Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Come September (1961)- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Bobby Darin… - Racy romp with Rock on the Riviera as a businessman habitually harangued on holiday when all he wants is to lavish the luscious Lollobrigida.
Curse of the Werewolf, The (1961)- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans - Hammer horror based on the novel "The Werewolf of Paris" by Guy Endore and starring Oliver Reed as the werewolf in his first credited film…
Daredevil in the Castle (Osaka jo monogatari) (1961)- Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa, Yuriko Hoshi… - Another solid genre excursion from seasoned dir. Hiroshi Inagaki (THE SAMURAI TRILOGY), with Toshiro Mifune again taking the lead as a despondent,…
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charles Chaplin… - The third in Robert Youngson's trilogy of definitive compilations of silent comedy, this time with swashbuckling action to match the outrageous…
Deadly Companions, The (1961)- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara, Steve Cochran - Sam Peckinpah's debut film is a typically unorthodox western, that while uneven reveals the quirky characters and emotive nostalgia of his later…
Double Bunk (1961)- Dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sid James… - Newlyweds Ian Carmichael and Janette Scott purchase a rickety houseboat, set sail for France in this buoyant and occasionally bawdy Brit comedy.
El Cid (1961)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Charlton Heston - The tale of the 11th century warrior–king who drove the Moors from Spain. By dint of its fine acting and avoidance of the obvious, this epic…
End of Summer, The (Kohayagawa-ke no aki) (1961)- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara - Another intimate portrayal of Japanese family life from the dir. of TOKYO STORY that explores the breakdown of traditional family values in the face…
Errand Boy, The (1961)- Dir. Jerry Lewis
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear… - Lewis plays his perennial bumbler, here recruited as an oddjob man on a Hollywood Studio lot who must also spy on employee activities. Contains some…
Exiles, The (1961)- Dir. Kent MacKenzie
Feat. Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds… - Independent drama from great unsung American director Kent MacKenzie. The plot follows a group of Native Americans in the 1950's who have left…
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