MGM
LIONPOWER 1960-1969, N-Z
MGM
LIONPOWER 1960-1969, N-Z
NIGHT
MUST FALL An aristocratic old lady employs her maid's boyfriend as
handyman to her country mansion, though he is determined to seduce the
lady's fragile daughter and is himself a psychotic killer. Starring Albert
Finney, Mona Washbourne, Susan Hampshire, Sheila Hancock. Based on the play
by Emlyn Williams. Written by Clive Exton; Directed by Karel Reisz. 1964. PRESENTED
IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT
Of
Human Bondage A wealthy doctor's infatuation with a
low-brow waitress threatens both his personal life and career.
Starring Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Robert Morley, Siobhan McKenna, Jack
Hedley, Nanette Newman. Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
Written by Bryan Forbes; Directed by Ken Hughes, Forbes. 1964.
Once
a Thief Eddie Pedak, a convicted criminal, has a steady
job, a wife and a daughter. He also has a police detective and a brother
after him; the first believes Eddie shot him, the second wants him for one
last heist. Starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack
Palance, Jeff Corey, Tony Musante. Based on the novel "Scratch A
Thief" by Zekial Marko. Written by Marko; Directed by Ralph Nelson.
1965.
The
Outrage A Mexican bandit, Juan Carrasco, spies a newlywed
couple journeying through rugged country. He confronts them, rape and
robbery on his mind, and the husband ends up dead. From the viewpoints of
each participant and witness, a different story is told of what "really"
happened. Starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward
G. Robinson, William Shatner, Howard Da Silva, Albert Salmi. Based on
the story "Rashomon" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and the play by Michael & Fay
Kanin. Written by Michael Kanin; Directed by Martin Ritt. 1964.
The
Password Is Courage British Sergeant-Major Charles Coward,
captured by the Germans, tries everything he can to escape; in the process,
he somehow gets awarded the Iron Cross. Starring Dirk Bogarde, Maria
Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Ferdy Mayne. Based on the
biography "Charles Coward" by John Castle. Written & Directed by
Andrew L. Stone. 1962.
Period
of Adjustment A newlywed couple has early problems when the
husband feels sexually inadequate. Starring Anthony Franciosa, Jane
Fonda, Jim Hutton, Lois Nettleton, Jack Albertson, John Astin. Based
on the play by Tennessee Williams. Written by Isobel Lennart; Directed
by George Roy Hill. 1962.
Platinum
High School A tough ex-Marine runs into a cover-up
conspiracy as he tries to discover the truth behind his son's mysterious
death at a military academy. Starring Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, Dan
Duryea, Conway Twitty, Warren Berlinger, Yvette Mimieux, Richard Jaeckel.
Written by Howard Breslin, Robert Smith; Directed by Charles F. Haas.
1960.
The
Prize As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive
their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.
Starring Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Edward G. Robinson, Diane Baker, Kevin
McCarthy, Leo G. Carroll. Based on the novel by Irving Wallace.
Written by Ernest Lehman; Directed by Mark Robson. 1963.
Ring
of Fire A couple on the run from the law are apprehended by a
small town sheriff. During the transport to jail the man escapes and in
the ensuing chase a forest fire is started, threatening the nearby town.
Starring David Janssen, Joyce Taylor, Frank Gorshin, Joel Marston. Written
& Directed by Andrew L. Stone. 1961.
The
Rounders A pair of aging cowhands find a wild horse that makes
them a bundle on the rodeo circuit. Starring Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue
Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, Peter
Fonda, Warren Oates. Based on the novel by Max Evans. Written &
Directed by Burt Kennedy. 1965.
SANDOKAN
THE GREAT A dashing, muscle-bound sultan's son struggles to
single-handedly stave off Queen Victoria's army of invaders and thereby save his
father from kidnappers. Starring Steve Reeves, Jacqueline Sassard, Mimmo
Palmara, Andrea Bosic. Based on the novel by Emilio Salgari. Written
by Ugo Liberatore, Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil; Directed by Umberto
Lenzi. 1964.
The
Secret of My Success In every case to which he is assigned, a
flatfoot cop is easily duped by the lovely criminals he encounters, and likewise
in every case his mother intercedes after the fact with a little well-placed
blackmail to advance him. Starring Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Honor
Blackman, James Booth, Lionel Jeffries, Richard Vernon. Written & Directed
by Andrew L. Stone. 1965.
SEVEN
SEAS TO CALAIS Sir Francis Drake goes on an
expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. Starring
Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel, Terence Hill, Irene Worth. Written
by Filippo Sanjust; Directed by Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio. 1962.
She
In Jerusalem, Leo Vincey meets with slave girl Ustane, who has
been charged with bringing him to immortal queen Ayesha. Ayesha, who
desires Leo because of his resemblance to her long-dead lover, offers riches if
he will travel to her lost city in the mountains, where a magical flame will
also give him eternal life. Starring Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing,
Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Rosenda Monteros, Christopher Lee, André
Morell. Based on the novel by H. Rider Haggard. Written by David T.
Chantler; Directed by Robert Day. 1965. PRESENTED
IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT
The
Singing Nun Belgian nun Sister Ann's uplifting singing style
lands her in a talent contest, which she wins. Suddenly, she's signed to a
record deal and everyone is listening to her light-hearted songs. But Sister Ann
is unprepared for her newfound fame and its unwanted side-effects.
Starring Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead, Chad
Everett, Katharine Ross. Written by John Furia Jr., Sally Benson; Directed
by Henry Koster. 1966.
THE
SLAVE: THE SON OF SPARTACUS Randus, the son of Spartacus, leads a
group of slaves in a revolt against their tyrant oppressors. Starring
Steve Reeves, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale, Claudio Gora. Written
by Adriano Bolzoni, Giovanni Grimaldi, Bruno Corbucci; Directed by Sergio
Corbucci. 1963.
SNOW
DEVILS The inhabitants of a weather station in the Himalayas are
captured by a race of hairy blue-bodied giants--the Aytia--who plan to create a vast ice plane so their race can leave their
doomed solar system and conquer the Earth. Starring Giacomo Rossi-Stuart,
Ombretta Colli, Renato Baldini, Wilbert Bradley. Written by Renato Moretti,
Ivan Reiner, Aubrey Wisberg, Antonio Margheriti, Bill Finger, Charles Sinclair;
Directed by Margheriti. 1967.
Son
of a Gunfighter Johnny Ketchum, son of notorious gunfighter Ace
Ketchum, seeks the man who killed his mother. Starring Russ Tamblyn,
Kieron Moore, James Philbrook, Fernando Rey. Written by Clarke Reynolds;
Directed by Paul Landres. 1965.
A
STRANGER IN TOWN A nameless, enigmatic stranger wanders into a dusty
town and causes all kinds of trouble. Starring Tony Anthony, Jolanda Modio, Gia
Sandri, Raf Baldassarre. Written by Giuseppe Mangione, Warren Garfield;
Directed by Luigi Vanzi. 1968.
THE
STRANGER RETURNS Taking the identity of a dead postal inspector, a
stranger rides into a small western town and finds himself in the middle of a
stagecoach robbery perpetrated by a gang of twenty ruthless desperados. Starring
Tony Anthony, Jolanda Modio, Gia Sandri, Raf Baldassarre. Written by
Giuseppe Mangione, Warren Garfield; Directed by Luigi Vanzi. 1968.
The
Subject Was Roses When Timmy Cleary comes home from soldiering,
he's greeted by the open but strained arms of his two parents, John and Nettie,
who are still trapped in the bygone days of early and unresolved marital strife.
Starring Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen, Don Saxon. Based on
the play by Frank D. Gilroy. Written by Gilroy; Directed by Ulu Grosbard.
1968.
The
Subterraneans A writer who moves to San Francisco joins in with
a crowd of beatniks after falling in love with a French girl. Starring
Leslie Caron, George Peppard, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowall, Jim Hutton, Arte
Johnson, Nanette Fabray. Based on the novel by Jack Kerouac. Written
by Robert Thom; Directed by Ranald MacDougall. 1960.
Sunday
in New York The love lives of an airline pilot/ bachelor
brother and his about-to-be-married sister who gets herself in a pickle when she
ends up at his New York apartment with a guy she met on a bus. Starring
Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Jim Backus, Jim Hutton,
Alvy Moore. Based on the play by Norman Krasna. Written by Krasna;
Directed by Peter Tewksbury. 1963.
SWORDSMAN
OF SIENA A Spanish overlord controls 16th-century Tuscany. He plans to
marry into a prominent Italian family and hires an Englishman to serve as
bodyguard for his less-than-eager fiancee. The bodyguard finds his allegiance
switching to the rebels who seek to overthrow the Spaniard, even as he finds
himself drawn to the woman he's been hired to protect. Starring Stewart
Granger, Sylva Koscina, Christine Kaufmann, Riccardo Garrone. Based on the
novel by Anthony Marshall. Written by Michael & Fay Kanin, Alec Coppel,
Sandro Continenza, Dominique Fabre; Directed by Etienne Perier. 1962.
THE
TARTARS The evil and ruthless Tartars fight with the Vikings in
medieval Russia. Starring Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei,
Arnoldo Foà. Written by Domenico Salvati, Sabatino Ciuffini, Oreste
Palella, Gaio Frattini, Ambrogio Molteni, Julian De Kassel; Directed by Richard
Thorpe, Ferdinando Baldi. 1961.
Tarzan
Goes to India In India, a huge dam is being built to form a
lake which will service an electric power plant. When the lake is formed,
hundreds of elephants will be drowned unless Tarzan and Elephant Boy can save
them. Starring Jock Mahoney, Jai, Leo Gordon, Mark Dana. Written by
Robert Hardy Andrews, John Guillermin; Directed by Guillermin. 1962.
Tarzan's
Three Challenges The spiritual leader of an oriental country is
dying. The leader's evil brother Khan is plotting to prevent Kashi, the youthful
heir, from assuming his rightful position. Tarzan is summoned to protect Kashi
and, in doing so, he must face Khan in three tests of strength. Starring
Jock Mahoney, Woody Strode, Tsu Kobayashi, Earl Cameron. Written by Robert
Day, Berne Giler; Directed by Robert Day. 1963.
THE
THIEF OF BAGHDAD Karim the thief falls in love with the beautiful
daughter of a sultan. She is also loved by the evil Prince Osman, who attempts
to win the princess with the aid of a magic love potion. But because she is
really in love with Karim, the potion turns to poison and the girl falls gravely
ill. Karim sets out to find the only thing that can save her--a blue rose
that grows beyond the mystical Seven Gates. Starring Steve Reeves, Giorgia
Moll, Arturo Dominici, Edy Vessel. Written by Augusto Frassinetti, Filippo
Sanjust, Bruno Vailati; Directed by Arthur Lubin, Vailati. 1961.
Tiko
and the Shark Tiko, a young Polynesian boy, raises a baby shark
as a pet with the help of his girlfriend. Ten years later, Tiko earns a living
diving for pearls, and one day his pet shark returns to him as a protector.
Starring Marlene Among, Al Kauwe, Roau, Dennis Pouira. Based on the novel
by Clement Richer. Written by Italo Calvino, Ottavio Alessi, Augusto
Frassinetti, Franco & Giorgio Prosperi, Folco Quilici; Directed by Quilici.
1964.
A
VERY PRIVATE AFFAIR When Jill becomes a movie star, she soon discovers
that her private life is destroyed by persistent fans who won't leave her alone.
Starring Brigitte Bardot, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicolas Bataille, Jacqueline
Doyen. Written by Jean Ferry, Louis Malle, Jean-Paul Rappeneau; Directed
by Malle. 1962.
WAR
OF THE PLANETS In the 21st century, aliens use Mars as a base from
which to steal all of Earth's space stations, then brainwash or kill the crews.
Starring Tony Russell, Lisa Gastoni, Franco Nero, Carlo Giustini. Written
by Renato Moretti, Ivan Reiner; Directed by Antonio Margheriti. 1966.
The
Wheeler Dealers Henry Tyroon comes to New York from Texas with
a lot of oil money. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher and the two fall in
love. Starring James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris, Chill Wills, Jim
Backus, Louis Nye, John Astin. Based on the novel by George J.W. Goodman.
Written by Goodman, Ira Wallach; Directed by Arthur Hiller. 1963.
When
the Boys Meet the Girls Footloose young millionaire Danny
Churchill meets perky Ginger Gray and hatches a scheme to save her father's
failing Nevada ranch by turning it into a resort for people waiting out their
quickie Las Vegas divorces. Starring Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Sue
Ane Langdon, Fred Clark. Based on the play by Guy Bolton & Jack McGowan.
Written by Robert E. Kent; Directed by Alvin Ganzer. 1965.
Where
Were You When the Lights Went Out? When the Great Northeast
Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo
Zirrer, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his
company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress
Margaret Garrison and her husband. Starring Doris Day, Robert Morse,
Terry-Thomas, Patrick O'Neal, Lola Albright, Steve Allen, Jim Backus, Pat
Paulsen. Based on the play by Claude Magnier. Written by Everett
Freeman, Karl Tunberg; Directed by Hy Averback. 1968.
WILD,
WILD PLANET A deranged scientist is using his employer's top-secret
bio-laboratory to engage in clandestine eugenics experiments. Starring
Tony Russell, Lisa Gastoni, Massimo Serato, Carlo Giustini, Franco Nero.
Written by Renato Moretti, Ivan Reiner; Directed by Antonio Margheriti.
1965.
The
Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Four different segments
introduce Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm and highlight three of their fairytales: "The
Dancing Princess", "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone".
Starring Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm, Claire Bloom, Walter Slezak, Barbara Eden,
Oscar Homolka, Arnold Stang, Yvette Mimieux, Russ Tamblyn, Jim Backus,
Terry-Thomas, Buddy Hackett. Based on the book "Die Bruder Grimm" by Dr.
Hermann Gerstner. Written by David P. Harmon, William Roberts, Charles
Beaumont; Directed by Henry Levin, George Pal. 1962.
THE
WONDERS OF ALADDIN Aladdin uses his three wishes to get out of a jam
when he robs some merchants, to avoid death at the hands of a murderous Amazon,
and finally to save his city from destruction. Starring Donald O'Connor,
Noëlle Adam, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Michèle Mercier, Milton Reid,
Terence Hill. Written by Stefano Strucchi, Luther Davis, Franco Prosperi,
Silvano Reina, Duccio Tessari, Marco Vicario; Directed by Henry Levin, Mario
Bava. 1961.
WORLD
IN MY POCKET A mysterious German woman convinces a gang of thieves to
plan and execute a daring payroll robbery. Starring Nadja Tiller, Rod
Steiger, Peter van Eyck, Jean Servais, Ian Bannen. Based on the novel "On
Friday at Eleven" by James Hadley Chase. Written by Frank Harvey; Directed
by Alvin Rakoff. 1961.
The
Yellow Rolls-Royce Three stories about the lives and loves of
those who own a certain yellow Rolls-Royce. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Rex
Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, Jeanne Moreau, George C. Scott, Omar Sharif, Alain
Delon, Art Carney, Edmund Purdom, Wally Cox. Written by Terence Rattigan;
Directed by Anthony Asquith. 1964.
The
Young and the Brave During the Korean War three US soldiers
escape their captors, a feat that is made possible only through the efforts of a
young boy and his German Shepherd. Starring Rory Calhoun, William Bendix,
Richard Jaeckel, Richard Arlen, John Agar. Written by Ronald Davidson,
Harry M. Slott, Beirne Lay Jr.; Directed by Francis D. Lyon. 1963.
Young
Cassidy A young Irishman from a poor family spends his days
digging ditches and his nights at political meetings and reading books. He
eventually turns his attention away from fighting the British to writing plays
against them. When his plays are produced at the Abbey Theatre, he and his
cause come to the attention of the literary world. Starring Rod Taylor,
Flora Robson, Jack MacGowran, Siân Phillips, Maggie Smith, Julie Christie, Edith
Evans, Michael Redgrave. Based on the autobiography "Mirror in My House"
by Sean O'Casey. Written by John Whiting; Directed by Jack Cardiff, John
Ford. 1965.
The
Young Runaways The stories of three
unrelated teenagers as they run away from their respective homes, each for
different reasons. Starring Brooke Bundy, Kevin Coughlin, Lloyd Bochner,
Patty McCormack, Norman Fell, Richard Dreyfuss, Dick Sargent. Written by
Orville H. Hampton; Directed by Arthur Dreifuss. 1968.
Your
Cheatin' Heart The story of country and western singer Hank
Williams. Starring George Hamilton, Susan Oliver, Red Buttons, Arthur
O'Connell. Written by Stanford Whitmore; Directed by Gene Nelson.
1964.
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