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Subgenre Sampler

 
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher
From the same stable as Sinbad, comes another fantasy using wonderful stop–motion animation. Jack, against all odds, fights the evil Pendragon…
Lawrence of ArabiaLawrence of Arabia (1962) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Superlative epic biography of enigmatic adventurer T.E. Lawrence played by a charismatic Peter O'Toole in his first leading role. The spectacle is…
Taras BulbaTaras Bulba (1962)
Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann
Violent epic in which Cossack leader Yul Brynner battles the Poles in 16th Century Ukraine while wayward son Tony Curtis falls in love with one of…
Mysterious IslandMysterious Island (1961) Recommended
Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan
Robust adventure yarn finds a group of Yankee soldiers escaping a Confederate jail using a hot air balloon during the American Civil War. After…
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden FleeceTintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961) Recommended
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…
Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaVoyage 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…
Hercules UnchainedHercules Unchained (1960)
Dir. Pietro Francisci
Feat. Steve Reeves
Representative Italian ‘Hercules’ in which Steve Reeves flexes himself on an epic journey to Thebes.
KidnappedKidnapped (1960)
Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee
The third screen version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic about a young lad who lands in the middle of the 18th century Scottish uprising. With…
Swiss Family RobinsonSwiss Family Robinson (1960) Recommended
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
The shipwrecked family prove as resourceful as the eponymous army–knife in their fight for survival against Mother Nature and dastardly…
Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
Dir. Jack Sher
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn
Gulliver's travels bring him to the lands of the giants and the tiny in this adaptation of Johnathan Swift's classic. The then break–through…

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