Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Magnificent Rebel, The (1961)- Dir. Georg Tressler
Feat. Karlheinz Bohm, Ivan Desny - Unambitious but competent biopic of Ludwig van Beethoven, with Bohm (himself a classical pianist) convincingly ruffled in the lead. Worth a look for…
Misfits, The (1961)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe - Stark melodrama was to be the curtain call for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. They are two of a group of cheerless souls roping wild mustangs…
Mother Joan of Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolow) (1961)- Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- A landmark of post–WW2 Polish cinema recounts in stunningly composed b&w images the disturbing true–story of a 17th century French…
No Love for Johnnie (1961)- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Donald Pleasence… - Peter Finch excels as a British MP whose desire for career advancement threatens his personal life.
Notte, La (The Night) (1961)- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti - A compelling bout of urban alienation, with Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau as a despairing married couple coming slowly apart at the seams.…
Only Two Can Play (1961)- Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough… - One of Peter Seller's earlier films sees him in rare semi–dramatic part, playing a librarian in a small Welsh town who has an affair. Dryly…
Paris Blues (1961)- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward… - Undernourished romantic drama has Newman and Poitier as Jazz musicians on holiday in Paris forced to decide whether to stay or return to the U.S. for…
Raisin in the Sun (1961)- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee… - Rounded drama about the struggles of black family living in Chicago in the 1940s, that was ground–breaking in its day and features several…
Singer Not the Song, The (1961)- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Mylene Demongeot… - Philosophical western is an oddity amongst the Rank canon with Bogarde as a campy Mexican bandit terrorising a catholic priest Mills. Homoerotic…
Sins of Rachel Cade, The (1961)- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore - A colonel falls in love with a Protestant medical missionary in the Belgian Congo during WWII, but an American injured pilot interrupts proceedings.
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