MFB: November 1968

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1968

Vol. 35 No. 418

30 is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia
UK - 1967 - 84m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Douglas McGrath

5 Card Stud
USA - 1968 - 103m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Henry Hathaway

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
UK - 1968 - 50m - bw
Hunter
D: Kevin Brownlow

Agent 505
Agent 505: Todesfalle Beirut
(USA: Formula C-12/Beirut)
(aka: The Beirut Formula)
(aka: From Beirut With Love)
W.Germany/Italy/France - 1965 - 93m - col / scope
Gala (A) (cut)
D: Manfred R. Köhler

Angelique: The Road to Versailles
Merveilleuse Angélique
(aka: Licence for Love)
(aka: Marvellous Angelique)
France - 1964 - 104m - col / scope
Butcher's (A) (cut)
D: Bernard Borderie
Series: Angelique (1964, Nov/1967).

Assassination
Italy - 1967 - 100m - col / scope
Butcher's (A) (cut)
D: Emilio P. Mraglia [as: Hal Brady]

Bandidos
Crepa tu... che vivo io
(aka: Guns of Death)
(aka: You Die... But I Live!)
Italy/Spain - 1967 - 94m - col / scope
Butcher's (X) (cut)
D: Massimo Dallamano [as: Max Dillman]

Barbarella
France/Italy - 1968 - 98m - col / scope
Paramount (X)
D: Roger Vadim

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Signore & signori
Italy/France - 1965 - 116m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Pietro Germi

The Busy Body
USA - 1966 - 102m - col / scope
Paramount (A)
D: William Castle

Cinque tombe per un medium
[see: Terror Creatures From the Grave]

The Committee
UK - 1968 - 58m - bw
Planet (A)
D: Peter Sykes

Deadfall
UK - 1968 - 120m - col
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Bryan Forbes

Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
UK - 1968 - 113m - col
20th Century Fox (A)
D: John Krish

The Dress
Klänningen
Sweden - 1964 - 85m - bw
Contemporary (X)
D: Vilgot Sjöman

Duffy
UK - 1968 - 101m - col
Columbia (A)
D: Robert Parrish

Escape From the Sea
UK - 1967 - 57m - col
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Peter Seabourne

Father
Apa
Hungary - 1966 - 98m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: István Szabó

The Fire of Love
Le feu de Dieu
France/Italy - 1966 - 95m - bw
Richard Schulman (X) (cut)
D: Georges Combret

Gertrud
Denmark - 1964 - 116m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Hammerhead
UK - 1968 - 99m - col
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: David Miller

Bloody Pit of Horror (Il boia scarlatto, 1965): Not reviewed.

The Hand of Night
(USA: Beast of Morocco)
UK - 1966 - 90m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Frederic Goode

Hang 'Em High
USA - 1968 - 114m - col
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Ted Post

Headline Hunters
UK - 1968 - 60m - col
Children's Film Foundation / Rank (U)
D: Jonathan Ingrams

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
USA - 1968 - 112m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Norman Tokar

How Sweet It Is!
USA - 1968 - 98m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Jerry Paris

Interlude
UK - 1968 - 113m - col
Columbia (A)
D: Kevin Billington

A Man Named John
E venne un uomo
Italy/UK - 1965 - 90m - col
Planet (U)
D: Ermanno Olmi

Mayerling
France/UK - 1968 - 141m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Terence Young
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
UK - 1968 - 95m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Saul Swimmer

Oliver!
UK - 1968 - 146m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: Carol Reed
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

Pearls of the Deep
Perličky na dně
(aka: Pearls on the Ground)
Czechoslovakia - 1965 - 107m - bw and col
Contemporary (A)
D: Vera Chytilová, Jirí Menzel, Ewald Schorm, Jaromil Jires, Jan Nemec

Rachel, Rachel
USA - 1968 - 101m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Paul Newman

The Secret of Success
Секрет успеха
(USA: Bolshoi Ballet '67)
USSR - 1963 - 80m - col / Sovscope 70
Border (U)
D: Leonid Lavroksy, Aleksandr Shelenkov
6-channel stereo

Sekret o speha
[see: Secret of Success, The]

Serenade for Two Spies
Serenade für zwei Spione
W.Germany/Italy - 1965 - 87m - col / scope
Gala (A)
D: Michael Pfleghar

Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
Тени забытых предков
USSR - 1964 - 95m - col
Contemporary (X)
D: Sergei Paradzhanov

Strip Poker
(USA: The Big Switch)
UK - 1968 - 81m/68m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Pete Walker

The Sweet Body of Deborah
Il dolce corpo di Deborah
Italy/France - 1967 - 95m - col / scope
Eagle (X) (cut)
D: Romolo Guerreri

Tani zabytykh predkov
[see: Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors]

Terror-Creatures From the Grave
5 tombe per un medium
(aka: Cemetery of the Living Dead)
Italy - 1965 - 87m - bw
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Massimo Pupillo (credited on-screen to producer Ralph Zucker)

A Virgin for the Prince
Una vergine per il principe
(USA: A Maiden for a Prince)
Italy/France - 1965 - 107m - col / scope
Gala (X)
D: Pasquale Festa Campanile