Drama Movies
A Fever in the Blood (1961)
A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator–each hoping to be elected the next governor–attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their own political ambitions. Director Vincent…
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961)
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds…
The Mark (1961)
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Payroll (1961)
A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry…
The Singer Not the Song (1961)
A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.
Rag Doll (1961)
A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfriend become tempted by one of her older admirers money.
Girls Beware (1961)
Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls’ attempts at independent behavior. Covers do’s and don’ts in the babysitting situation. Develops the problem of the ‘PICK…
Square of Violence (1961)
Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation army ruled everything, just before the allied forces came, in 1944. Crawford plays here…
The Forgotten Faces (1961)
“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the film is praised in England as “one…
Fiend of Dope Island (1961)
Charlie is a dope smuggler who lives on his own private desert island and rules over the natives with an iron fist. When the native stooges get out of line,…
Boys Beware (1961)
This anti-homosexual social “scare” short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
Where the Boys Are (1960)
Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie – all students at mid-western Penmore University – are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from…
The Great Impostor (1960)
Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.
Exodus (1960)
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named…
The Human Vapor (1960)
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into ‘The Human Vapour’. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career…
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London’s Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a…
The Naked Island (1960)
Esther and the King (1960)
Recently widowed Persian King Ahasuerus wants to marry the beautiful Esther. But Esther is a Jewess, and Haman, the king’s evil minister, is spreading hatred against the Jews.
The Facts of Life (1960)
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other’s manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together–without their spouses–on…
Girl of the Night (1960)
Bobbie is a sensitive, lonely call girl who is manipulated and ultimately used by her madam.
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who’s painting her.
The White Dove (1960)
A poetic film about a dove getting lost on its way to Prague getting shot down by a paralyzed boy. An artist who finds the dove becomes friends with the…
The Housemaid (1960)
A piano composer’s family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a housemaid to help with housework.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
Shadows (1960)
The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her…
Spartacus (1960)
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners…
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)