A composer stuck in a middle-class marriage finds that his affair with his wife’s half-sister has resulted in her pregnancy. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: The Partner (1963) Gerard Glaister, Yôko Tani, Guy Doleman, Ewan Roberts, Drama, Mystery
Shady dealings and a duplicitious accountant put studio head Wayne Douglas and his new Oriental actress Lin in peril. Read More »
The Challenge (1960) John Gilling, Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Billie and Kristy lead a gang of armed robbers who steal from banks, armoured cars, and the like. Read More »
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: We Shall See (1964) Quentin Lawrence, Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook, Alec Mango, Drama, Mystery
Alva Collins is the attractive wife of a captain in a civil airline. Read More »
Anna Karenina (1961) Rudolph Cartier, Claire Bloom, Sean Connery, Jack Watling, Drama, Romance
While helping her adulterous brother repair relations with his wife, the happily married Anna Karenina (Claire Bloom) plummets headfirst into an all-consuming affair of her own with a handsome soldier (Sean Connery). Read More »
The Honey Pot (1967) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Comedy, Crime
As an elaborate joke, the wealthy Cecil Fox (Rex Harrison) hires actor William McFly (Cliff Robertson) to play his personal assistant Read More »
Behind Locked Doors (1968) Charles Romine, Eve Reeves, Joyce Danner, Daniel Garth, Horror, Erotic
Two women attend a party in a barn, where they meet Mr. Bradley, a strange middle-aged man with a British accent. Read More »
The Laughing Woman (1969) Piero Schivazappa, Philippe Leroy, Dagmar Lassander, Lorenza Guerrieri, Thriller, Erotic
A rich and sadistic man, who enjoys degrading women as part of elaborate S&M games, abducts a female journalist. She is subjected to his unpleasant games but soon begins subverting him. Read More »
A Ciascuno Il Suo / We Still Kill The Old Way (1967) Elio Petri, Gian Maria Volontè, Irene Papas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sicilia, late ’60s. Two men are killed during a hunting party. The hurried inquiry indicates that it was a killing made for ‘honor’ reasons. Read More »
Stark Fear (1962) Ned Hockman, Beverly Garland, Skip Homeier, Kenneth Tobey, Drama, Thriller
“Stark Fear” is the story of Ellen Winslow, who hungers for affection but finds herself chained to a hate-warped husband Gerald. Read More »
A Stravinsky Portrait (1967) Richard Leacock, Rolf Liebermann, Igor Stravinsky, George Balanchine, Pierre Boulez, Documentary, Music
This documentary follows composer and conductor Igor Stavinsky at his home in California, in London, and in Hamburg where he conducts an orchestra rehearsal. Read More »
Il boom / The Boom (1963) Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi, Gianna Maria Canale, Ettore Geri, Comedy
Sweet-sour comedy on Italy’s 1950’s rage to get rich as fast as possible! The businessman wants to satisfy his wife’s craving for luxury Read More »
Marcia nuziale / The Wedding March (1965) Marco Ferreri, Ugo Tognazzi, Shirley Anne Field, Alexandra Stewart, Comedy
It consists of four episodes that exemplify paradoxical or grotesque aspects of married life: In “first marriage” marriage intended to marry his dog race. Read More »
Il seme dell’uomo / The Seed of Man (1969) Marco Ferreri, Marzio Margine, Anne Wiazemsky, Annie Girardot, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
During a Post-Apocalyptic period in the near future the majority of the European population has been wiped out by some sort of undefined plague. Read More »
Jigokuhen / Portrait of Hell (1969) Shirô Toyoda, Hideyo Amamoto, Yôko Naitô, Tatsuya Nakadai, Drama
A rebellious Korean artist tests the limits of his sadistic patron, an omnipotent feudal Japanese lord. Read More »