The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are struggling to rejoin a society that…
Dondi (1961)
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer…
Escape to Berlin (1961)
Operation Eichmann (1961)
Drama about the life Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer responsible for the deaths of countless Jewish people during World War II.
Go Naked in the World (1961)
A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son’s romance with a high-priced hooker.
The Menace (1961)
Guns of the Trees (1961)
A depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth…
The Coachman (1961)
A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a…
Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he’s feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him….
Viva l’Italia! (1961)
The film shows how Italy’s historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and…
During One Night (1961)
Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly conscious of a desire to “prove” himself sexually.
Look in Any Window (1961)
A teenager’s parents finally realize how bad their home life is when their son is arrested for prowling.
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.
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…
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…
Son of Samson (1960)
Maciste travels to Egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen. In Son of Samson, Maciste (Mark Forrest) — scion of the famed muscleman — travels to the…
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who’s painting her.
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.
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)
Blood Is Dry (1960)
Key Witness (1960)
An average Los Angeles citizen witnesses a gang murder when he stops to use a telephone. When he presents himself to the LAPD as the only person willing to identify…
Weddings and Babies (1960)
A photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he’s delaying their marriage deliberately.
Kapo (1960)
Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a privileged prisoner whose mission…
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At…