MFB: November 1957

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1957

Vol. 24 No. 286

20 Million Miles to Earth
USA - 1957 - 82m - bw
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Nathan Juran

The 27th Day
USA - 1957 - 64m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William Asher

The Abductors
USA - 1957 - 80m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Andrew V. McLaglen

Back From the Dead
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: Charles Marquis Warren

The Barber of Seville
Figaro: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Italy - 1955 - 102m - col
Curzon (U)
D: Camillo Mastrocinque

The Big Chance
UK - 1957 - 61m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Peter Graham Scott

The Bolshoi Ballet
UK - 1957 - 100m - col
Rank (U)
D: Paul Czinner

Bop Girl
Bop Girl Goes Calypso
USA - 1957 - 80m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Howard W. Koch

The Bridge on the River Kwai
UK - 1957 - 161m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Columbia (U)
D: David Lean
Cropped to 2.35:1 for 35mm theatrical release; subsequently restored to its correct dimensions on home video. Converted to 70mm for a 1973 UK re-release.

Calle Mayor
(USA: The Lovemaker)
(aka: Main Street)
Spain/France - 1956 - 95m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: Juan Antonio Bardem

Dames Don't Care
Les femmes s'en balancent
(aka: Dames Get Along)
France - 1954 - 109m - bw
E.J. Fancey (A) (cut)
D: Bernard Borderie

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
USA - 1957 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer

The Deadly Mantis
USA - 1957 - 79m - bw
Rank (X)
D: Nathan Juran

The Disembodied
USA - 1957 - 66m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X)
D: Walter Grauman

The Girl in the Kremlin
USA - 1957 - 71m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Russell Birdwell

Grand' Rue
[see: Calle Mayor]

Gun Glory
USA - 1957 - 89m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Roy Rowland
4-channel stereo

High Flight
UK - 1957 - 102m - col - scope
Columbia (U)
D: John Gilling

Invasion of the Hell Creatures
Invasion of the Saucer Men
USA - 1957 - 67m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (X) (cut)
D: Edward L. Cahn

The James Dean Story
USA - 1957 - 82m - bw
Warner (U)
D: George W. George, Robert Altman

Last Stagecoach West
USA - 1957 - 67m - bw / scope
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Lucky Jim
UK - 1957 - 95m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John Boulting

Man on Fire
USA - 1957 - 95m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Ranald MacDougall

Men in War

USA - 1957 - 102m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Anthony Mann
Also reviewed: Mar 1982.

The One That Got Away
UK - 1957 - 111m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Roy Ward Baker

The Pride and the Passion
USA - 1957 - 130m - col / VistaVision
United Artists (U)
D: Stanley Kramer

Professor Tim
Ireland - 1957 - 57m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Henry Cass

The Red Cloak
Il mantello rosso

Italy/France - 1955 - 95m - col / scope
Mondial (U)
D: Gianni Maria Scotese

Robbery Under Arms
UK - 1957 - 99m - col
Rank (A)
D: Jack Lee

Short Cut to Hell
USA - 1957 - 89m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: James Cagney

Short Head
Court tête
(USA: Photo Finish)
France - 1956 - 88m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Norbert Carbonneaux

Spanish Affair
USA/Spain - 1957 - 93m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Don Siegel

Strange Intruder

USA - 1956 - 78m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Irving Rapper

The Three Faces of Eve
USA - 1957 - 91m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Nunnally Johnson
4-channel stereo

Twenty Million Miles to Earth
[see: 20 Million Miles to Earth]

The Violators
USA - 1957 - 76m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: John Newland

Woman in a Dressing Gown
UK - 1957 - 94m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: J. Lee Thompson