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Cape Fear (1962) is an American psychological thriller film noir directed by J. Lee Thompson, from a screenplay, based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald. Released from prison in Southeast Georgia after serving eight years for rape, Max Cady quickly seeks out attorney Sam Bowden. Cady blames Bowden for his conviction and holds a grudge against him for interrupting his attack and testifying against him. Cady begins to stalk and subtly threaten Bowden’s loved ones, including his wife Peggy and their 14-year-old daughter Nancy. He even kills ...

Time Out for Love (1961), a French film by Jean Valère, features Jean Seberg as Parisian fashion designer Michèle. After being abandoned by her lover Philippe, Michèle attempts suicide but is rescued by her doctor and Ann, a young American nurse who moves in with Michèle to care for her.

Five Day Lover (1961) is a French comedy directed and co-written by Philippe de Broca. The protagonist, Claire, is an Englishwoman living in Paris with her husband Georges and their two young children. While attending a fashion show put on by her friend Madeleine, a fashion designer, Claire meets Antoine, a carefree Frenchman. Despite Antoine being involved with Madeleine, Claire is drawn to him and begins visiting his lavish apartment five afternoons a week. However, evenings and weekends are still dedicated to her family. When Madeleine discovers the affair, she confronts the couple ...

In the movie The Colossus of Rhodes (1961), directed and co-written by Sergio Leone, Greek warrior Darios pays a visit to his uncle Lissipu on the island of Rhodes in 280 BC. The island has recently completed a monumental statue of Apollo, guarding its harbor and planning an alliance with Phoenicia – a known enemy of Greece. During his stay, Darios flirts with the lovely Diala, daughter of the mastermind behind the statue, Carete. He also joins forces with a rebel group led by Peliocles, determined to overthrow Rhodes’ tyrannical ruler Serse. However, Serse’s right-hand man Thar also plots against him ...

West Side Story (1961) is a film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, based on the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which was inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Set in 1957 New York City, it revolves around two teenage gangs vying for power on the Upper West Side. The Jets, led by Riff, engage in fights with the Sharks, led by Bernardo. After a brawl is broken up by Lieutenant Schrank and Officer Krupke, the Jets challenge the Sharks to a rumble following an upcoming dance. Riff wants ...

Léon Morin, Priest (1961) is a French drama film helmed by director Jean-Pierre Melville. The story is based on Béatrix Beck’s award-winning novel The Passionate Heart. Set during the Occupation of France, the film follows Barny, a single mother residing in a small town in the French Alps with her daughter France. To make ends meet, Barny works as an assignment corrector for a Parisian correspondence school that has relocated to their town. Grief-stricken by the loss of her Jewish husband in the war and lacking sexual satisfaction, she finds herself drawn ...

The drama film, The Hustler (1961), was directed by Robert Rossen and adapted from Walter Tevis’ book of the same name. Accompanied by his partner, Charlie, ‘Fast Eddie’ Felson visits a small town pool room under the guise of being salesmen en route to a convention. They deceive onlookers into thinking Eddie is a drunken blowhard and lure them into betting against him in a trick shot competition, which he wins. Next stop: New York City. There, Eddie challenges renowned player Minnesota Fats to a game of straight pool for $200 per match. Initially ...

Breathless (1960) is a French New Wave crime drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Michel, a youthful and dangerous criminal, idolizes the iconic Humphrey Bogart on screen. After escaping with a stolen car in Marseille, he fatally shoots a pursuing police officer on a country road. With no money or options, Michel seeks refuge with his American acquaintance Patricia – a student and aspiring journalist who sells newspapers on the streets of Paris. As they simultaneously navigate their attraction and plot their getaway to Italy, Patricia reveals she may be carrying ...

The Time Machine (1960) is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction film set in the late 19th century, based on H. G. Wells’ novel of the same name. On January 5, 1900, four friends gather at their inventor friend George’s home in London for dinner. However, when George suddenly appears looking worn out and fatigued, he shares his experience with them. Days earlier, at their New Year’s Eve dinner, George had mentioned his theory that time could be considered the fourth dimension. He then reveals a small scale model of a time machine and demonstrates how pressing a lever causes it to vanish in an ...

Psycho (1960), an American horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was based on the eponymous 1959 novel by Robert Bloch. The screenplay, penned by Joseph Stefano, brought the chilling story to life. In it, Phoenix real estate secretary Marion Crane steals $40,000 from her employer after her boyfriend, Sam, laments his financial troubles are delaying their marriage. As she heads towards Fairvale, California in her car, a suspicious policeman prompts her to switch vehicles. When a heavy rainstorm forces Marion to seek ...

School for Scoundrels (1960) is a British comedy film directed by Robert Hamer. Henry Palfrey, the head of a family firm in London, travels to Yeovil to enroll in the College of Lifemanship, led by Mr. S. Potter. Arriving late, he overhears Potter explaining his focus on the science of ‘being one up on your opponents at all times’ to new students. Palfrey learns this firsthand during an object lesson when he unknowingly loses a name-calling game in an interview with Potter. As they discuss Palfrey’s reasons for enrollment, it becomes clear that a woman is involved. Through a flashback, Palfrey then ...

Directed and produced by Lewis Milestone, Ocean’s 11 (1960) is an American heist film based on a story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell. The plot follows World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster as they assemble a team of nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne Division for a high-stakes mission: to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos, including the Sahara, the Riviera, the Desert Inn, the Sands, and the Flamingo. From left to right: Lester, Bishop, Davis, Sinatra, and ...

Basil Dearden directed the British film The League of Gentlemen (1960). One night, Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Hyde emerges from a manhole on an empty street in his dinner suit. He then drives home in a Rolls-Royce and prepares seven envelopes with an invitation to lunch at the Cafe Royal, along with £5-notes and a copy of ‘The Golden Fleece’ novel. These envelopes are sent to former army officers who are facing desperate or humiliating situations. At the lunch, when Hyde asks for their thoughts on the robbery-themed book, the men initially show little interest. However, their curiosity is sparked when he ...

The Mouse That Roared (1959), a British satirical comedy film, follows the story of the tiny European Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Facing bankruptcy due to competition from an American company, their sole export of Pinot Grand Fenwick wine is no longer profitable. Desperate for a solution, the clever Prime Minister Count Mountjoy hatches a plan: declare war on the United States and then surrender in order to receive aid and rebuild their economy. Though hesitant at first, Duchess Gloriana agrees to the scheme. The mild-mannered game warden Tully Bascomb is chosen as Field Marshal and is assisted by Sergeant Will Buckley on this bold mission. All of this is based on

The British horror film The Mummy (1959) was directed by Terence Fisher and starred Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. In Egypt, three archaeologists – John Banning, his father Stephen, and his uncle Joseph Whemple – were in search of Princess Ananka’s tomb. However, due to a broken leg, John couldn’t join them when they opened the tomb. An Egyptian named Mehemet Bey warned them against entering, fearing the curse that awaited desecrators. Despite the warning, Stephen and Joseph proceeded and ...

Two Men in Manhattan (1959) is a French film noir written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. On the evening of December 23, Moreau, a reporter for Agence France-Presse (AFP), is tasked with uncovering the whereabouts of Fèvre-Berthier, the French delegate to the United Nations, who has mysteriously missed that day’s General Assembly meeting. Despite speaking with McKimmie, an information officer at the UN who has no knowledge on the matter, and Fèvre-Berthier’s family searching for him as well, Moreau hits a dead end. He then turns to his friend Delmas, an alcoholic tabloid photographer, who has captured ...

The heist flick, The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959), helmed by Charles Guggenheim and featuring Steve McQueen, tells the tale of aging criminal mastermind John Egan. In an attempt to secure a comfortable retirement in Mexico, Egan targets St. Louis’ Southwest Bank and enlists his trusted partner Willy’s help. Together, they enlist ex-convict Gino, who is desperate for cash to fund his upcoming trial defense, and seek out a skilled getaway driver. To their dismay, Gino turns to his sister Ann’s former beau George Fowler, a former college football ...

The British thriller film, The 39 Steps (1959), was directed by Ralph Thomas and stars Kenneth More and Taina Elg. After witnessing a nanny almost being killed in a failed hit-and-run attempt, Richard Hannay decides to help her. He is taken aback when he realizes there is no baby in the pram. Intrigued, Hannay meets her at the Palace Music Hall where they watch the performance of Mr Memory. Afterwards, they go back to Hannay’s flat where she confides in him that she works for British Intelligence and is on a mission ...

North by Northwest (1959) is an American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In New York City the following year, a waiter at the Plaza Hotel’s Oak Room restaurant is asked by some thugs to page George Kaplan. Meanwhile, advertising executive Roger Thornhill calls over the same waiter and is mistakenly abducted as they believe he is Kaplan. He is then taken to Lester Townsend’s estate in Glen Cove where he is questioned by Phillip Vandamm, a Cold War spy working against the United States who is posing as Townsend. Vandamm orchestrates Thornhill’s supposed death in a staged ...

The British spy comedy film, Our Man in Havana (1959), was shot in CinemaScope and helmed by director and producer Carol Reed. Set in pre-revolutionary Cuba, the film follows James Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman who is recruited by Hawthorne of the British Secret Intelligence Service as their operative in Havana. Rather than recruiting actual agents, Wormold creates imaginary ones out of men he barely knows and fabricates plans for a rocket-launching pad using vacuum cleaner parts to impress the service and secure more funds for himself and his lavish daughter, Milly. As his importance increases, a secretary named ...