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Tag Archives: 1960s
The Betrayer AKA Vanina Vanini (1961) Roberto Rossellini, Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol
Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot Read More »
Mouchette (1967) Robert Bresson, Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal
Mouchette is a young girl living in the country. Her mother is dying and her father does not take care of her. Read More »
The Dolls AKA Le bambole (1965) Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer
Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film. Read More »
Red Lips AKA Labios rojos (1960) Jesús Franco, Isana Medel, Javier Armet, Lina Canalejas
Two girl detectives known as “Labios Rojos” (“Red Lips”) outwit both criminals and a bumbling police inspector. Read More »
Dateline Diamonds (1965) Jeremy Summers, William Lucas, Kenneth Cope, George Mikell
An ex-con manages a top band in the UK, and he wants to re-enter the crime scene. Read More »
Hot Millions (1968) Eric Till, Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden
Marcus is just out of prison for embezelment but discovers that it is no longer a world of ledgers but has become one of computers. Read More »
Who’s Got the Black Box AKA La route de Corinthe (1967) Claude Chabrol, Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Christian Marquand
When US radar installations in Greece are jammed and an undercover NATO security man is killed Read More »
Sabata AKA Ehi amico… c’è Sabata. Hai chiuso! (1969) Gianfranco Parolini, Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Ignazio Spalla
A group of thieves rob a safe of $100,000 and plan to use the money to purchase some land near a proposed railway line. Read More »
Under the Sign of the Bull AKA Sous le signe du taureau (1969) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Suzanne Flon, Colette Deréal
In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Read More »
The Sand City in Manchuria AKA Sabaku o Wataru Taiyo (1960) Kiyoshi Saeki, Sô Yamamura, Ken Takakura, Koji Tsuruta
A young doctor must save townspeople from a threatening plague. Read More »
What’s New Pussycat (1965) Clive Donner, Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, Romy Schneider
Michael James, a notorious womanizer, desperately wants to be faithful to his fiancée Carole Read More »
Is Paris Burning? AKA Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) René Clément, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron
In this sprawling, star-laden film, we see the struggles of various French resistance factions Read More »
The Girl on the Boat (1962) Henry Kaplan, Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin, Richard Briers
The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt’s cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties Read More »
The Stone Cross AKA Kaminnyy khrest (1968) Leonid Osyka, Boryslav Brondukov, Daniil Ilchenko, Yekaterina Mateyk
The Stone Cross (Kaminnyy khrest, 1968), based on two short stories (“The Stone Cross” and “The Thief,” both published in 1900) by Galician novelist Vasyl’ Stefanyk. Read More »