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Tag Archives: 1960s
The Lions Are Loose AKA Les lions sont lâchés (1961) Henri Verneuil, Jean-Claude Brialy, Claudia Cardinale, Danielle Darrieux
Bored with her life, Albertine (Claudia Cardinale) drops her husband and takes the first train to Paris, to start fresh. Read More »
The Door and the Woman of the Butcher AKA La puerta y la mujer del carnicero (1969) Luis Alcoriza, Ismael Rodríguez, Chano Urueta, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Carlos Piñar, Armando Silvestre
A movie divided in two segments, the first “la Puerta” (the Door) is about a high society Read More »
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Ken Hughes, Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries
Eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, his two children, and his beautiful lady friend Read More »
The Secret of My Success (1965) Andrew L. Stone, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Honor Blackman
Fast climbing Arthur Tate rose to his fame, wealth and respectability quickly from a beginning Read More »
Heaven and Earth Magic (1962) Harry Smith
New York beat cronies slumbering through Harry Smith, Burroughs and Ginsberg, University Columbia Read More »
It Is Written in the Stars, Inspector Palmu AKA Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu (1962) Matti Kassila, Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela
Inspector Palmu investigates the death of an old astronomer, whose body is found Read More »
Copacabana Fools Me AKA Copacabana Me Engana (1968) Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, Odete Lara, Carlo Mossy, Paulo Gracindo
Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits Read More »
The Samurai AKA Le samouraï (1967) Jean-Pierre Melville, Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, François Périer
After killing a night-club owner, professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses. Read More »
20,000 Eyes (1961) Jack Leewood, Gene Nelson, Merry Anders, James Brown
An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be paid back. Read More »
Recourse in Grace AKA Recours en grâce (1960) Laslo Benedek, Raf Vallone, Emmanuelle Riva, Annie Girardot
Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under Read More »
Sweet November (1968) Robert Ellis Miller, Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, Theodore Bikel
Sara Deever, a kooky Brooklyn Heights girl, sublets apartments and paints in her spare time. Read More »
Ho! (1968) Robert Enrico, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Joanna Shimkus, Raymond Bussières
The quest for respect of a small time mob driver turns him into a notorious gangster. Read More »
The Trojan Horse AKA La guerra di Troia (1961) Giorgio Ferroni, Steve Reeves, Juliette Mayniel, John Drew Barrymore
In the final year of the 10 year long Trojan War, Ulysses devises his infamous scheme to get into Troy. Read More »
What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi, Frank Buxton
Writer/director Woody Allen explains that when he was asked to supervise the making Read More »