Subgenre Sampler
Love Bug, The (1969)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson… - The original Disney live–action comedy classic about Herbie, the VW with a mind of it's own. He takes his faithful new owner (Dean Jones) for…
Born Free (1965)- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen - Famous family film about the real–life adventures of Joy and George Adamson and the lion cub, Elsa. Richly emotional with an enduring theme.
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox… - Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…
Famous Five, The: Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964)- Dir. Ernest Morris
Feat. Darryl Read, Mandy Harper, Paula Boyd… - Jolly hockey sticks! The Five are back, and set for even more adventures this time on a mysterious island, with perilous cliffs, and secret treasure.…
Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1964)- Dir. Philippe Condroyer
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Jean Bouise, Félix Fernández - Second live–action version of Herge’s cult boy journalist, this time in pursuit of some valuable ‘blue oranges’ in Valencia, Spain. As…
Incredible Journey (1963)- Dir. Fletcher Markle
Feat. Emile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed… - Two dogs and a Siamese cat attempt to return to their family by travelling over 200 miles of lush Canadian countryside. The original Disney adventure…
In Search of the Castaways (1962)- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders… - Excellent Disney adventure has Mills perilously search for her lost father across the far corners of the globe. Based on the Jules Verne novel, this…
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher… - From the same stable as Sinbad, comes another fantasy using wonderful stop–motion animation. Jack, against all odds, fights the evil Pendragon…
Mysterious Island (1961)- Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan… - Robust adventure yarn finds a group of Yankee soldiers escaping a Confederate jail using a hot air balloon during the American Civil War. After…
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)- Dir. Jean-Jacques Vierne
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot - One of two live–action adaptations of Herge’s Tintin adventures, this stars a look–alike Jean–Pierre Talbot as the eponymous boy…
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