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).