MFB: November 1956

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1956

Vol. 23 No. 274

Attack
USA - 1956 - 104m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich

Beyond Mombasa
UK - 1956 - 90m - col
Columbia (U)
D: George Marshall

The Bigamist
Il bigamo
Italy/France - 1956 - 110m - bw
Curzon (U)
D: Luciano Emmer

Blackjack Ketchum: Desperado
USA - 1956 - 76m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Earl Bellamy

The Burning Hills
USA - 1956 - 90m - col / scope
Warner (U)
D: Stuart Heisler

Bus Stop
(aka: The Wrong Kind of Girl)
USA - 1956 - 94m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Joshua Logan
4-channel stereo

Cell 2455 Death Row
USA - 1955 - 77m - bw
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Fred F. Sears
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with significant cuts.

Don Camillo's Last Round
Don Camillo e l'on. Peppone
Italy - 1955 - 98m - bw
Films de France (A)
D: Carmine Gallone
Series: Don Camillo (1952, Mar/1953).

Dortoir des grandes
[see: Girls' Dormitory]

Double Destiny
Double destin
(USA: A Double Life)
France/W.Germany - 1954 - 92m - bw
Intercontinental (A)
D: Victor Vicas

The Last Wagon

Fernandel the Dressmaker
Le couturier de ces dames
France - 1956 - 95m - bw
Miracle (A)
D: Jean Boyer

Find the Lady
UK - 1956 - 56m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Charles Saunders

Girls' Dormitory
Girls Dormitory (Dortoir des grandes)
(USA: Inside a Girls' Dormitory)
France - 1953 - 96m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Henri Decoin

Guys and Dolls
USA - 1955 - 149m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (A)
D: Joseph L. Makiewicz
4-channel stereo

It Conquered the World
USA - 1956 - 68m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (X) (cut)
D: Roger Corman

The Last Wagon
USA - 1956 - 97m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Delmer Daves
4-channel stereo

Loser Takes All
UK - 1956 - 88m - col / scope
British Lion (A)
D: Ken Annakin

Mam'selle Striptease
En effeuillant la marguerite
(USA: Plucking the Daisy)
(aka: Mademoiselle Striptease)
(aka: Please Mr. Balzac)
France - 1956 - 102m - bw
Miracle (A) (cut)
D: Marc Allégret

Munna
मुन्ना
India - 1954 - 139m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

The Naked Hills
USA - 1955 - 73m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Josef Shaftel

One Wish Too Many
UK - 1956 - 56m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John Durst

The She-Creature
USA - 1956 - 77m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Edward L. Cahn

The Silken Affair
UK - 1956 - 96m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Roy Kellino

Smiles of a Summer Night
Sommarnattens leende
Sweden - 1955 - 108m - bw
Intercontinental (X) (cut)
D: Ingmar Bergman

A Strange Adventure
USA - 1956 - 70m - bw
Republic (A) (cut)
D: William Witney

Thundering Gun Slingers
USA - 1944 - 59m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Under the Black Flag
Australia - 1954 - 54m - col
Archway (U)
D: Byron Haskin, Lee Sholem
Two episodes of the TV series The Adventures of Long John Silver (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: South Sea Pirates (1956).

Written on the Wind
USA - 1956 - 92m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Douglas Sirk
Also reviewed: Feb 1998.

You Can't Run Away From It
USA - 1956 - 95m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: Dick Powell