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Subgenre Sampler

 
Pit and the Pendulum, ThePit and the Pendulum, The (1961) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Barbara Steele
Corman's most famous plundering of Poe extracts a host of psycho–sexual tensions out of a fine script. Vincent Price is convinced he is the…
Pocketful of MiraclesPocketful of Miracles (1961)
Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Ann-Margret, Bette Davis, Glenn Ford
Frank Capra's final film (and Ann–Margret's debut) is an appealing remake of his earlier LADY FOR A DAY, in which the poverty–stricken…
Raisin in the SunRaisin in the Sun (1961)
Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
Rounded drama about the struggles of black family living in Chicago in the 1940s, that was ground–breaking in its day and features several…
Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneRoman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
Dir. Jose Quintero
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Coral Browne
Middle–aged actress in crisis, Vivien Leigh, finds sexual fulfillment at the hands of the gigolos of Rome, chiefly Warren Beatty's.…
SamsonSamson (Sansome) (1961)
Dir. Gianfranco Parolini
Feat. Brad Harris, Serge Gainsbourg, Irena Prosen
Pioneering film in "sword and sandal" genre about Samson, the character from the Hebrew bible who joins Queen Mila and a rebel army to take back the…
Scream of FearScream of Fear (Taste of Fear) (1961)
Dir. Seth Holt
Feat. Susan Strasberg, Ann Todd, Ronald Lewis
Christopher Lee's favourite Hammer film in exercise in sustained tension with Susan Strasberg as a paralysed young woman haunted by visions of her…
Second Time Around, The Second Time Around, The (1961)
Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith
Debbie Reynolds stars as a feisty widow who becomes sheriff of a wild Arizona town, where a gambler and a rancher vie for her affections.
Singer Not the Song, TheSinger Not the Song, The (1961)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Mylene Demongeot
Philosophical western is an oddity amongst the Rank canon with Bogarde as a campy Mexican bandit terrorising a catholic priest Mills. Homoerotic…
Splendour in the GrassSplendour in the Grass (1961)
Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle
Smitten teens work up considerable sexual frenzy when their respective families won't let them be together. Appropriately, it's the lurid scenes…
Supercar (TV Series)Supercar (TV Series) (1961-1962)
The first fully developed Supermarionation series from Gerry Anderson, establishing his winning formula of futuristic vehicles, high adventure, and…

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