Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Misadventures of Merlin Jones, The (1964)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames
- Disney live–actioner about a brainy freshman (Kirk) who causes a stir on campus when he goes to college, with the help of a mind–reading…
Moon Spinners, The (1964)
- Feat. Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery…
- A Hitchcockian thriller for the younger set from Disney in which a young girl (Hayley Mills) becomes involved in a jewel theft in Crete.
Mr. Magoo Show, The (TV Series) (1964)
- Animated 60's series starring Mr. Magoo–the bumbling geriatric with shoddy eyesight voiced by Jim Backus (GILLIGAN'S ISLAND). Magoo gets…
Munsters, The (TV Series) (1964-1965)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis…
- Memorable TV–comedy set around a ghoulish–looking, but otherwise normal family – who are mystified as to why everyone reacts so…
Murder Ahoy (1964)
- Dir. George Pollock
Feat. Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell…
- Rutherford dons Miss Marple's hat again, this time boarding a ship to uncover more murders and a ring of thieves.
Murder Most Foul (1964)
- Dir. George Pollock
Feat. Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell…
- Fourth and final film in the Agatha Christie/MGM set. Rutherford appears again as Miss Marple, defiant as the only member of a jury who believes the…
My Fair Lady (1964)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
- Ever–popular, though rather long musical version of George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion', starring Audrey Hepburn as riffraff transformed into…
Night of the Iguana, The (1964)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon…
- Tennessee Williams–scripted brew of melodrama, old–style religion and sexual repression sees defrocked priest/alcoholic Richard Burton…
Nightmare (1964)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. David Knight, Moira Redmond, Brenda Bruce…
- Psychological horror about a young girl (Jennie Linden, WOMEN IN LOVE) living at a private school who is plagued by nightmares involving her mother,…
Nothing but the Best (1964)
- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews
- Ruthless real estate agent Alan Bates grubs and grafts a way upwards, out of his working–class background and into the snobbish…