Tuesday, 27 October 2015

MFB: March 1958





Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1958
Vol. 25 No. 290




L'amour mène les hommes
[see: Desire Takes the Men]

The Betrayal
UK - 1957 - 82m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Ernest Morris

The Big Beat
USA - 1957 - 82m - col
Rank (U)
D: Will Cowan

Bitter Victory
Amère victoire
France - 1957 - 102m - bw / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Nicholas Ray

Blood is My Heritage
Blood of Dracula
USA - 1957 - 69m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (X)
D: Herbert L. Strock

The Brave One
USA - 1956 - 94m - col / scope
RKO Radio (U)
D: Irving Rapper
4-channel stereo

Cowboy
USA - 1957 - 90m - col
Columbia (U) (cut)
D: Delmer Daves


I Was a Teenage Frankenstein + Blood of Dracula



Decision at Sundown
USA - 1957 - 77m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Budd Boetticher

Desire Takes the Men
Le désir mène les hommes
France - 1957 - 96m - bw
Mayfair (X) (cut)
D: Emil Roussel

Disc Jockey Jamboree
Jamboree!
USA - 1957 - 86m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Roy Lockwood

Duped Till Doomsday
Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag
E.Germany - 1957 - 73m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: Kurt Jung-Alsen

Escape From Red Rock
USA - 1957 - 75m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Femmes de Paris
Ah! Les belles bacchantes....
(USA: Peek-a-Boo)
France/Italy - 1954 - 95m - col
Mondial (A - London) (cut)
D: Jean Loubignac
Rejected by the BBFC in 1958, though a heavily cut version was screened in London with a local certificate. The BBFC passed the film with the same certificate when submitted by Gala in 1964, subject to cuts.

Fury at Showdown
USA - 1957 - 74m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Gerd Oswald

The Green-Eyed Blonde
USA - 1957 - 71m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Bernard Girard

The Gypsy and the Gentleman
UK - 1957 - 107m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Losey

I Accuse!
UK - 1957 - 99m - bw / scope
MGM (U)
D: José Ferrer
4-channel stereo

The Iron Sheriff
USA - 1957 - 73m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Sidney Salkow

Legend of the Lost
USA - 1957 - 108m - col / Technirama
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Henry Hathaway

The Letter With the Feathers
Letter With Feather
鷄毛信
(aka: Urgent Letter)
China - 1954 - 80m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Shi Hui

The Lonely Woman
Viaggio in Italia
(USA: Journey to Italy)
(aka: Strangers)
(aka: Voyage to Italy)
Italy/France - 1953 - 97m - bw
Orb (A)
D: Roberto Rossellini
Also reviewed: Feb 1981.

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
UK - 1957 - 97m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Herbert Wilcox





The Market in Women
Marchands de filles
(USA: Girl Merchants)
(aka: Sellers of Girls)
France - 1957 - 102m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Maurice Cloche

Moscow and Muscovites
О Москве и москвичах
USSR - 1956 - 69m - col
Gala (U)
D: Roman Grigoryev, Iosif Poselski

Motorcycle Gang
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Edward L. Cahn

The Mystery of Picasso
Le mystère Picasso
France - 1956 - 75m - bw and col / 1.37:1 + scope
Films de France (U)
D: Henri-Georges Clouzot

The Naked Earth
UK - 1958 - 96m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Vincent Sherman
4-channel stereo

Nights of Montmartre
Les nuits de Montmartre
France - 1955 - 90m - col / scope
Curzon (A) (cut)
D: Pierre Franchi

No Place to Hide
USA/Philippines - 1955 - 70m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Josef Shaftel

Perri
USA - 1957 - 75m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Paul Kenworthy, Ralph Wright
Series: Seal Island (1948, short).

Portland Exposé
USA - 1957 - 69m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Harold D. Schuster

Public Enemy No. 1
L'ennemi public n° 1
(USA: The Most Wanted Man)
France/Italy - 1953 - 105m - bw
Cross-Channel (U)
D: Henri Verneuil

Raiders of Old California
USA - 1957 - 73m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Albert C. Gannaway




Reform School Girl
USA - 1957 - 70m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Rider From Tucson
USA - 1950 - 60m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: Storm Over Wyoming (1950, Aug/1953).

Rommel's Treasure
Il tesoro di Rommel
Italy - 1955 - 94m - col / scope
RKO Radio (U)
D: Romolo Marcellini

Rx Murder
(USA: Prescription for Murder)
(aka: Family Doctor)
UK - 1958 - 85m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Derek N. Twist

Secrets of the Reef
USA - 1956 - 72m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Lloyd Ritter, Robert Young, Murray Lerner

A Tale of Two Cities
UK - 1958 - 117m - bw
Rank (A)
D: Ralph Thomas

Teenage Frankenstein
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
USA - 1957 - 68m - bw and col
Anglo-Amalgamated (X) (cut)
D: Herbert L. Strock
Followed by: How to Make a Monster (1958, Feb/1959).

The Truth About Women
UK - 1957 - 107m - col
British Lion (A)
D: Muriel Box

The Unvanquished
Aparajito
অপরাজিত
(USA: Aparajito: The Unvanquished)
India - 1956 - 115m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Satyajit Ray
Series: Pather Panchali (1955, Feb/1958).

Wheels of Fate
La roue
France - 1957 - 100m - bw / scope
Curzon (U)
D: Maurice Delbez, André Haguet

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