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MFB: March 1955



Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1955
Vol. 22 No. 254



The Adventures of Hajji Baba
USA - 1954 - 86m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Don Weis
4-channel stereo

Aleko
Алеко
(aka: Gypsies)
USSR - 1953 - 61m - col / 3-D
Gala (U)
D: Grigori Roshal, Sergei Sidelyov
The UK version distributed by Gala was 2-D only.

The Americano
USA - 1954 - 84m - col
RKO Radio (U) (cut)
D: William Castle

The Baker of Valorgue
Le boulanger de Valorgue
(USA: The Wild Oat)
France/Italy - 1952 - 104m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: Henri Verneuil

The Bamboo Prison
USA - 1954 - 79m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Seiler





The Black Forest
USA/W.Germany - 1954 - 76m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Gene Martel
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Black Widow
USA - 1954 - 95m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Nunnally Johnson
4-channel stereo

Blazing Frontier
USA - 1943 - 58m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

The Challenge
Across the Badlands
USA - 1950 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Chekhov
Чехов
USSR - 1954 - 60m - bw
Gala (U)
D: A. Leoniv

Cinderella
Золушка
USSR - 1947 - 85m - col
Gala (U)
D: Nadezhda Kosheverova, Mikhail Shapiro




The Colditz Story
UK - 1954 - 97m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Guy Hamilton

The Country Girl
USA - 1954 - 105m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: George Seaton

The Death of Michael Turbin
UK - 1954 - 52m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Bernard Knowles
Two episodes of the TV series Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953-57), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: The Triangle (1953, Jun/1953).

Désirée
USA - 1954 - 110m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry Koster
4-channel stereo

Forever My Heart
UK - 1954 - 51m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Leslie Arliss, Bernard Knowles
Two episodes of the TV series Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953-57), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: The Triangle (1953, Jun/1953).

The Gilded Cage
UK - 1954 - 77m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: John Gilling

Handcuffs, London
UK - 1955 - 76m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Bernard Knowles
Three episodes of the TV series Fabian of the Yard (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Film series: Fabian of the Yard (1954, Nov/1954).

The Human Jungle
USA - 1954 - 81m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Joseph M. Newman

Impulse
UK - 1954 - 80m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Charles de Lautour

Jungle Moon Men
USA - 1955 - 69m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Charles S. Gould
Series: Jungle Jim (1948, Jun/1949).

The Law vs. Billy the Kid
USA - 1954 - 71m - col
Columbia (U)
D: William Castle

Little Fugitive
USA - 1953 - 80m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Morris Engel, Ray Ashley, Ruth Orkin

Little Red Monkey
(USA: The Case of the Red Monkey)
UK - 1954 - 74m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Ken Hughes

Love, Soldiers and Women
Destinées
(USA: Daughters of Destiny)
France/Italy - 1953 - 114m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Jean Delannoy, Marcel Pagliero, Christian-Jaque




The Man Who Loved Redheads
UK - 1954 - 90m - col
British Lion (A)
D: Harold French

Masterson of Kansas
USA - 1954 - 73m - col
Columbia (U)
D: William Castle

Monsieur Murderer
Identité judiciaire
(USA: Paris Vice Squad)
France - 1951 - 95m - bw
Films de France (X) (cut)
D: Hervé Bromberger

Nobody's Child
I figli di nessuno
(USA: Nobody's Children)
Italy/France - 1951 - 105m - bw
Gala-Cameo-Poly (A)
D: Raffaello Matarazzo

The Outlaw Stallion
USA - 1954 - 61m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears

Out of the Clouds
UK - 1954 - 88m - col
General Film (U)
D: Michael Relph, Basil Dearden

Pattern for Murder
USA - 1955 - 54m - bw
Butcher's (A)
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).

Perils of the Jungle
USA - 1953 - 63m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: George Blair

Phantom Caravan
USA - 1954 - 60m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Roy Rich

The Queen of Sheba
La regina di Saba
Italy - 1952 - 110m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Pietro Francisci

Rough Company
The Violent Men
USA - 1954 - 95m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Rudolph Maté
4-channel stereo

Secret Venture
UK - 1954 - 68m - bw
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Shadow of a Man
UK - 1954 - 69m - bw
E.J. Fancey (A) (cut)
D: Michael McCarthy

Shield for Murder
USA - 1954 - 80m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Edmond O'Brien, Howard W. Koch

Simba
UK - 1955 - 99m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Brian Desmond Hurst

Sitting Bull
USA - 1954 - 106m - col / scope (2.55:1)
United Artists (U)
D: Sidney Salkow
4-channel stereo

Six Bridges to Cross
USA - 1954 - 95m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Pevney




Teodora: Imperatrice di Bisanzio
[see: Theodora: Slave Empress]

Theodora: Slave Empress
Teodora
Italy/France - 1954 - 124m - col
Archway (A) (cut)
D: Riccardo Freda

This is My Love
USA - 1954 - 91m - col
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Stuart Heisler

Three Women
Trois femmes
France - 1952 - 104m - bw
Films de France (A - London)
D: André Michel
Rejected by the BBFC in 1953, though a shortened version was passed by the London council.

Timberjack
USA - 1954 - 92m - col
Republic (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Tim Driscoll's Donkey
UK - 1954 - 59m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Terry Bishop

Track the Man Down
UK - 1954 - 75m - bw
Republic (A)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Unmarried Mothers
Ogift fader sökes
Sweden - 1953 - 107m - bw
Adelphi (X) (cut)
D: Bengt Logardt, Hans Dahlin

Welcome, Mr. Marshall!
Bienvenido Mister Marshall
Spain - 1952 - 95m - bw
Curzon (U)
D: Luis García Berlanga

The Winning Way
The All American
USA - 1953 - 83m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Jesse Hibbs

Women's Prison
USA - 1955 - 74m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Seiler

Young at Heart
USA - 1954 - 117m - col
Warner (U)
D: Gordon Douglas

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