MFB: November 1961

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1961

Vol. 28 No. 334

Armored Command
USA - 1961 - 99m - bw
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Byron Haskin

Back Street
USA - 1961 - 107m - col
Rank / Universal-International (A)
D: David Miller

The Big Bankroll
King of the Roaring 20's - The Story of Arnold Rothstein
USA - 1961 - 106m - bw
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Joseph M. Newman

Blast of Silence
USA - 1961 - 77m - bw
Hillcrest (X)
D: Allen Baron

Breakfast at Tiffany's
USA - 1961 - 115m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Blake Edwards

Dangerous Afternoon
UK - 1961 - 62m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston (U)
D: Charles Saunders

Gorgo
UK - 1960 - 77m - col
British Lion (X)
D: Eugene Lourié

The Harlem Jazz Festival
USA - 1955 - 51m - bw
Compton (U)
D: Joseph Kohn

Herod the Great
Erode il grande
Italy/France - 1958 - 100m - col / scope
Golden Era (A) (cut)
D: Viktor Tourjkansky

Homicidal
USA - 1961 - 87m - bw
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: William Castle

Invasion Quartet
UK - 1961 - 87m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Jay Lewis

The Last Rhino
UK - 1961 - 56m - bw
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Henry Geddes

Nikki: Wild Dog of the North
USA/Canada - 1960 - 75m - col
Walt Disney (U) (cut)
D: Jack Couffer, Don Haldane

Nothing Barred
UK - 1961 - 83m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Darcy Conyers

Operation Fiddle
(USA: Operation Snafu)
(aka: Operation War Head)
UK - 1961 - 97m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Cyril Frankel

Operation Time Bomb
Le vent se lève
(USA: Time Bomb)
France/Italy - 1958 - 91m - bw
Golden Era (U)
D: Yves Ciampi

Playing at Love
Les jeux de l'amour
(USA: The Lovers)
France - 1960 - 86m - bw
Contemporary (X)
D: Philippe de Broca

Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
Italy/France - 1960 - 176m - bw
Regal (X)
D: Luchino Visconti
Also reviewed: Dec 1990.

The Rules of the Game
La règle du jeu
France - 1938 - 85m - bw
New London Film Society (A)
D: Jean Renoir
Also reviewed: Jan-Feb 1950 + Sep 1996.

Rocco and His Brothers

The Sergeant Was a Lady
USA - 1961 - 73m - bw
Rank / Universal-International (U)
D: Bernard Glasser

Snow White and the Three Clowns
Snow White and the Three Stooges
USA - 1961 - 107m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Walter Lang
4-channel stereo

Terror in the Haunted House
My World Dies Screaming
USA - 1958 - 81m - bw
British Lion (X) (cut)
D: Harold Daniels

The Terror of the Tongs
UK - 1961 - 79m - col
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Anthony Bushell

The Third Alibi
UK - 1961 - 68m - bw
Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Montgomery Tully

Volcano
Les rendez-vous du diable
(USA: The Devil's Blast)
France - 1958 - 80m - col
Contemporary (U)
D: Haroun Tazieff

The Wastrel
Il relitto
Italy - 1960 - 115m - bw
Archway (A) (cut)
D: Mihalis Kakogiannis [as: Michael Cacoyannis]

Web of Passion
A double tour
(USA: Leda)
France/Italy - 1959 - 110m - col
Contemporary (X)
D: Claude Chabrol

The Young Doctors
USA - 1961 - 103m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Phil Karlson