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Killers, TheKillers, The (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Lee Marvin, Clu Gulager, Angie Dickinson
Transposed into the garish 60s, Ernest Hemingway's famous story is transformed into a harder, more callous exercise in casual violence and sexual…
TopkapiTopkapi (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell
A classy comic–romantic spin on the director’s RIFIFI shot on location in Turkey and Greece, that climaxes with another brilliantly exacted…
Doulos, LeDoulos, Le (The Finger Man) (1963) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani
Eschewing the French New Wave movement in favour of homage to the then ‘passe’ genre of film noir, dir. Jean–Pierre Melville adds shades of…
Wrong Arm of the Law, TheWrong Arm of the Law, The (1962)
Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins
Hilarious comic spoof, in which a gang of Australian thieves is pursued by Scotland Yard and criminal underworld alike. Peter Sellers is at the…
League of Gentlemen, TheLeague of Gentlemen, The (1960)
Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes
A high–class league of British actor gents – Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Roger Livesy and others – conspire…
Ocean's ElevenOcean's Eleven (Ocean's 11) (1960)
Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Jr. Davis, Peter Lawford
The definitive 'Rat Pack' movie, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop among the eleven confederates who…
Two Way StretchTwo Way Stretch (1960)
Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bernard Cribbins
Peter Sellers leads a jailbird trio whose plans for the ultimate heist are scuppered by the arrival of a staunch prison warden.
Great St Louis Bank Robbery, TheGreat St Louis Bank Robbery, The (1959)
Feat. Steve McQueen, David Clarke
A little known noir gem starring a young Steve McQueen as a getaway driver for a group of criminals plotting to rob a bank in St Louis. Based on…
Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, TheGreat St. Louis Bank Robbery, The (1959)
Dir. Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Feat. Steve McQueen
This noir thriller is one of McQueen's best early roles, and although somewhat obscure has a cult reputation for its shootout scenes and intense,…
Odds Against TomorrowOdds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters
Injecting race problems into a surefire thriller formula, this has an unstable criminal trio – ex–convict (Ryan), crooked cop (Begley)…

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