Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Born Free (1965)- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen - Famous family film about the real–life adventures of Joy and George Adamson and the lion cub, Elsa. Richly emotional with an enduring theme.
Lord Jim (1965)- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Jack Hawkins… 
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox… - Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…
Famous Five, The: Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964)- Dir. Ernest Morris
Feat. Darryl Read, Mandy Harper, Paula Boyd… - Jolly hockey sticks! The Five are back, and set for even more adventures this time on a mysterious island, with perilous cliffs, and secret treasure.…
Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1964)- Dir. Philippe Condroyer
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Jean Bouise, Félix Fernández - Second live–action version of Herge’s cult boy journalist, this time in pursuit of some valuable ‘blue oranges’ in Valencia, Spain. As…
Incredible Journey (1963)- Dir. Fletcher Markle
Feat. Emile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed… - Two dogs and a Siamese cat attempt to return to their family by travelling over 200 miles of lush Canadian countryside. The original Disney adventure…
Siege of the Saxons (1963)- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Ronald Lewis, Janette Scott, Ronald Howard - Costume action, with a cartoonish quality, set in a post–King Arthur Britain.
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…
Hatari (1962)- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne - Tremendous, good–natured adventure with John Wayne on safari in the great African wilderness. Memorable score by Henri Mancini.
In Search of the Castaways (1962)- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders… - Excellent Disney adventure has Mills perilously search for her lost father across the far corners of the globe. Based on the Jules Verne novel, this…
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