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MFB: June 1961

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1961

Vol. 28 No. 329

The Accomplices
L'inferno addosso
Italy - 1959 - 95m - bw
Archway (X)
D: Gianni Vernuccio

All Hands on Deck
USA - 1961 - 98m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Norman Taurog

All in a Night's Work
USA - 1961 - 94m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Joseph Anthony

...And Nobody Was Ashamed
...und keiner schämte sich
W.Germany - 1959 - 105m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Hans Schott-Schöbinger

Bal de nuit
(aka: Night Dance Hall)
France - 1959 - 89m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Maurice Cloche

Ballada o soldate
[see: Ballad of a Soldier]

Ballad of a Soldier
Баллада о солдате
USSR - 1959 - 89m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Grigoriy Chukhray

Teenagers

The Big Gamble
USA - 1960 - 100m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Richard Fleischer

The Big Show
USA - 1960 - 113m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: James B. Clark

Blood on His Lips
The Hideous Sun Demon
USA - 1959 - 75m - bw
DUK (X) (cut)
D: Robert Clarke

Captain Falcon: Adventurer
Capitan Fuoco
(USA: Captain Falcon)
Italy - 1958 - 97m - col
Archway (U)
D: Carlo Campogalliani

The Coffin Came by Post
Les violents
France - 1957 - 92m - bw / scope
DUK (X) (cut)
D: Henri Calef

Cry for Happy
USA - 1960 - 110m - col / scope
Columbia (A)
D: George Marshall

The Curse of the Werewolf
UK - 1960 - 88m - col
Rank (X) (cut)
D: Terence Fisher

Days of Thrills and Laughter
USA - 1961 - 93m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Robert Youngson
Series: The Golden Age of Comedy (1957, Aug/1958).

Death of a Friend
Morte di un amico
Italy - 1959 - 95m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Franco Rossi

Double Trouble
Swingin' Along
USA - 1960 - 74m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Charles T. Barton
Also reviewed: Sep 1962.

Exodus
USA - 1960 - 208m - col / Super Panavision 70
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Otto Preminger
6-channel stereo

The Fruit is Ripe
Les filles sèment le vent
France/Italy - 1960 - 94m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Louis Soulanes

Girl of the Night
USA - 1960 - 93m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Joseph Cates

Gun Fight
USA - 1960 - 67m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Edward L. Cahn

The Guns of Navarone
UK - 1961 - 157m - col / scope
Columbia (A)
D: J. Lee Thompson
Followed by: Force 10 From Navarone (1978, Jan/1979).
4-channel stereo

Here We Go Again
Les tortillards
France - 1960 - 92m - bw
Miracle (U)
D: Jean Bastia

High School Caesar
USA - 1960 - 72m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: O'Dale Ireland

Highway to Battle
UK - 1960 - 71m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Ernest Morris

House of Mystery
UK - 1961 - 56m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Vernon Sewell

Hunted in Holland
UK - 1961 - 61m - col
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Derek Williams

The Immaculate Road
The Road
USA/France (TV) - 1959 - 51m - bw
Gala (U)
D: Rudolph Maté
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Letter to Loretta (1953-61).

The Impersonator
UK - 1961 - 64m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston (A)
D: Alfred Shaughnessy

Jet Over the Atlantic

USA - 1959 - 91m - bw
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Byron Haskin

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
USA - 1961 - 79m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Andrew V. McLaglen

Macbeth
UK - 1960 - 108m - col
British Lion (U)
D: George Schaefer

The Monster of Highgate Ponds
UK - 1960 - 59m - bw
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Alberto Cavalcanti

Nearly a Nasty Accident
UK - 1961 - 91m - bw
British Lion / Britannia (U)
D: Don Chaffey

Night Out
Samedi soir
France - 1960 - 85m - bw / scope
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Yannick Andréi

Payroll
(USA: I Promised to Pay)
UK - 1961 - 105m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Sidney Hayers

Posse From Hell
USA - 1961 - 89m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Herbert Coleman

Return to Peyton Place
USA - 1961 - 123m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: José Ferrer
Series: Peyton Place (1957, May/1958).

Ring of Fire
USA - 1961 - 91m - col
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Andrew L. Stone

Sanctuary
USA - 1960 - 90m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Tony Richardson

The Schnook
[see: Swingin' Along]

The Secret Ways
USA - 1961 - 112m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson

The Shadow of the Cat
UK - 1961 - 79m - bw
Rank (X) (cut)
D: John Gilling

Sverstnitsy
[see: Teenagers]

Take Me As I Am
Les canailles
(USA: Riff-Raff)
France/Italy - 1959 - 102m - bw
SF (X)
D: Maurice Labro

Teenagers
Сверстницы
USSR - 1959 - 84m - col
Cross-Channel / Plato (A)
D: Vasili Ordynsky

The Tower of Lust
La tour de Nesle
(aka: Tower of Nesle)
France/Italy - 1954 - 120m - col
Compton
D: Abel Gance

World by Night
Il mondo di notte
Italy - 1960 - 120m - col / Technirama
Warner-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Luigi Vanza
Followed by: World by Night No. 2 (1961, Dec/1963), This Shocking World (1963, Dec/1964).

MFB: May 1961

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1961

Vol. 28 No. 328

The Adventures of Rémi
Sans famille
(aka: The Runaway)
France/Italy - 1958 - 100m - col
Compton (U)
D: André Michel

The Angel Wore Red
USA/Italy - 1960 - 105m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Nunnally Johnson

Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
La Venere di Cheronea
(USA: Goddess of Love)
Italy/France - 1957 - 96m - col / scope
British Lion (A)
D: Fernando Cerchio, Viktor Tourjansky

Il bell'Antonio
Italy/France - 1960 - 105m - bw
Mondial (X) (cut)
D: Mauro Bolognini

Bernadette of Lourdes
Il suffit d'aimer
France/Italy - 1960 - 102m - bw
Gala (U)
D: Robert Darène

Les bonnes femmes
(USA: The Good Time Girls)
France/Italy - 1959 - 102m - bw
Contemporary (X) (cut)
D: Claude Chabrol

The Captive
Vacances en enfer
France - 1960 - 81m - bw
Compton (X)
D: Jean Kerchbron

Carry On Regardless
UK - 1960 - 90m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Gerald Thomas
Series: Carry On Sergeant (1958, Sep/1958).

The Dam on the Yellow River
Apocalisse sul fiume giallo
(aka: Last Train to Shanghai)
Italy/France - 1959 - 95m - col / scope
World Productions (U) (cut)
D: Renzo Merusi

Fasten Your Seat Belts
Escale à Orly
(aka: Intermediate Landing in Paris)
France/W.Germany - 1954 - 104m - bw
World Productions (U) (cut)
D: Jean Dréville

Four Winds Island
UK - 1961 - 119m - 8 chapters - bw
Children's Film Foundation / Associated British Cinemas (U)
D: David Villiers

Gigolo
Le gigolo
France - 1960 - 102m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Jacques Deray

Girls for the Summer
Racconti d'estate
(USA: Love on the Riviera)
Italy/France - 1958 - 114m - col / scope
Mondial (A)
D: Gianni Franciolini

The Greengage Summer
(USA: Loss of Innocence)
UK - 1961 - 99m - col
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Gilbert

The Green Helmet
UK - 1961 - 88m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Michael Forlong

The Long Rope
USA - 1961 - 59m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: William Witney

The Love Trap
Un couple
(aka: A Couple)
France - 1960 - 84m - bw
Unifilms (X)
D: Jean-Pierre Mocky

Macario
Mexico - 1960 - 90m - bw
Rank (A)
D: Roberto Gavaldón

Macumba Love
USA/Brazil - 1959 - 86m col
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Douglas Fowley

Madison Avenue
USA - 1961 - 94m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone

Mein Kampf
Den blodiga tiden
Sweden - 1960 - 118m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Erwin Leiser

Mr. Topaze
UK - 1960 - 84m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Peter Sellers

Old Mac
UK - 1960 - 53m - bw
Carlyle (U)
D: Michael Winner

One Hundred and One Dalmatians
USA - 1961 - 79m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Followed by: 101 Dalmatians: Patch's London Adventure (2003).

Operation Bottleneck
USA - 1960 - 76m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Edward L. Cahn

Operation Eichmann
USA - 1961 - 92m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Panama Sal
USA - 1957 - 70m - bw / scope
Eros (U) (cut)
D: William Witney

Partners in Crime
UK - 1961 - 54m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Peter Duffell
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

The Pirate of the Black Hawk
Il pirata dello Sparviero Nero
Italy/France - 1958 - 93m - col / scope
Anglo-Amalgamated (U) (cut)
D: Sergio Grieco

The Queen's Visit to India
India - 1960 - 60m - col
Contemporary (U)
D: [uncredited]

Rag Doll
(USA: Young, Willing and Eager)
UK - 1960 - 67m - bw
Butcher's (A) (cut)
D: Lance Comfort

The Right Approach
USA - 1961 - 92m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: David Butler

The Royal Tour of India
UK - 1961 - 50m - col
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: [uncredited]

September Storm
USA - 1960 - 99m - col / scope / 3-D
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Byron Haskin

Shiroi hada to kiiroi taicho
[see: Women Behind Barbed Wire]

The Split
The Manster
USA/Japan - 1959 - 72m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: George P. Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane

La sposa bella
[see: Angel Wore Red, The]

Taste of Fear
(USA: Scream of Fear)
UK - 1961 - 82m - bw
Columbia (X)
D: Seth Holt

A Taste of Love
Les grandes personnes
(USA: Time Out for Love)
France/Italy - 1960 - 96m - bw
Compton (X) (cut)
D: Jean Valère

A Weekend With Lulu
UK - 1960 - 89m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: John Paddy Carstairs

Women Behind Barbed Wire
白い肌と黄色い隊長
Japan - 1960 - 89m - col / scope
Gala (X)
D: Masao Horiuchi

The World of Apu
Apur Sansar
অপুর সংসার
India - 1958 - 106m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Satyajit Ray
Series: Pather Panchali (1955, Feb/1958).

MFB: April 1961

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1961

Vol. 28 No. 327

The Canadians
USA - 1961 - 85m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Burt Kennedy

Cimarron
USA - 1960 - 140m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Anthony Mann
4-channel stereo

Clue of the New Pin
UK - 1960 - 58m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Allan Davis
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

The Colour of Love
Les lâches vivent d'espoir
(USA: My Baby is Black!)
France - 1961 - 89m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Claude Bernard-Aubert

The Devil's Wanton
Fängelse
(aka: Prison)
Sweden - 1949 - 80m - bw
Mayfair (X)
D: Ingmar Bergman

Double Bunk
UK - 1960 - 92m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston (A)
D: C.M. Pennington-Richards

During One Night
(USA: Night of Passion)
UK - 1961 - 80m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Sidney J. Furie

The Facts of Life
USA - 1960 - 103m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Melvin Frank

The Fiercest Heart
USA - 1961 - 89m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: George Sherman

Five Golden Hours
UK/Italy - 1960 - 90m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Mario Zampi

Fury at Smugglers' Bay
UK - 1960 - 96m - col / scope (2.00:1)
Regal (U) (cut)
D: John Gilling

The Gambler Wore a Gun
USA - 1960 - 66m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Edward L. Cahn

Go Naked in the World
USA - 1960 - 103m - col / scope
MGM (X)
D: Ranald MacDougall

The Hellfire Club
UK - 1960 - 93m - col / scope
Regal (A)
D: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman

The Hidden Fortress
隠し砦の三悪人
Japan - 1958 - 123m - bw / scope
Contemporary (A)
D: Akira Kurosawa

Kakushi toride no san akunin
[see: Hidden Fortress, The]

Konga
UK - 1960 - 90m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: John Lemont

The Lawbreakers
USA - 1960 - 79m - bw
MGM (X)
D: Joseph M. Newman

The Long and the Short and the Tall
UK - 1960 - 105m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Leslie Norman

Madeleine Tel. 13 62 11
(USA: Naked in the Night)
W.Germany - 1958 - 86m - bw
SF (X) (cut)
D: Kurt Meisel

The Magnificent Seven
USA - 1960 - 128m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: John Sturges
Followed by: Return of the Seven (1966, Jan/1967), Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1968, Aug/1969), The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972, Dec/1972).

Pepe
USA - 1960 - 195m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: George Sidney
4-channel stereo

The Police Dog Story
USA - 1960 - 62m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Edward L. Cahn

The Rat Race
USA - 1960 - 105m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Robert Mulligan

Search for Paradise
USA - 1957 - 120m - col / Cinerama
Cinerama / Robin International (U)
D: Otto Lang
7-channel stereo

The Sins of Rachel Cade
USA - 1960 - 124m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Gordon Douglas

So Close to Life
Nära livet
(USA: Brink of Life)
Sweden - 1957 - 84m - bw
Contemporary (X) (cut)
D: Ingmar Bergman

Torment
Les scélérats
(aka: The Wretches)
France - 1959 - 92m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Robert Hossein

Triangle on Safari
Woman and the Hunter
USA - 1957 - 79m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: George P. Breakston

Up and Down
Sube y baja
Mexico - 1959 - 108m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Miguel M. Delgado

Vive Amore
Pan, amor y... Andalucía
Italy/Spain - 1958 - 95m - bw
Gala (U)
D: Javier Setó
Series: Bread, Love and Dreams (1953, Dec/1954).

Where the Boys Are
USA - 1960 - 99m - col / scope
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Henry Levin

The Wind of Change
UK - 1960 - 64m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston (A)
D: Vernon Sewell

The Young Have No Morals
Les dragueurs
(USA: The Chasers)
France - 1959 - 78m - bw
SF (X) (cut)
D: Jean-Pierre Mocky