Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Tutti a casa / Everybody Go Home! (1960) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Carla Gravina, Comedy, Drama, War
In this war drama, a band of Italian soldiers, elated to hear that the war is finally over, promptly desert and head for home. Read More »
Les plus belles escroqueries du monde / The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Mie Hama, Ken Mitsuda, Nicole Karen, Comedy, Crime
Four swindle stories, taking place successively in Tokyo – Japan (Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Amsterdam – The Netherlands (La riviere de diamants), Italie (La feuille de route), and Paris – France (L’homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel). Read More »
Le mani sulla città / Hands Over the City (1963) Francesco Rosi, Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Drama
Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal. Read More »
Ninety Nine Per Cent (1963) Giorgio Mangiamele, Comedy
In Ninety-Nine Percent, Mangiamele’s only comedy, Italian widower Joseph Pino and his young son Peter live a chaotic and deeply opposed life. Read More »
Le Tatoué / The Tattooed One (1968) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès, Paul Mercey, Comedy
This engaging comedy concerns the tattoo on the back of a military nobleman and the wily art dealer who covets the work of art. Read More »
Light Up the Sky! (1960) Lewis Gilbert, Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele, Benny Hill, Comedy, Drama
Lewis Gilbert’s classic comedy drama portrays the antics of a British Army Searchlight Squad during World War II. Read More »
Information Received (1961) Robert Lynn, Sabine Sesselmann, William Sylvester, Hermione Baddeley, Crime, Drama
In this crime drama, a band of robbers hire a Yankee safecracker but he is captured and arrested by Scotland Yard before he gets there. Read More »
The Impersonator (1960) Alfred Shaughnessy, John Crawford, Jane Griffiths, Patricia Burke, Mystery
In a small English town a schoolmistress meets a sergeant from the nearby U.S. airforce base and they decide on a date. Read More »
In Enemy Country (1968) Harry Keller, Anthony Franciosa, Anjanette Comer, Guy Stockwell, Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Wartime secret agents are on a mission to destroy a deadly new type of torpedo hidden in a Nazi stronghold in France. Read More »