MFB: December 1963

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

December 1963

Vol. 30 No. 359

Les abysses
France - 1962 - 96m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Nico Papatakis

The Balcony
USA - 1963 - 86m - bw
British Lion (X)
D: Joseph Strick
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed uncut.

Black Zoo
USA - 1963 - 88m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Robert Gordon

Blaze of Glory
UK - 1963 - 57m - bw
Golden Era (U)
D: Robert Lynn

Bye Bye Birdie
USA - 1963 - 111m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: George Sidney
4-channel stereo

Cash on Demand
UK - 1961 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Quentin Lawrence

Echo of Diana
UK - 1963 - 61m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Ernest Morris

Face in the Rain
USA - 1962 - 81m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Irvin Kershner

Cash on Demand

Fun in Acapulco
USA - 1963 - 97m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Richard Thorpe

Gidget Goes to Rome
USA - 1962 - 104m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Paul Wendkos
Series: Gidget (1959, Jun/1959).

Girl in the Headlines
(USA: The Model Murder Case)
UK - 1963 - 93m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston (A) (cut)
D: Michael Truman

Invasion of the Normans
I normanni
(USA: Attack of the Normans)
(aka: Conquest of the Normans)
Italy/W.Germany/France - 1962 - 86m - col / scope
Compton-Cameo (U)
D: Giuseppe Vari

Island of Love
USA - 1963 - 101m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Morton DaCosta

Love and Larceny
Il mattatore
Italy - 1959 - 105m - bw / scope
Regal (A)
D: Dino Risi

The Man From the Diners' Club
USA - 1963 - 95m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Frank Tashlin

The Man Who Finally Died
UK - 1962 - 100m - bw / scope
British Lion / Magna (A) (cut)
D: Quentin Lawrence

The Russian Miracle Part I: Out of the Past
Das russische Wunder I
E.Germany - 1963 - 115m - bw
Plato (A)
D: Anneliese Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike
Followed by: The Russian Miracle Part 2: Into the Future (1963, May/1964).

The Servant
UK - 1963 - 115m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Joseph Losey

The Shadow of Zorro
L'ombra di Zorro
Italy/Spain/France - 1962 - 87m - col / scope
Compton-Cameo (U)
D: Joaquín Romero Marchent

The Silent Raid
De overval
Netherlands - 1962 - 97m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Paul Rotha

A Sordid Affair
Un maledetto imbroglio
(USA: The Facts of Murder)
Italy - 1959 - 114m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Pietro Germi

Strip Tease Murder
UK - 1961 - 66m - bw
Paramount (X) (cut)
D: Ernest Morris

Thunder Island
USA - 1963 - 65m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Jack Leewood

Vengeance
(USA: The Brain)
UK/W.Germany - 1962 - 83m - bw
British Lion / Garrick (A) (cut)
D: Freddie Francis

Weekend
Denmark - 1962 - 84m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt

What a Crazy World
UK - 1963 - 88m - bw / scope
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Michael Carreras

Women of the World
La donna nel mondo
Italy - 1962 - 110m - col
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Gaultiero Jacopetti

World by Night No. 2
Il mondo di notte numero 2
Italy - 1961 - 118m - col / Super Technirama 70
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Gianni Proia
Series: World by Night (1960, Jun/1961).

The Young and the Brave
USA - 1963 - 84m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Francis D. Lyon

Zorro and the Three Musketeers
Zorro e i tre moschettieri
(USA: Mask of the Musketeers)
Italy - 1962 - 99m - col / scope
Golden Era (U)
D: Luigi Capuano