Movies 1961 Page 33

A man is accused of murdering his wife. The state prosecutor assumes he did the deed to spend more time with his lover. But the woman in question...

Fictional film with documentary elements about a jazz musician in Berlin.

When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.

Cartoon made as a part of the danish government campaign to educate elderly people about traffic rules and safety on the road. At the same time, it...

Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the...

A National Film Board of Canada production about synchronized swimmers.

When the spoiled daughter of an oil magnate is murdered, Pierre must determine whether the killer is his own ex, the dead woman's lover or somebody...

The plot revolves around a group of people who, for various reasons, want to flee Germany to Sweden in 1937.

Ken Russell is often cited as one of the fathers of the music video, with Tommy (1975) widely recognised as one of the pivotal works in the...

Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of...

Peplum movie from 1961

Tom accompanies his owner, Clint Clobber, who has severe anger management issues, on a fishing trip.

An informative film about marinas and boating life in Oslo, including a historical retrospective. ***** Oslofilm was a series of public information...

Herder Pagwa lives in a hut in a valley of beautiful flowers, where he hoards a mysterious chest whose secret is not revealed even to his three sons....

The evil King Zagro has designs on the beautiful Princess Sira. He wants to marry her so he can take over her kingdom and add it to his own. When...

The Fenouillards (Sophie Desmarets and Jean Richard are the parents, Annie Sinigalia and Marie-José Ruíz are the daughters) are shopkeepers with...

An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama unfolds five different segments that present the war...

Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audley, who've hijacked a frigate, HMS 'Huntress', to prove they're...

Crown-prince of a primitive country goes to Mexico for college. Wacky hijinks ensue.

Documentary film directed by Márta Mészáros.

Basil Rathbone narrates this documentary that takes a look at the prophecies of Nostradamus.

Chilly Willy, perennially either cold or hungry (or both) is determined to use any strategy to get more than an average catch of fish at the market...

An engineer is abducted from his Greenwich Village apartment by gangsters who believe he knows the location of a uranium mine. A young artist becomes...

A crook on a steamboat tries to outwit Inspector Willoughby.

During Prohibition, a meek bookkeeper hides out from gangsters at a health farm. The gangsters find out where he is. Complications ensue.

Adaptation of Jean de La Fontaine's fable as part of the program "Les petits riens".

Rooftops of New York is a 1961 English language documentary directed by Robert McCarty. He takes his camera up high to look down on the roof tops of...

Shown in our early Canyon Cinema showings, never printed. Example of "The News," an inexpensive local means of combining film seeing and filmmaking.

A privileged young man marries his childhood fiancée against the odds—but suspicion, scandal, and a murder charge tear them apart. When his...

Paul Morrissey’s first film, a collage work made up of found footage from 1950s newsreels.

Inspector Willoughby, seated on a camel trudging through the vast Sahara Desert, is on his way to return the fabulous Red-Eyed Ruby stolen from the...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary film about life at Dorton House, a residential school for blind children in the UK.

Gangsters run rampant until they encounter a gutsy minister.

An undercover investigative documentary on illegal bookmaking in Boston, using concealed-camera footage to expose institutional corruption and...

One minute a girl is out on the road, and the next she is waking up in a strange room with a boy she does not know and a day has passed.

An American karate student in Japan searches for the sister of his friend and mentor.

A young man returns with his girlfriend to his childhood home, where memories of first love and the pain of growing up resurface.

BBC television film starring Anthony Bate.