Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The (1961)
- Dir. Joseph Green
Feat. Jason Evers - Ripping off other 'brain transplant' cheapies, this flick goes several steps further down the exploitation path and thus has burrowed a special place…
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal… - Audrey Hepburn is just lovely as an uptown Manhattan socialite who proves a major distraction for her writer neighbour. A chic, carefree frolic based…
Children's Hour, The (1961)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner… - Good performances from the two leads as lesbian school–teachers who are involved in smalltown scandal when a trouble–making student…
Comancheros, The (1961)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin… - John Wayne stars (and served as an uncredited director when Michael Curtiz fell ill) in this Western set in Texas in 1843. A Texas ranger arrests a…
Come September (1961)- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Bobby Darin… - Racy romp with Rock on the Riviera as a businessman habitually harangued on holiday when all he wants is to lavish the luscious Lollobrigida.
Curse of the Werewolf, The (1961)- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans - Hammer horror based on the novel "The Werewolf of Paris" by Guy Endore and starring Oliver Reed as the werewolf in his first credited film…
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)- Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charles Chaplin… - The third in Robert Youngson's trilogy of definitive compilations of silent comedy, this time with swashbuckling action to match the outrageous…
Deadly Companions, The (1961)- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara, Steve Cochran - Sam Peckinpah's debut film is a typically unorthodox western, that while uneven reveals the quirky characters and emotive nostalgia of his later…
Double Bunk (1961)- Dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sid James… - Newlyweds Ian Carmichael and Janette Scott purchase a rickety houseboat, set sail for France in this buoyant and occasionally bawdy Brit comedy.
El Cid (1961)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Charlton Heston - The tale of the 11th century warrior–king who drove the Moors from Spain. By dint of its fine acting and avoidance of the obvious, this epic…
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