Monthly Film Bulletin
October 1958
Vol. 25 No. 297
Blood of the Vampire
UK - 1958 - 85m - col
Eros (X) (cut)
D: Henry Cass
The Carringford School Mystery
UK - 1958 - 134m - 8 chapters - bw
British Films / Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: William C. Hammond
The Case Against Brooklyn
USA - 1958 - 81m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Paul Wendkos
Cat and Mouse
(USA: The Desperate Men)
UK - 1958 - 79m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Paul Rotha
A Certain Smile
USA - 1958 - 105m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Jean Negulesco
4-channel stereo
Chain of Events
UK - 1957 - 62m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Gerald Thomas
The Colossus of New York
USA - 1958 - 70m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Eugene Lourié
The Cranes Are Flying
Летят журавли
USSR - 1957 - 97m - bw
Curzon (U)
D: Mikhail Kalatozov
The Dalton Girls
USA - 1957 - 71m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Reginald Le Borg
The Decks Ran Red
USA - 1958 - 84m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Andrew L. Stone
The Defiant Ones
USA - 1958 - 96m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Stanley Kramer
The Face of the Cat
La chatte
(USA: The Cat)
France - 1958 - 108m - bw
Miracle (A) (cut)
D: Henri Decoin
Followed by: The Cat Shows Her Claws (1959, Apr/1967).
The Fiend Who Walked the West
USA - 1958 - 101m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Gordon Douglas
The Goddess
USA - 1958 - 105m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Cromwell
God's Little Acre
USA - 1958 - 111m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Anthony Mann
The Gun Runners
USA - 1958 - 83m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
The Hot Angel
USA - 1957 - 72m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Joe Parker
Human Cargo
Les impures
(aka: The Impure Ones)
France - 1954 - 88m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Pierre Chevalier
The Hunters
USA - 1958 - 108m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Dick Powell
4-channel stereo
Island Women
USA - 1957 - 72m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: William Berke
It! The Terror From Beyond Space
USA - 1958 - 69m - bw
United Artists (X)
D: Edward L. Cahn
Katy and the Wild Cat
Kati és a vadmacska
Hungary - 1956 - 50m - col
Gala (U)
D: Ágoston Kollányi
The Left-Handed Gun
USA - 1958 - 102m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Arthur Penn
Letyat zhuravli
[see: Cranes Are Flying, The]
Life Begins at 17
USA - 1958 - 74m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Arthur Dreifuss
The Long Knife
UK - 1958 - 57m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Montgomery Tully
The Man Inside
UK - 1958 - 97m - bw / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: John Gilling
The Man Upstairs
UK - 1958 - 88m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Don Chaffey
Man With a Gun
UK - 1958 - 60m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Montgomery Tully
The Matchmaker
USA - 1957 - 101m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Joseph Anthony
The Missouri Traveler
USA - 1958 - 104m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Jerry Hopper
The Proud Rebel
USA - 1958 - 103m - col
MGM (U)
D: Michael Curtiz
Quiet Flows the Don
Тихий Дон
(USA: And Quiet Flows the Don)
USSR - 1957 / 1958 - 304m - 3 episodes - col
Gala (A) (cut)
D: Sergei Gerasimov
Originally screened in three separate episodes. Only the first was ever reviewed in the MFB, running 109 mins.
The Salvage Gang
UK - 1958 - 52m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John Krish
Sea Fury
UK - 1958 - 97m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Cy Endfield
The Space Children
USA - 1958 - 69m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Jack Arnold
Space Master X-7
USA - 1958 - 71m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Edward L. Bernds
Stormy Crossing
(USA: Black Tide)
UK - 1958 - 69m - bw
Eros (U)
D: C.M. Pennington-Richards
Taming Sutton's Gal
USA - 1957 - 71m - bw / scope
British Lion (A)
D: Lesley Selander
The Three Outlaws
USA - 1956 - 66m - bw / scope
Exclusive (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Tikhil Don
[see: Quiet Flows the Don]
Twilight for the Gods
USA - 1958 - 118m - col
Rank (A)
D: Joseph Pevney
When Hell Broke Loose
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Kenneth G. Crane
A Woman Possessed
UK - 1958 - 68m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Max Varnel
The Wonderful Years
The Restless Years
USA - 1958 - 86m - bw / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Helmut Käutner
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Blind Spot
UK - 1958 - 71m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Peter Maxwell
The Bonnie Parker Story
USA - 1958 - 79m - bw / scope
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: William Witney
The Bravados
USA - 1958 - 98m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Henry King / 4-channel stereo
Carry On Sergeant
UK - 1958 - 83m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Gerald Thomas
Followed by: Carry On Nurse (1958, Apr/1959), Carry On Teacher (1959, Oct/1959), Carry On, Constable (1960, Apr/1960), Carry On Regardless (1960, May/1961), Carry On Cruising (1962, May/1962), Carry On Cabby (1963, Oct/1963), Carry On Jack (1964, Apr/1964), Carry On Spying (1964, Sep/1964), Carry On Cleo (1964, Feb/1965), Carry On Cowboy (1965, Mar/1966), Carry On Screaming! (1966, Sep/1966), Don't Lose Your Head (1967, Apr/1967), Follow That Camel (1967, Jan/1968), Carry On Doctor (1968, Apr/1968), Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968, Dec/1968), Carry On Camping (1969, Aug/1969), Carry On Again Doctor (1969, Jan/1970), Carry On Up the Jungle (1970, May/1970), Carry On Loving (1970, Dec/1970), Carry On Henry (1971, Jul/1971), Carry On At Your Convenience (1971, Feb/1972), Carry On Matron (1972, Jul/1972), Carry On Abroad (1972, Jan/1973), Carry On Girls (1973, Dec/1973), Carry On Dick (1974, Aug/1974), Carry On Behind (1975, Jan/1976), Carry On England (1976, Nov/1976), Carry On Emmannuelle (1977, Dec/1978), That's Carry On (1978, Mar/1978), Carry On Columbus (1992, Oct/1992).
Country Music Holiday
USA - 1958 - 82m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Alvin Ganzer
A Cry From the Streets
UK - 1958 - 100m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Lewis Gilbert
Don Quixote
Дон Кихот
USSR - 1957 - 105m - col / scope
Gala (U)
D: Grigori Kozintsev
The Fearmakers
USA - 1958 - 85m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Jacques Tourneur
The Flame Barrier
USA - 1958 - 73m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Paul Landres
The Fly
USA - 1958 - 94m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Kurt Neumann
Followed by: Return of the Fly (1959, Oct/1959), Curse of the Fly (1965, Mar/1966).
4-channel stereo
Frankenstein 1970
USA - 1958 - 82m - bw / scope
Associated British-Pathé (X)
D: Howard W. Koch
Gang War
USA - 1958 - 75m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Gene Fowler Jr.
The Green Archer
USA - 1940 - 285m - 15 chapters - bw
Columbia (U)
D: James W. Horne
I Bury the Living
USA - 1957 - 77m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Charles Band
Imitation General
USA - 1958 - 88m - bw / scope
MGM (U)
D: George Marshall
4-channel stereo
Intent to Kill
UK - 1958 - 89m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Jack Cardiff
4-channel stereo
King Creole
USA - 1958 - 116m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Michael Curtiz
Kings Go Forth
USA - 1958 - 109m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Delmer Daves
Live in Fear
Apenas un delincuente
(aka: Hardly a Criminal)
Argentina - 1949 - 88m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Hugo Fregonese
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
USA - 1958 - 81m - bw
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: The Lone Ranger (1955, Dec/1956).
Looking for Danger
USA - 1957 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Austen Jewell
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).
Macabre
USA - 1958 - 72m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: William Castle
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| Man on the Prowl |
Machine-Gun Kelly
USA - 1958 - 80m - bw / scope
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Roger Corman
Man on the Prowl
USA - 1957 - 86m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Art Napoleon
The Money
USA (TV) - 1958 - 50m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Walter Doniger
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Conflict (1956-57).
Next to No Time
UK - 1958 - 93m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Henry Cornelius
The Night of the Storm
Wie ein Sturmwind
(aka: Tempestuous Love)
W.Germany - 1956 - 102m - bw
Mayfair (A) (cut)
D: Falk Harnack
No Man's Road
USA (TV) - 1957 - 50m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Leslie H. Martinson
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Conflict (1956-57).
Nor the Moon by Night
(USA: Elephant Gun)
UK - 1958 - 92m - col
Rank (U)
D: Ken Annakin
Oregon Passage
USA - 1957 - 79m - col / scope
Associated British-Pathé (U) (cut)
D: Paul Landres
Quantez
USA - 1957 - 80m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Harry Keller
Quantrill's Raiders
USA - 1958 - 70m - col - scope
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds
The Revenge of Frankenstein
UK - 1958 - 89m - col
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Terence Fisher
Series: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957, Jun/1957).
USA - 1958 - 107m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Frank Tashlin
Spook Chasers
USA - 1957 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: George Blair
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).
Swamp Women
(aka: Cruel Swamp)
(aka: Swamp Diamonds)
USA - 1956 - 67m/84m - col
Renown (A) (cut)
D: Roger Corman
Them Nice Americans
USA - 1958 - 62m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Anthony Young
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
USA - 1958 - 133m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Douglas Sirk
4-channel stereo
Tosca
Italy - 1956 - 112m - col / scope
Films de France (U)
D: Carmine Gallone
Vertigo
USA - 1958 - 128m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A)
D: Alfred Hitchcock
70mm version released in 1996, with the original mono soundtrack remixed in 5.1 audio.
Vive Monsieur Blaireau
Ni vu... ni connu...
(aka: Neither Seen Nor Recognized)
France - 1958 - 95m - bw
Mondial (U)
D: Yves Robert
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August 1958
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Les aventures d'Arsène Lupin
France/Italy - 1956 - 103m - col
MGM (U)
D: Jacques Becker
Alina
Italy - 1950 - 90m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Giorgio Pastina
Born to the Saddle
USA - 1953 - 74m - col
Butcher's (U)
D: William Beaudine
The Brothers Karamazov
USA - 1958 - 145m - col
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Richard Brooks
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
(aka: The Courage of Rin Tin Tin)
USA - 1958 - 77m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Robert G. Walker
Cop Hater
USA - 1957 - 75m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: William Berke
The Country Husband
USA (TV) - 1956 - 75m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: James Neilson
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Playhouse 90 (1956-61).
Death in Small Doses
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Joseph M. Newman
Desert Hell
USA - 1958 - 82m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Charles Marquis Warren
Edge of Fury
USA - 1957 - 77m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Robert Gurney Jr., Irving Lerner
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.
Forest of the Falcons
Kék vércsék erdejében
Hungary - 1954 - 51m - col
Contemporary (U)
D: István Homoki Nagy
Girl on the Subway
USA (TV) - 1956 - 50m - bw
Warner (U)
D: John Rich
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Conflict (1956-57).
The Golden Age of Comedy
USA - 1957 - 79m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Robert Youngson
Followed by: When Comedy Was King (1959, Apr/1960), Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961, Jun/1961).
Graft and Corruption
Confession
USA (TV) - 1956 - 75m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Anton M. Leader
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Playhouse 90 (1956-61).
Gunman's Walk
USA - 1958 - 95m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson
Harry Black
(aka: Harry Black and the Tiger)
UK - 1958 - 117m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Hugo Fregonese
4-channel stereo
The High Cost of Loving
USA - 1958 - 87m - bw / scope
MGM (U)
D: José Ferrer
4-channel stereo
How to Rob a Bank
USA - 1958 - 87m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Levin
Ice Cold in Alex
(USA: Desert Attack)
UK - 1958 - 129m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: J. Lee Thompson
Indiscreet
USA/UK - 1958 - 98m - col
Warner (A)
D: Stanley Donen
Juvenile Passion
狂った果実
(USA: Crazed Fruit)
(aka: Juvenile Jungle)
Japan - 1956 - 86m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Kō Nakahira
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| Juvenile Passion |
Kurutta kajitsu
[see: Juvenile Passion]
Land of the Sun Worshippers
Elysia (Valley of the Nude)
USA - 1933 - 50m - bw
Orb (U - London)
D: Bryan Foy
Nudist film, rejected by the BBFC in 1934 (submitted by Universal) and 1949 (Film Sales), and once again in 1958 (Orb), at which point it was passed by London County Council. That same year, the BBFC relented and passed the film with an A rating, apparently uncut. Civilisation didn't fall. Funny, that.
Last of the Desperados
USA - 1955 - 72m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Sam Newfield
The Lineup
USA - 1958 - 86m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Mar 1984.
A Night to Remember
UK - 1958 - 123m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Roy Ward Baker
Ready to Die
USA - 1958 - 50m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Adrian Weiss
Two episodes of the TV series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1951-53), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Film series: Craig Kennedy: Criminologist (1953, Nov/1953).
The Reckless Age
Dragstrip Riot
USA - 1957 - 68m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: David Bradley
Return to Warbow
USA - 1957 - 66m - col
Columbia (A)
D: Ray Nazarro
The Saga of Hemp Brown
USA - 1958 - 79m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Richard Carlson
The Savage Mountain
白い山脈
Japan - 1957 - 71m - col
Gala (U)
D: Sadao Imamura
Scandal in Montmartre
La môme Pigalle
(USA: The Maiden)
France - 1955 - 100m - bw
Mayfair (A - London) (cut)
D: Alfred Rode
This doesn't appear to have been submitted to the BBFC, but it was passed by London County Council, subject to heavy cuts.
Shiroi sanmayaku
[see: Savage Mountain, The]
Sierra Baron
USA - 1958 - 79m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: James B. Clark
4-channel stereo
Six Inches Tall
Attack of the Puppet People
USA - 1958 - 78m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Bert I. Gordon
The Snorkel
UK - 1958 - 90m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Guy Green
This Happy Feeling
USA - 1958 - 92m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Blake Edwards
Too Much, Too Soon
USA - 1958 - 121m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Art Napoleon
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Seiler
Undersea Girl
USA - 1957 - 74m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: John Peyser
The Unknown Soldier
Tuntematon sotilas
Finland - 1955 - 169m - bw
Contemporary (X) (cut)
D: Edvin Laine
Followed by: Here Beneath the North Star (1968, Jul/1978), Akseli and Elina (1970, Jul/1978).
The Vikings
USA - 1958 - 112m - col / Technirama
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Richard Fleischer
The White Squaw
USA - 1956 - 71m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Ray Nazarro
The Whole Truth
UK - 1958 - 85m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Guillermin
