Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3198 Films to Buy & Rent
Roman Polanski Collection, The (Knife in the Water, Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac) (1962-1966)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
- The first three features of the Polish master – "Knife in the Water", "Repulsion" and "Cul–de–Sac".
A Man Called La Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca) (1961)
- Dir. Jean Becker
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufmann, Nico
- French thriller with Jean Paul Belmondo playing an ex–gangster tracking down the man responsible for putting his friend in prison. Based on the…
Agatha Christie 'Miss Marple' Boxset (Murder She Said, Murder at the Gallop, Murder Most Foul, Murder Ahoy) (1961-1964)
- Dir. George Pollock
Feat. Margaret Rutherford
- Four classic Agatha Christie stories from MGM's brief 'Miss Marple' phase, with the mercurial Margaret Rutherford doning the old spinster's detective…
Blast of Silence (1961)
- Dir. Allen Baron
Feat. Allen Baron
- Grumpy, low–fi noir presides over the movements of a tetchy contract killer (dir. Baron) as he prepares to whack a two–bit mobster during…
Five Minutes To Live (Door-to-Door Maniac) (1961)
- Dir. Bill Karn
Feat. Johnny Cash, Cay Forrester, Donald Woods…
- Little known B–movie thriller with Cash and Forrester playing hoods who complete a smalltown bank robbery, then start paying suburban house…
Frightened City, The (1961)
- Dir. John Lemont
Feat. Sean Connery, Herbert Lom, John Gregson
- London becomes terrorised by protection racketeers who intend to amalgamate into one vast crime syndicate.
Innocents, The (1961)
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins…
- Notable adaptation of Henry James' ghost story "The Turn of the Screw", featuring Deborah Kerr as a neurotic nanny.
Taking a job at a spooky…
Murder She Said (1961)
- Dir. George Pollock
Feat. Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, James Robertson-Justice…
- Miss Marple sees a murder aboard a passing train. First of four accomplished Agatha Christie films starring Margaret Rutherford.
Two Sides of Johnny Cash (Five Minutes to Live + Johnny Cash: An Anthology) (1961)
- Dir. Bill Karn
Feat. Johnny Cash
- Double disc DVD includes Cash's starring turn in sixities B–movie thriller FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE, plus JOHNNY CASH: AN ANTHOLOGY, a tribute…
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.