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Billy Rose's JumboBilly Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante…
Cracking musical extravaganza based around the real–life Billy Rose stageshow and doctored with brilliant Rodgers and Hart songs, plus dance…
Boccaccio '70Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Dir. Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini
Feat. Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas…
Naughty for the time, this all–star portmanteau film is loosely based on updated versions of the bawdy stories of 14th century writer Giovanni…
Brain, TheBrain, The (1962)
Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Anne Heywood, Peter Van Eyck, Bernard Lee…
A well–meaning doctor keeps alive the brain of a sadistic millionaire who gradually compels him to carry out his evil requests. Well directed…
Cape FearCape Fear (1962) Recommended
Dir. J. Lee-Thompson
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
The original chiller that inspired the recent remake, complete with Bernard Herrmann's bombastic score. Robert Mitchum plays the ex–con…
Carnival of SoulsCarnival of Souls (1962) Aro Favourite
Dir. Herk Harvey
Feat. Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey
A woman's vision of the world is not quite the same after surviving a car accident in this vastly under–appreciated spook story that comes…
CartoucheCartouche (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…
Cleo from 5 to 7Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) Recommended
Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Corrine Marchand
One of the treasures of the French New Wave, dir. Varda’s debut is, Pauline Kael contends “one of the few films directed by a woman where the…
Courtship of Eddie's Father, The (1962)
Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones
Wholesome family comedy, wherein widower Glenn Ford is prodded into romance by his six–year son Ron Howard (who went on to become the…
Damn the Defiant!Damn the Defiant! (H.M.S. Defiant) (1962)
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle
Naval drama set aboard a British warship during the Napoleonic wars is a defiantly good–quality effort. Script, photography (by Christopher…
Day the Earth Caught Fire, TheDay the Earth Caught Fire, The (1962)
Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Edward Judd, Leo McKern
A solidly old–fashioned 'disaster film' in which H–Bomb test knock the Earth of its axis, leading to terrifying and accelerating climate…

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