MFB: October 1956

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1956

Vol. 23 No. 273

Back From Eternity
USA - 1956 - 97m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: John Farrow

The Bad Seed
USA - 1956 - 128m - bw
Warner (X)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

Bandido
USA - 1956 - 92m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: Richard Fleischer

The Big Family
Большая семья
USSR - 1954 - 106m - col
Plato (U)
D: Iosif Kheifits

Bigger Than Life
USA - 1956 - 95m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Nicholas Ray
4-channel stereo

Bolchaia semina
[see: Big Family, The]

The Broken Star
USA - 1956 - 75m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Lesley Selander

A Cry in the Night
USA - 1956 - 75m - bw
Warner (X) (cut)
D: Frank Tuttle

Edge of Hell
USA - 1956 - 75m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Hugo Haas

Every Second Counts
Les assassins du dimanche
(aka: Sunday's Killers)
France - 1956 - 110m - col / scope
British Lion (U)
D: Alex Joffé

Finger Man
USA - 1955 - 78m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Harold D. Schuster

The Great Locomotive Chase
USA - 1956 - 87m - col / scope
Walt Disney (U)
D: Francis D. Lyon

The Green Man
UK - 1956 - 80m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Robert Day

He Laughed Last
USA - 1956 - 77m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Blake Edwards

High Terrace
UK - 1956 - 82m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Henry Cass

A Hill in Korea
(USA: Hell in Korea)
UK - 1956 - 81m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Julian Amyes

Home and Away
UK - 1956 - 81m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Vernon Sewell

Indestructible Man
USA - 1955 - 71m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Jack Pollexfen

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
USA - 1956 - 80m - bw / scope (2.00:1)
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Filmed with 1.85:1 framing in mind, though cropped to Superscope dimensions for theatrical release, against the director's wishes.

Invitation to the Dance
USA - 1956 - 93m - col
MGM (U)
D: Gene Kelly
The UK version distributed by MGM was a condensed print, removing an entire section which was exhibited separately as a short item entitled The Magic Lamp, running 31 mins.

Kentucky Rifle
USA - 1955 - 61m - col
New Realm (U)
D: Carl K. Hittleman

The Last Man to Hang?
UK - 1956 - 75m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Terence Fisher

Letters From My Windmill
Les lettres de mon moulin
France - 1954 - 160m - bw
Curzon (A) (cut)
D: Marcel Pagnol

The Lowest Crime
Chantage
France - 1955 - 102m - bw
Gala (A) (cut)
D: Guy Lefranc

The Magic Lamp
[see: Invitation to the Dance]

Man From the Black Hills
USA - 1952 - 57m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

Oklahoma!
USA - 1956 - 142m - col / Todd-AO
RKO Radio (U)
D: Fred Zinnemann
Filmed simultaneously in 65mm (Todd-AO) and 35mm (CinemaScope). On its debut, only the latter version was screened in UK cinemas.
6-channel stereo

Over-Exposed
USA - 1956 - 79m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Seiler

Rebel in Town
USA - 1956 - 77m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Alfred L. Werker

Run for the Sun
USA - 1956 - 99m - col / scope
United Artists (A)
D: Roy Boulting

Satellite in the Sky
UK - 1956 - 84m - col / scope
Warner (U)
D: Paul Dickson

The Solid Gold Cadillac
USA - 1956 - 100m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Richard Quine

Stella
Στέλλα
Greece - 1955 - 94m - bw
Intercontinental (X)
D: Mihalis Kakogiannis [as: Michael Cacoyannis]

Texas Rose
The Return of Jack Slade
USA - 1955 - 79m - bw / scope (2.00:1)
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Harold D. Schuster

True Friends
Верные друзья
USSR - 1954 - 102m - col
Plato (U)
D: Mikhail Kalatozov

The Unguarded Moment
USA - 1956 - 87m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Harry Keller

The Weapon
UK - 1956 - 81m - bw / scope
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Val Guest

Whistling Hills
USA - 1951 - 57m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Derwin Abrahams

The Wicked Go to Hell
Les salauds vont en enfer
France - 1955 - 91m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Robert Hossein

X the Unknown
UK - 1956 - 78m - bw
Exclusive (X)
D: Leslie Norman