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Subgenre Sampler
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…
- 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 Arabia (1962)
- 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 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 Island (1961)- 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…
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