MFB: April 1957

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1957

Vol. 24 No. 279

Alive on Saturday
UK - 1954 - 59m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Alfred Travers

Attila the Hun
Attila
Italy/France - 1954 - 79m - col
Archway (U)
D: Pietro Francisci

Attila: Flagello di dio
[see: Attila]

Bitter Creek
USA - 1954 - 74m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

The Black Whip
USA - 1956 - 76m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Charles Marquis Warren

Brothers in-Law
UK - 1956 - 94m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Roy Boulting

Chocolate Odyssey
UK - 1956 - 63m - col
Cadbury Brothers
D: Leonard Reeve, Bernard Davies

The Creature Walks Among Us
USA - 1956 - 78m - bw
Rank (X)
D: John Sherwood
Series: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954, Jan/1955).

Crowded Paradise
USA - 1956 - 73m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Fred Pressburger

The Cyclops
USA - 1956 - 65m - bw
RKO Radio (X) (cut)
D: Bert I. Gordon

The Desperado
USA - 1954 - 80m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

Doctor at Large
UK - 1957 - 104m - col / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: Ralph Thomas
Series: Doctor in the House (1954, May/1954).

Fighting Mad
UK - 1956 - 53m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Denis Kavanagh

Footsteps in the Night
USA - 1957 - 62m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough
Series: Dial Red "0" (1955, Oct/1955).

Fortune is a Woman
(USA: She Played With Fire)
UK - 1956 - 95m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Sidney Gilliat

Funny Face
USA - 1956 - 103m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Stanley Donen

Gas-Oil
(USA: Hi-Jack Highway)
France - 1955 - 92m - bw
Rank (A)
D: Gilles Grangier

The Good Companions
UK - 1956 - 104m - col / scope
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: J. Lee Thompson

Gunslinger
USA - 1956 - 71m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Roger Corman

The Halliday Brand
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Apr 1980.

Hold Back the Night
USA - 1956 - 79m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Allan Dwan

House of Dracula
USA - 1945 - 67m - bw
Eros (X)
D: Erle C. Kenton
Series: Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931, Jul/1938), The Wolf Man (1941, May/1942).

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Notre Dame de Paris
France/Italy - 1956 - 107m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Jean Delannoy

The James Brothers
The True Story of Jesse James
USA - 1956 - 92m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U) (cut)
D: Nicholas Ray
4-channel stereo

The Mole People
USA - 1956 - 78m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Virgil Vogel

The Passionate Stranger
(USA: A Novel Affair)
UK - 1956 - 97m - bw and col
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Muriel Box

A Pig Across Paris
La traversée de Paris
(USA: Four Bags Full)
(aka: The Trip Across Paris)
France/Italy - 1956 - 85m - bw
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Claude Autant-Lara

The Quiet Gun
USA - 1956 - 76m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: William F. Claxton

Rock, Pretty Baby
USA - 1956 - 87m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Richard Bartlett

Rustlers' Hideout
USA - 1944 - 60m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Scandal in Sorrento
Pane, amore e.....
Italy/France - 1955 - 106m - col / scope
Gala (A)
D: Dino Risi
Series: Bread, Love and Dreams (1953, Dec/1954).

Seven Waves Away
(USA: Abandon Ship)
(aka: Seven Days From Now)
UK - 1956 - 95m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Francis Searle

Silent Fear
USA - 1956 - 66m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Edward L. Cahn

The State Hermitage Museum
Государственный Эрмитаж
USSR - 1955 - 60m - col
Plato (U)
D: Nikolai Beresnev

The Storm Rider
USA - 1956 - 71m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Tammy
Tammy and the Bachelor
USA - 1957 - 89m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Joseph Pevney
Followed by: Tammy Tell Me True (1961, Oct/1961), Tammy and the Doctor (1963, May/1964), Tammy and the Millionaire (1967).

Thunder Over Arizona
USA - 1956 - 76m - col / scope
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane

True as a Turtle
(aka: Plain Sailing)
UK - 1956 - 96m - col
Rank (U)
D: Wendy Toye

Victory at Sea
USA - 1953 - 96m - bw
Archway (A) (cut)
D: Isaac Kleinerman
Compiled from material in a 1952 TV series of the same name.

The Wings of Eagles
USA - 1956 - 110m - col
MGM (U)
D: John Ford

You Pay Your Money
UK - 1956 - 67m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Maclean Rogers