Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Tarzan the Fearless (1964)- Dir. Robert F. Hill
Feat. Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Julie Bishop - Feature–film adaptation of the 1933 serial sees Edgar Rice Burroughs classic creation rescue the wayward father of the beautiful Mary Brooks,…
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)- Dir. Henri Verneuil
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Geret… - The decimation of French and English troops who retreated to the coastal settlement of Dunkirk in 1940 is the sobering subject of this otherwise…
From Russia with Love (1963)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya… - Connery deals to the Russians in a race to seize the Soviet Lektor decoding machine. Featuring one of the longest chase scenes of the series, as well…
Great Escape, The (1963)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough… - McQueen heads a star–studded international cast in this superb drama based on a true account of an escape from a German POW camp by a group of…
Long Ships, The (1963)- Dir. Jack Cardiff
Feat. Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn - Expensively produced Viking epic has the Nordic warrior Widmark clash with Moorish general Poitier over a mythical treasure, the 'Golden Bell of St…
Samurai Pirate (Daitozoku) (1963)- Dir. Senkichi Taniguchi
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Mie Hama, Kumi Mizuno - Odd hybrid of feudal Japan and swashbuckler fantasy, with Toshiro Mifune as a ruffian sailor assigned with rescuing a captive King’s daughter from…
47 Ronin, The (Genroku chushingura) (1962)- Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Setsuko Hara - A grand and spectacular take on a famous Japanese legend, with 47 ronin (masterless samurai) in feudal Japan seeking revenge on those responsible for…
Cartouche (Swords of Blood) (1962)- Dir. Philippe de Broca
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale - The dashing Jean–Paul Belmondo cut, thrusts, and courts the ravishing Claudia Cardinale in this quasi–Robin Hood swashbuckler steeped in…
Dr. No (1962)- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress… - First James Bond film has a wet behind the ears but dashing Sean Connery investigating strange occurrences in Jamaica, where he encounters…
Fencing Master, The (1962)- Dir. Harumi Mizuho
Feat. Raizo Ichikawa, Ganjiro Nakamura, Kinuyo Tanaka - Thoughtful, if minor exploration of samurai traditions concerns an aging swordsman struggling to keep his feudal art form alive in early 20th century…
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