Monday, 9 November 2015

MFB: April 1959





Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1959
Vol. 26 No. 303


The 39 Steps
UK - 1959 - 93m - col
Rank (U)
D: Ralph Thomas

Around the World With Nothing On
Naturisten-Ferien
(USA: Lust for the Sun)
Switzerland - 1958 - 74m - col
Miracle (A) (cut)
D: Werner Kunz

Breakout
UK - 1959 - 62m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Peter Graham Scott

The Bride and the Beast
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Adrian Weiss

Broth of a Boy
(aka: The Big Birthday)
Ireland - 1958 - 77m - bw
British Lion / Britannia (U)
D: George Pollock

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
(USA: Man in a Cocked Hat)
UK - 1958 - 88m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Jeffrey Dell, Roy Boulting






Carry On Nurse
UK - 1958 - 86m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Gerald Thomas
Series: Carry On Sergeant (1958, Sep/1958).

The Child and the Killer
UK - 1959 - 65m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Max Varnel

Compulsion
USA - 1959 - 103m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Richard Fleischer
4-channel stereo

La figlia dello sceicco
[see: Son of the Sheik, The]

First Man Into Space
UK - 1958 - 77m - bw
MGM (X)
D: Robert Day

The Go-Getter
USA - 1954 - 73m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Leslie Goodwins, Leigh Jason

Gun Battle at Monterey
USA - 1957 - 66m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Carl K. Hittleman, Sidney Franklin Jr.

The Hound of the Baskervilles
UK - 1958 - 87m - col
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Terence Fisher

Kill or Cure
La bonne tisane
(USA: Secrets of a French Nurse)
(aka: Good Medicine)
France - 1957 - 101m - bw
Films de France (X) (cut)
D: Hervé Bromberger

Liane: Jungle Goddess
Liane: Das Mädchen aus dem Urwald
W.Germany - 1956 - 87m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated / Gala (U)
D: Eduard von Borsody
Followed by: Liane: White Slave (1957, Nov/1960).




Two images from The Third Sex

Life in Emergency Ward 10
UK - 1958 - 86m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Robert Day

Life Together
La vie à deux
France - 1958 - 103m - bw
Mondial (X)
D: Clément Duhour

Man From God's Country
USA - 1957 - 72m - col / scope
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Paul Landres

Mark of the Apache
Tomahawk Trail
USA - 1956 - 61m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Lesley Selander

A Matter of Dignity
Το τελευταίο ψέμα
Greece - 1957 - 112m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: Mihalis Kakogiannis [as: Michael Cacoyannis]

Model for Murder
UK - 1959 - 73m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Terry Bishop

Never Steal Anything Small
USA - 1958 - 94m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Charles Lederer



No Name on the Bullet
USA - 1958 - 77m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Jack Arnold

Ride Out for Revenge
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Bernard Girard

Robbery With Violence
UK - 1958 - 67m - bw
Regal (A) (cut)
D: Ivan Barnett

The Son of the Sheik
Los amantes del desierto
(USA: Desert Warrior)
Spain/Italy - 1956 - 88m - col / scope
Regal (U)
D: Goffredo Alessandrini, Fernando Cerchio, León Klimovsky, Ricardo Muñoz Suay, Gianni Vernuccio

Tarzan's Fight for Life
USA - 1958 - 86m - col
MGM (U) (cut)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone
Series: Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955, Apr/1955).

To telefteo psemma
[see: Matter of Dignity, A]

The Third Sex
Anders als du und ich (§175)
(USA: Bewildered Youth)
(aka: Different From You and Me)
W.Germany - 1957 - 91m - bw
Gala (X - London)
D: Veir Harlan
Though predictably rejected by the BBFC, an abridged version of the film was screened in London with a certificate from the local council.

Trap for a Killer
Rafles sur la ville
(USA: Sinners of Paris)
France - 1957 - 82m - bw
Curzon (X)
D: Pierre Chenal

Up Periscope!
USA - 1958 - 99m - col / scope
Warner (U)
D: Gordon Douglas

Violent Moment
(USA: Rebound)
UK - 1958 - 61m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Sidney Hayers

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