Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Frank Sinatra
- Frank Sinatra plays an unpopular US Colonel who leads a train–bound escape from an Italian POW camp. Tension mounts to a smashing finale.
War Lord, The (1965)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth…
- Charlton Heston stars in this muscular historical adventure as an honoured knight who takes over a castle tower in the swampland of Normandy.…
Wild Wild West (TV Series) (1965)
- Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. Robert Conrad, Ross Martin
- Two detectives in the turn–of–the–century Wild West fight weird adversaries with the then latest technology and a sense of humour.
Young Sinner, The (Like Father, Like Son) (1965)
- Dir. Tom Laughlin
Feat. Tom Laughlin, Stefanie Powers
- The story of a small–town football player, told mostly in confessional flashbacks, who has to go against God and decent society to do naughty…
A Home of Your Own (1964)
- Dir. Jay Lewis
Feat. Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Peter Butterworth…
- Classic 1960s slapstick about a cavalier construction team working on a new housing estate, this began a fruitful trend for 'wordless' English film…
Addams Family, The (TV Series) (1964-1966)
- Feat. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy…
- Macabre 1960s sitcom about a family whose gothic lifestyle and trappings make for a mordant contrast with 'apple–pie' America.
22 episodes…
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The (TV Series) (1964)
- Feat. Robert Hoffmann
- A fondly–remembered French–produced 60's TV serial based on Daniel Defoe's famous eponymous hero who is shipwrecked on an uninhabited…
Americanization of Emily, The (1964)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas…
- Plucky black comedy with James Garner as the scapegoat for a wacky US admiral's grand plan to have a American naval officer be the first killed at…
Back Door to Hell (1964)
- Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jimmie Rodgers, Jack Nicholson, John Hackett
- Rousing tale of a three–man commando team as they try to knock out a Japanese communication center. Strong performances, ribald banter, and…
Ballad of a Gunfighter (1964)
- Dir. Bill Ward
Feat. Marty Robbins, Robert Barron, Nestor Paiva
- Minor western with singer Marty Robbins acquitting himself well as a prairie Robin Hood thieving from stage coaches in order to give to the poor.…