After a stint in the army fighting in Angola, a soldier comes home to find his sweetheart has married his brother. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Downhill Racer (1969) Michael Ritchie, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Drama, Sport
David Chappellet is a mean-spirited skier, who profits from another skier’s injury to gain a spot on the American Olympic team. Read More »
The Happy Thieves (1961) George Marshall, Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison, Joseph Wiseman, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Gentleman thief Jim Bourne steals a Velázquez painting, “Venus With a Mirror,” from the Spanish castle of the Duchess Blanca. Read More »
Ilektra / Electra (1962) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Drama
A powerful rendering of the tragedy of Elektra by Euripides, second in a trilogy. The film begins with a summary treatment without dialogue of the action of the preceding play Read More »
Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967) Martin Scorsese, Harvey Keitel, Zina Bethune, Anne Collette, Drama, Romance
J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down Read More »
Run a Crooked Mile (1969) Gene Levitt, Louis Jourdan, Mary Tyler Moore, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Drama
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there’s no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Read More »
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Stanley Kubrick, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Comedy
U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely and utterly mad, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. Read More »
L’immorale / The Climax (1967) Pietro Germi, Ugo Tognazzi, Stefania Sandrelli, Renée Longarini, Comedy
Sergio Masini, a violin player, is going to be the father of a sixth child… by his second mistress, Marisa. Read More »
The Embrace / L’etreinte (1969) Paul Collet, Pierre Drouot, Daniel Vigo, Nathalie Vernier, Laetitia Sorel, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Erotic
The girl is very fascinating and unaware. The great tentacled city will give her unpredictable surprises and she won’t be afraid to taste them day by day.
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The Hook (1963) George Seaton, Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker Jr., Nick Adams, Drama, War
During an evacuation in the waning days of the Korean War, three American soldiers retrieve an enemy airman and take him prisoner aboard the civilian ship returning them to their lines. Read More »
Wieczór przedswiateczny / Christmas Eve (1966) Helena Amiradzibi-Stawinska, Jerzy Stefan Stawinski, Jadwiga Andrzejewska, Ryszard Barycz, Krzysztof Chamiec, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
The third movie ,that Stawinski created with his wife Helene Amiradzibi had to be dreamy story about human loneliness, oscillating between realism and surrealism. Read More »
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) Henry Levin, George Pal, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Karlheinz Böhm, Animation, Adventure, Biography
The fictionalized lives of the story-telling Grimm brothers are brought to life in this all-star fantasy film. Read More »
Carry on Again Doctor (1969) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Comedy
Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer Read More »
Carry on Doctor (1967) Gerald Thomas, Frankie Howerd, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Comedy
The popular Dr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses’ home. Read More »
Evening Primrose (1966) Paul Bogart, Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
A young poet gets the brilliant idea to live in a department store, hiding by day, and courting his muse by night where it’s quiet, and he can have all his needs met. Read More »