Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Faithful and masterful adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about family life, love and losers drinking and tearing each other apart in leafy New…
Longest Day, The (1962)
- Dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Feat. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum…
- One the great WW2 films, with over 40 international stars. The large scale battle scenes have taken some outdoing.
Lucy Show, The (TV Series) (1962-1968)
- Feat. Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon
- Lucille Ball's followup to I LOVE LUCY (without husband Desi Arnaz) was a longrunning classic in its own right, with many of the Ball offspring…
Madame (1962)
- Dir. Christian-Jaque
Feat. Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein
- Rags–to–riches tale set in Napoleonic France mirrors the real life of its Italian bomb–shell star, Sophia Loren.
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles…
- A dream cast and director deliver the classic that one would expect. Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne compete for Vera Miles but unite against Lee Marvin…
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh…
- Politically–charged nail–biter with Frank Sinatra experiencing post–war paranoia about a fellow soldier who may have been…
Miracle Worker, The (1962)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft
- The classic telling of the Helen Keller story, in which blind, profoundly deaf Keller was coaxed into communication by her Irish governess Anne…
Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian…
- James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, and a gaggle of kids take the holiday from hell in this early, jovial precursor to NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION.
Music Man, The (1962)
- Dir. Morton DaCosta
Feat. Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett…
- A lively and delightful Broadway musical adaptation with conman Robert Preston (reprising his stage role) diddling a small Iowa town in 1912. Full of…
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris…
- The story of Captain Bligh and mutineer Fletcher Christian is orchestrated here with a star cast and many a visual flourish.
Marred, though not…