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Monthly Film Bulletin
June 1955
Vol. 22 No. 257
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
USA - 1955 - 77m - bw
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Charles Lamont
Battle Cry
USA - 1954 - 149m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (A)
D: Raoul Walsh
4-channel stereo
The Beach
La spiaggia
(USA: Riviera)
(aka: The Boarder)
Italy/France - 1954 - 107m - col
Gala (X)
D: Alberto Lattuada
The Big Chase
USA - 1954 - 60m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Arthur Hilton
The climactic sequence was filmed in 3-D and released as a short item, Bandit Island (1953), though the feature-length version was released in 2-D only.
Big House, U.S.A.
USA - 1954 - 81m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Howard W. Koch
The Black Dakotas
USA - 1954 - 65m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Canyon Crossroads
USA - 1955 - 84m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Alfred L. Werker
Caprice of Caroline
Un caprice de Caroline chérie
(USA: Caroline Cherie)
France - 1952 - 104m - col
Gala-Cameo-Poly (A) (cut)
D: Jean Devaivre
Series: Caroline chérie (1951, Jul/1952).
The Dam Busters
UK - 1955 - 125m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Michael Anderson
The Dark Avenger
(USA: The Warriors)
UK - 1955 - 85m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Levin
Don Giovanni
UK - 1955 - 170m - col
I.R. Maxwell and Harold Holt (U)
D: Paul Czinner
Escape to Burma
USA - 1955 - 86m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Allan Dwan
The Far Horizons: The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
USA - 1955 - 107m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Rudolph Maté
Hit the Deck
USA - 1954 - 112m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: Roy Rowland
4-channel stereo
A Husband for Anna
Un marito per Anna Zaccheo
Italy - 1953 - 95m - bw
Archway (X)
D: Giuseppe de Santis
A Kid for Two Farthings
UK - 1955 - 96m - col
Independent / British Lion (U)
D: Carol Reed
Lady Godiva of Coventry
USA - 1955 - 88m - col
General Film (U)
D: Arthur Lubin
Passage Home
UK - 1955 - 102m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Roy Ward Baker
Police Dog
UK - 1955 - 72m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Derek N. Twist
The Prisoner
UK - 1955 - 94m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Peter Glenville
The Purple Mask
USA - 1955 - 82m - col / scope
General Film (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone
Rage at Dawn
USA - 1955 - 85m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Tim Whelan
La rage au corps
(USA: Tempest in the Flesh)
France - 1953 - 95m - bw
Curzon (X) (cut)
D: Ralph Habib
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.
Riot on Pier 6
New Orleans Uncensored
USA - 1955 - 75m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: William Castle
The Roving Kind
Vi seiler
Norway - 1948 - 87m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Toralf Sandø
Distributed in the UK by Archway as a short film, running 27 mins.
Run for Cover
USA - 1954 - 93m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Nicholas Ray
Sawdust and Tinsel
Gycklarnas afton
(USA: The Naked Night)
Sweden - 1953 - 95m - bw
Films de France (X) (cut)
D: Ingmar Bergman
The Seven Little Foys
USA - 1955 - 93m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Melville Shavelson
The Ship That Died of Shame
(USA: PT Raiders)
UK - 1955 - 91m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Basil Dearden
Silver Chains
The Kid From Amarillo
USA - 1951 - 55m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).
The Silver Chalice
USA - 1954 - 142m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U)
D: Victor Saville
4-channel stereo
Strategic Air Command
USA - 1955 - 114m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Anthony Mann
Such Men Are Dangerous
The Racers
USA - 1955 - 92m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Henry Hathaway
4-channel stereo
Taking Sides
Lightning Guns
USA - 1950 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).
This Island Earth
USA - 1955 - 86m - col
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Joseph M. Newman
Three for the Show
USA - 1955 - 92m - col / scope
Columbia (A)
D: H.C. Potter
Tiger by the Tail
(USA: Cross-Up)
UK - 1954 - 83m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: John Gilling
Top of the World
USA - 1955 - 90m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Lewis R. Foster
The Treasure of Cantenac
Le tresor de Cantenac
France - 1950 - 105m - bw
Leontine (U)
D: Sacha Guitry
Valley of Fury
Chief Crazy Horse
USA - 1954 - 86m - col / scope (2.55:1)
General Film (U)
D: George Sherman
4-channel stereo
The Wild One
USA - 1953 - 79m - bw
Columbia (X)
D: Laslo Benedek
Rejected by the BBFC in 1954 (and several times thereafter), then passed uncut in 1967. The version reviewed here was screened under licence.
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