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MFB: December 1961




Monthly Film Bulletin
December 1961
Vol. 28 No. 335




Atlantis: The Lost Continent
USA - 1960 - 91m - col
MGM (A) (cut)
D: George Pal

Bachelor in Paradise
USA - 1961 - 109m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: Jack Arnold

Beyond the Time Barrier
USA - 1959 - 75m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U) (cut)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer

The Cat Burglar
USA - 1961 - 65m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: William Witney

The Connection
USA - 1961 - 110m - bw
Contemporary (X)
D: Shirley Clarke

The Cry
Il grido
Italy/USA - 1957 - 116m - bw
Mondial (A) (cut)
D: Michelangelo Antonioni



Danse Macabre
A tettes ismeretlen
Hungary - 1958 - 100m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: László Ranódy, László Nádasy

Day Shall Dawn
جاگو ہوا صویرا
(aka: Jago hua savera)
Pakistan - 1958 - 91m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: A.J. Kardar

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
UK - 1961 - 99m - bw and tinted / scope
British Lion / Pax (X)
D: Val Guest
Though the BBFC database lists this film as having been cut, the Melon Farmers website notes that chief censor John Trevelyan actually passed it unscathed, according to his memoirs.

Fanfare
Netherlands - 1958 - 93m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: Bert Haanstra

Il generale Della Rovere
Italy/France - 1959 - 137m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Roberto Rossellini

The Hellions
UK - 1961 - 80m - col / Technirama
Columbia (A)
D: Ken Annakin






Hollywood Thrill-Makers
(aka: Movie Stuntmen)
USA - 1953 - 53m - bw
Famous Films (U)
D: Bernard B. Ray

House of Sin
Les menteurs
France - 1961 - 92m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Edmond T. Gréville

The Hustler
USA - 1961 - 135m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Robert Rossen
Also reviewed: Feb 1986.
Followed by: The Color of Money (1986, Feb/1987).

Island Aflame: The Story of Cuba
Пылающий остров
USSR/Cuba - 1961 - 75m - col
Educational and Television Films (U)
D: Roman Karmen

Johnny Nobody
UK - 1960 - 88m - bw / scope
Columbia (U)
D: Nigel Patrick

The Judas Goat
USA - 1960 - 50m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Gerald Mayer
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Five Fingers (1959-60).
Series: Counterfeit (1960, Jan/1961).

Jungle Street
(USA: Jungle Street Girls)
UK - 1961 - 82m - bw
Regal (A) (cut)
D: Charles Saunders




Kapò
Italy/France/Yugoslavia - 1960 - 115m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Gillo Pontecorvo

Love in a Goldfish Bowl
USA - 1961 - 89m - col / scope
Paramount (A)
D: Jack Sher

Man Detained
UK - 1961 - 59m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Robert Tronson
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

The Mighty Crusaders
La Gerusalemme liberata
Italy - 1957 - 93m - col / scope
Grand National (U) (cut)
D: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Naked - As Nature Intended
(USA: As Nature Intended)
UK - 1961 - 65m - col
Compton (A) (cut)
D: George Harrison Marks

Nudes of the World
(USA: Nudes of All Nations)
(aka: The Sun, the Place & the Girl)
UK - 1961 - 65m - col
Miracle (A)
D: Arnold Louis Miller




Over the Odds
UK - 1961 - 65m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Michael Forlong

Paris Blues
USA - 1961 - 98m - bw
United Artists (X)
D: Martin Ritt

Pit of Darkness
UK - 1961 - 76m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Lance Comfort

Plaiuschchi ostrov
[see: Island Aflame: The Story of Cuba]

The Queen's Guards
UK - 1960 - 110m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Michael Powell

The Second Time Around
USA - 1961 - 98m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Vincent Sherman
4-channel stereo

Three on a Spree
UK - 1961 - 91m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Sidney J. Furie

Too Late Blues
USA - 1961 - 103m - bw
Paramount (X)
D: John Cassavetes

The Tramp
Archimède le clochard
France - 1958 - 85m - bw
British Lion (U) (cut)
D: Gilles Grangier

Warlord of Crete
Teseo contro il minotauro
(USA: The Minotaur: The Wild Beast of Crete)
Italy - 1960 - 105m - col / scope
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: Silvio Amadio

Way of the Wicked
Ce corps tant désiré
(aka: This Desired Body)
France - 1958 - 98m - bw
DUK (X) (cut)
D: Luis Saslavsky

What a Whopper
UK - 1961 - 89m - bw
Regal (U) (cut)
D: Gilbert Gunn

Young Love
Poika eli kesäänsä
Finland - 1955 - 82m - bw
Bargate (X) (cut)
D: Roland af Hällström

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