Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
One Foot in Hell (1960)
- Dir. James B. Clark
Feat. Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O'Herlihy…
- Alan Ladd's final western –scripted by Aaron Spelling – has him cast as a psychotic killer exacting revenge on a small town by assuming…
Our Man in Havana (1960)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara…
- Witty, forgotten spy satire from dir. Reed (THE THIRD MAN) has Alex Guinness run riot as an undercover vacuum cleaner salesman spooking for the…
Platinum High School (1960)
- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, Dan Duryea…
- Mickey Rooney overheats in investigating his son's death at a military academy. Casting quirks includes singer Conway Twitty.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. David Niven, Doris Day
- NY critic David Niven, wife Doris Day and their gaggle of kids (plus pet sheepdog) are an unstoppable hurricane of cheer and frivolous good humour,…
Portrait in Black (1960)
- Dir. Michael Gordon
Feat. Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart…
- Sudsy potboiler with Turner and Quinn murdering Turner's wealthy husband, unfortunately the perfect crime does not go undetected. Campy fun.
Psycho (1960)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles…
- Only Mr. Hitchcock could plunder B–movie conventions and turn in the biggest box–office success of his career.
A plethora of…
Pure Hell of St Trinian's / Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1960-1966)
- Dir. Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
Feat. George Cole, Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell…
- A double feature of later 'St Trinians' comedies derived from Ronald Searle's cartoons (though without mainstay Alistair Sim).
Pure Hell of St…
Rebel, The / Punch and Judy Man, The (1960-1962)
- Dir. Robert Day, Jeremy Summers
Feat. Tony Hancock, George Sanders, Dennis Price…
- A double feature of Tony Hancock's two big–screen outings.
The Rebel (1960) Dir. Robert Day – Here Hancock trades in his office career…
Rise and Fall of 'Legs' Diamond, The (1960)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart…
- A professionally–shot thriller about the career of New York gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond, who rose to prominence in the 1920s and maintained…
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot…
- An uncompromising, richly detailed portrait of an impoverished family who travel to Milan where they are beset by violent misfortune.