Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3183 Films to Buy & Rent
Dr. Crippen (1962)
- Dir. Robert Lynn
Feat. Donald Pleasence, Coral Browne, Samantha Eggar
- This well paced drama centered around Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen's murder of his wife was originally billed as a horror, but is actually a rather…
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young…
- Unfocused but intriguing murder–mystery with Anthony Perkins as a domineering, jealous husband who convinces his wife (Loren) to collect…
Knife in the Water (1962)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
- The old adage 'three is a crowd' is chillingly played out in Polanski's directing debut about a couple's troubled yachting weekend with a…
Le Combat Dans L'île (1962)
- Dir. Alain Cavalier
Feat. Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre…
- French drama exploring the tension between right and left wing politics in the early 60's, through the romantic conflict faced by a woman (Romy…
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau…
- Kirk Douglas is on top form in this Dalton Trumbo–penned 'psychological' Western, playing an anti–establishment cowboy who purposefully…
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh…
- Politically–charged nail–biter with Frank Sinatra experiencing post–war paranoia about a fellow soldier who may have been…
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…