MFB: May 1962

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1962

Vol. 29 No. 340

13 West Street
USA - 1962 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Philip Leacock

Backfire
UK - 1961 - 59m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Paul Almond
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

Battle in Outer Space
宇宙大戦争
Japan - 1959 - 96m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: Ishirō Honda

Boy Who Caught a Crook
USA - 1961 - 73m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Edward L. Cahn

Carry On Cruising
UK - 1962 - 89m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Gerald Thomas
Series: Carry On Sergeant (1958, Sep/1958).

Dancing Girl
伊豆の踊子
Japan - 1960 - 88m - col / scope
Gala (A)
D: Yoshirō Kawazu

Design for Loving
UK - 1962 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Godfrey Grayson

The Devil's Daffodil
Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen
(aka: Daffodil Killer)
W.Germany/UK - 1961 - 94m - bw
British Lion / Britannia (A) (cut)
D: Ákos Ráthonyi

Flat Two
UK - 1962 - 60m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Alan Cooke
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

It's Trad, Dad!
(USA: Ring-a-Ding Rhythm!)
UK - 1962 - 73m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Richard Lester

Izu no odoriko
[see: Dancing Girl]

A Kind of Loving
UK - 1962 - 112m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (X)
D: John Schlesinger

Last of the VIkings
L'ultimo dei Vichinghi
Italy/France - 1960 - 106m - col / scope
Mondial (A) (cut)
D: Giacomo Gentilomo

Les liaisons dangereuses
(aka: Dangerous Love Affairs)
France - 1959 - 106m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Roger Vadim

Moon Pilot
USA - 1961 - 98m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: James Neilson

The Painted Smile
(USA: Murder Can Be Deadly)
UK - 1961 - 60m - bw
Planet / Doverton (A) (cut)
D: Lance Comfort

A Pair of Briefs
UK - 1961 - 90m - bw
Rank (A)
D: Ralph Thomas

Ritual of Love
Paradiso terrestre
(USA: Earthly Paradise)
Italy/France - 1956 - 87m - col
Gala (A)
D: Luciano Emmer

The Road to Hong Kong

UK - 1961 - 91m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Norman Panama
Series: Road to Singapore (1940, May/1940).

The Sand Castle
USA - 1960 - 67m - bw and col
Bargate (U)
D: Jerome Hill

The Share Out
UK - 1962 - 61m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Gerald Glaister
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

She Always Gets Their Man
UK - 1962 - 61m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Godfrey Grayson

The Son of the Red Pirate
Il figlio del corsaro rosso
(USA: Son of the Red Corsair)
Italy - 1958 - 96m - col / scope
Cross-Channel / Archway (U)
D: Primo Zeglio

State Fair
USA - 1962 - 118m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: José Ferrer

A Taxi for Tobruk
Un taxi pour Tobrouk
France/Spain/W.Germany - 1960 - 95m - bw / scope
Miracle (U)
D: Denys de La Patellière

Tigress of Bengal
W.Germany/Italy/France - 1958 - 97m - col
Gala (A) (cut)
D: Fritz Lang
Combines footage from two different films - The Tiger of Eschnapur (1958, Apr/1978) and The Indian Tomb (1958, Apr/1978) - to create an entirely separate film for English-speaking territories.

Uchu dai senso
[see: Battle in Outer Space]

Ugetsu Monogatari
雨月物語
(USA: Ugetsu)
Japan - 1953 - 94m - bw
Contemporary (X)
D: Kenji Mizoguchi

Viridiana
Spain/Mexico - 1961 - 91m - bw
Miracle (X)
D: Luis Buñuel

Waltz of the Toreadors
UK - 1962 - 102m - col
Rank (X)
D: John Guillermin

Woman in the Window
La ragazza in vetrina
Italy/France - 1960 - 99m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Luciano Emmer

Women Are Like That
Comment qu'elle est!
France - 1960 - 93m - bw
DUK (A) (cut)
D: Bernard Borderie