).
Also reviewed: Mar 1945.

I Died a Thousand Times
USA - 1955 - 109m - col / scope
Warner (A)
D: Stuart Heisler

If I Had Seven Daughters
J'avais sept filles
(USA: My Seven Little Sins)
Fr/It - 1954 - 98m - col
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Jean Boyer

Isle of the Dead
USA - 1945 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (X) (cut)
D: Mark Robson
Also reviewed: Jun 1981.

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



The Ladykillers
UK - 1955 - 97m - col
Rank (U)
D: Alexander Mackendrick

Man of Africa
UK - 1955 - 73m - col
Regent (U)
D: Cyril Frankel
Distributed in the UK by Regent as a short film, running 44 mins.

The Night of the Hunter
USA - 1955 - 90m - bw
United Artists (X)
D: Charles Laughton

Oh... Rosalinda!!
UK - 1955 - 101m - col / scope
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Portrait of Alison
(USA: Postmark for Danger)
UK - 1955 - 84m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Guy Green

Richard III
UK - 1955 - 161m - col / VistaVision
Independent / British Lion (U)
D: Laurence Olivier

Running Wild
USA - 1955 - 79m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Abner Biberman

Secret Women
Les clandestines
(USA: Vice Dolls)
Fr - 1954 - 93m - bw
Astarte (X) (cut)
D: Raoul André


Five Boys From Barska Street

Simon and Laura
UK - 1955 - 91m - col / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: Muriel Box

Storm Fear
USA - 1955 - 80m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Cornel Wilde

La strada
(aka: The Road)
It - 1954 - 108m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: Federico Fellini

The Tender Trap
USA - 1955 - 111m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (A)
D: Charles Walters
4-channel stereo

Treasure of Ruby Hills
USA - 1955 - 73m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Frank McDonald

Trial
USA - 1955 - 108m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Mark Robson

Utah Wagon Train
USA - 1951 - 65m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Philip Ford

Villa Borghese
(USA: It Happened in the Park)
It/Fr - 1953 - 98m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Gianni Franciolini, Vittorio de Sica

The Wayward Wife
La provinciale
It - 1953 - 114m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Mario Soldati

A Yank in Ermine
UK - 1955 - 85m - col
Monarch / British Lion (U)
D: Gordon Parry

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