Subgenre Sampler
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Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Vierne
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot
- One of two live–action adaptations of Herge’s Tintin adventures, this stars a look–alike Jean–Pierre Talbot as the eponymous boy…
Town Without Pity (1961)
- Dir. Gottfried Reinhardt
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Robert Blake, Richard Jaeckel…
- Bitter legal drama with Kirk Douglas defending four American soldiers charged with the gang rape of a young German woman.
Somewhat sluggish in its…
Two Rode Together (1961)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones
- Overlooked Jimmy Stewart and Richard Widmark starrer with the master of the genre at the helm.
Two Women (1961)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Sophia Loren
- Sophia Loren won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as a WW2 widow who endures turmoil with her 13–year–old daughter before they are…
Underworld U.S.A (1961)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Cliff Robertson
- Revenge story about a 14–year–old who witnesses the murder of his father by four mobsters, and seeks retribution against them years later.
Victim (1961)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms
- As an English barrister blackmailed over his homosexual past, Dirk Bogarde gives a keynote performance, the first in what was to become a long line…
Viridiana (1961)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey
- Bunuel purges his spiritual demons in this potent psychological study of a novice nun who loses her innocence when she visits her…
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
- Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine…
- Admiral Walter Pidgeon takes his brand new atomic submarine for a drive with Commander Peter Lorre, just as a cosmic catastrophe occurs – the…
West Side Story (1961)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn…
- Oscar–sweeping, hugely influential film version of Bernstein and Sondheim's landmark Broadway musical, updating Romeo and Juliet to dockland…
Wild in the Country (1961)
- Dir. Phillip Dunne
Feat. Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld…
- Unusual Elvis Presley vehicle, playing a country hothead with a literary bent.