Set in German-occupied Norway, this is an embellished account of the remarkable efforts of the Norwegian resistance to sabotage the German development of the atomic bomb. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Buta to gunkan / Pigs and Battleships (1961) Shôhei Imamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Masao Mishima, Drama, Comedy, Crime
Kinta is caught in the mesh of poverty and opts out by joining the local yakuza gang. His greed draws him into the drug dealing, pimping, and racketeering that fill the gang’s coffers. Read More »
I nostri mariti (1966) Luigi Filippo D’Amico, Dino Risi, Alberto Sordi, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Alessandro Cutolo, Comedy, Romance
Movies in three episodes due to three different hands. In the first, D’Amico, a young man is attracted by a rather masculine woman. Read More »
Wait Until Dark (1967) Terence Young, Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Susy was recently blinded and recently married. Susy’s husband, Sam, is asked to hold a doll for a woman he doesn’t know as they get off an airplane. Read More »
The Shuttered Room (1967) David Greene, Oliver Reed, Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Horror
In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. Read More »
Wall of Noise (1963) Richard Wilson, Suzanne Pleshette, Ty Hardin, Dorothy Provine, Drama
The lives and loves behind the scenes at the racetrack are detailed in this thoroughbred soap opera. Read More »
Dentist in the Chair (1960) Don Chaffey, Bob Monkhouse, Peggy Cummins, Kenneth Connor, Comedy
Burglar steals Dentistry equipment by mistake and tries to sell them to Student Dentists. Mild amusements follow. Read More »
Dead Man’s Evidence (1962) Francis Searle, Conrad Phillips, Jane Griffiths, Veronica Hurst, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Spy David Baxter is sent to Ireland to investigate the death of a defected colleague apparently found dead on a beach. But is the body really him? Read More »
Col cuore in gola / I Am What I Am (1967) Tinto Brass, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Bernard meets Jane in a Night Club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident Read More »
Anima nera (1962) Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio Gassman, Nadja Tiller, Annette Stroyberg, Drama
A man with a past gets married and it seems that he will be able to start a new life, but an unexpected inheritance gets in the way and deteriorates the relationship with his wife. Read More »
The 7th Dawn (1964) Lewis Gilbert, William Holden, Susannah York, Capucine, Adventure, Drama, War
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
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What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) Lee H. Katzin, Bernard Girard, Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
As Aunt Alice, Ruth Gordon applies for the job of housekeeper in the Tucson, Arizona home of widow Claire Marrable in order to find out what happened Read More »
French Dressing (1964) Ken Russell, James Booth, Roy Kinnear, Marisa Mell, Comedy, Drama
A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image – and increase its revenues – by holding a film festival. Read More »
Ashima (1964) Qiong Liu, Likun Yang, Baosier, Chaoming Cui, Romance, Musical
Ashima is a brave and beautiful girl of the Sani people, beloved by all. One day as she is down at the lake to fetch water, she hears the sound of a shepherd’s flute coming from the hills across the lake. Read More »
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) Robert Youngson, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, The Marx Brothers, Comedy, Documentary
A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948’s “A Southern Yankee.” Read More »