Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
Death of a Salesman (1966)
- Dir. Alex Segal
Feat. James Farentino, Mildred Dunnock, George Segal…
- A 1966 teleplay adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic Pulitzer Prize–winning play, often thought one of the definitive versions. Lee J Cobb…
Defector, The (1966)
- Dir. Raoul Levy
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Hardy Kruger, Macha Meril…
- Thriller about an American physicist who is blackmailed by the CIA into travelling to East Germany, where he must acquire a microfilm from a…
Django Shoots First (1966)
- Dir. Alberto De Martino
Feat. Glenn Saxson, Ida Galli, Nando Gazzolo…
- Spaghetti western riffing liberally on Sergio Leone stereotypes, and carrying the distinction of being the first DJANGO knock–off. A man sets…
El Dorado (1966)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Edward Asner, James Caan…
- A poignant portrait of cowboys past their prime has boozy sherriff Robert Mitchum and aging gunman John Wayne team up to rid their town of cattle…
Family Way, The (1966)
- Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, John Mills…
- This Boulting Brothers classic is a hilarious yet affecting portrait of the marital difficulties of a young newlywed couple (Hywel Bennett and Hayley…
Few Dollars for Django (1966)
- Dir. Leon Klimovsky
Feat. Antonio De Teffe, Gloria Osuna, Frank Wolff
- Imitation spaghetti–Western, several times removed from the Sergei Leone/Clint Eastwood model, let alone Franco Nero's original 'Django'.…
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
- Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish
- Disney classic about a simple man who settles in a small town during the 1930's and starts a Boy Scout Troop.
Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
- Comical cynicism by the experts: the magical trio of Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau (who won an Oscar), and dir. Wilder. When Lemmon suffers a football…
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
- Dir. Frederick de Cordova
Feat. Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan…
- The King and Donna 'Elly May' Douglas (of The Beverly Hillbillies) hitch up in Mississippi, only for a wily seductress (Kovack) to crach their party.…
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka
- Sequel to THE IPCRESS FILE again features Michael Caine as the Harry Palmer, hero of Len Deighton's novel series. This time the espionage functionary…