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MFB: March 1960





Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1960
Vol. 27 No. 314


Agioupa
[see: Bed of Grass]

As Long As the Heart Beats
Solange das Herz schlägt
W.Germany - 1958 - 105m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Alfred Weidenmann

Bed of Grass
Αγιούπα, το Κορίτσι του Κάμπου
Greece - 1957 - 92m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Gregg C. Tallas

The Big Hunt
USA - 1958 - 54m - bw
MGM (U)
D: John Sherwood

Biruma no tategoto
[see: Burmese Harp, The]

The Burmese Harp
ビルマの竪琴
Japan - 1956 - 116m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: Kon Ichikawa

Comanche Station
USA - 1959 - 73m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: Budd Boetticher

Conspiracy of Hearts
UK - 1960 - 111m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Ralph Thomas

Cover Girl Killer
UK - 1959 - 61m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Terry Bishop





Date at Midnight
UK - 1959 - 57m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Godfrey Grayson

Destiny of a Man
Судьба человека
(USA: Fate of a Man)
USSR - 1959 - 98m - bw
Rank / Sovexportfilm (A)
D: Sergei Bondarchuk

Eyes Without a Face
Les yeux sans visage
(USA: The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus)
France/Italy - 1959 - 90m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Georges Franju

The Fall
La caída
Argentina - 1958 - 86m - bw
Curzon (X)
D: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

The Flesh and the Fiends
(USA: Mania)
(aka: The Fiendish Ghouls)
UK - 1959 - 97m - bw / scope
Regal (X) (cut)
D: John Gilling




Fort Bowie
USA - 1957 - 81m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Howard W. Koch

Girls of the Latin Quarter
UK - 1960 - 69m - col
E.J. Fancey (A) (cut)
D: Alfred Travers

Happy Anniversary
USA - 1959 - 83m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: David Miller

The Incredible Petrified World
USA - 1957 - 70m - bw
New Realm (A)
D: Jerry Warren

Ivan Groznyii (II)
[see: Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot]

Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Иван Грозный
USSR - 1946 - 88m - bw and col
Contemporary (U)
D: Sergei Eisenstein
Though completed in 1946, this film wasn't screened until 1958.
Series: Ivan the Terrible Part I (1944, Sep/1946 + Dec/1987).
Also reviewed: Dec 1987.

The Jailbreakers
USA - 1959 - 64m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Alexander Grasshoff




Jazzboat
UK - 1959 - 96m - bw / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Ken Hughes
Followed by: In the Nick (1960, Aug/1960).

Kruschev: Man of Peace
Н.С. Хрущов в Америке
USSR - 1959 - 75m - col
Gala (U)
D: [uncredited]

Life is a Circus
UK - 1958 - 84m - bw / scope
British Lion (U)
D: Val Guest

The Love Specialist
La ragazza del Palio
(aka: The Girl From Palio)
Italy/France - 1957 - 102m - col / Technirama
Grand National (U)
D: Luigi Zampa

Moment of Danger
(USA: Malaga)
UK - 1959 - 97m - bw
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Laslo Benedek

Night Train for Inverness
UK - 1959 - 68m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Ernest Morris

N.S. Krushchov v Amerike
[see: Kruschev: Man of Peace]

Once More, With Feeling!
USA - 1959 - 92m - col
Columbia (A)
D: Stanley Donen



The Scarface Mob
USA (TV) - 1959 - 97m - bw
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Phil Karlson

The Screwball
Le triporteur
(aka: The Football Fiend)
(aka: The Tricyclist)
France - 1957 - 93m - col
Films de France (U)
D: Jacques Pinoteau
Followed by: Robinson et le triporteur (1960).

The Seducer: Man of Straw
L'uomo di paglia
(aka: A Man of Straw)
Italy - 1958 - 120m - bw
Mayfair (A) (cut)
D: Pietro Germi

Sentenced for Life
UK - 1959 - 64m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Max Varnel

Seven Thieves
USA - 1960 - 102m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry Hathaway

The Silent Stranger
Step Down to Terror
USA - 1958 - 75m - bw
Rank (A)
D: Harry Keller

Sink the Bismarck!
UK - 1959 - 97m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Lewis Gilbert
4-channel stereo

The Story on Page One
USA - 1960 - 123m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Clifford Odets

Sudba cheloveka
[see: Destiny of a Man]

Teenage Zombies
USA - 1957 - 74m - bw
New Realm (A)
D: Jerry Warren


Two Way Stretch
UK - 1960 - 87m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Robert Day

Venice, the Moon and You
Venezia, la luna e tu
Italy/France - 1958 - 107m - col
Gala (A)
D: Dino Risi

Wanting Women
Kvinnors väntan
(USA: Secrets of Women)
(aka: Waiting Women)
Sweden - 1952 - 107m - bw
Cross-Channel (X) (cut)
D: Ingmar Bergman

The Wasp Woman
USA - 1959 - 73m - bw
Grand National (X)
D: Roger Corman

A Woman Like Satan
La femme et le pantin
(USA: The Female)
France/Italy - 1959 - 101m - col / scope
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Julien Duvivier

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
USA - 1959 - 104m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Michael Anderson

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