St Francis of Assisi (1961)
Discover the inspiring journey of Francis of Assisi, who left wealth behind...
Lover Come Back (1961)
In an ideal world there’d be someone you could complain to if an...
The Hustler (1961)
You get the impression this is the kind of movie that contemporary “visionary”...
Bernadette of Lourdes (1961)
A 19th-century French peasant girl insists that she has experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary...
Pit of Darkness (1961)
Occasionally I get to wondering when one of these British crime B-pictures is...
Revolt of the Mercenaries (1961)
Duchess Patrizia is determined to marry, although against her will, effeminate but powerful Prince Stefano...
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured...
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
In her first top-billed role Angie Dickinson delivers a strong performance...
Ursus in the Valley of the Lions (1961)
Ursus’ attempts to rescue his kidnapped fiancee, aided by a pretty blind slave girl...
Return of a Stranger (1961)
Is going to ring a huge bell with contemporary audiences for its depiction of grooming...
A Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Frank Capra was yesterday’s man – one movie in a decade...
Come September (1961)
The quite superb concept that underpins the traditional unsettling of Rock Hudson is...
Enter Inspector Duval (1961)
The first piece of sleight-of-hand is the title, setting audiences up for the...
Deadly Companions (1961)
An Unholy Alliance! An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman’s son and tries to make up for it...
Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961)
Fantasy enjoys considerable leeway if its fantastical elements make up for lack of...
The Third Alibi (1961)
Sometimes there’s nothing more satisfying than a well-plotted narrative that doesn’t overstay its...
The Innocents (1961)
One description of this film’s prequel The Nightcomers (1972) was that, even with the overt...
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Sets the tone for the later Sergio Leone, Sam Peckinpah and Clint Eastwood...
The Canadians (1961)
You ever wondered what happened to the Native Americans after they wiped out...
Anna Karenina (1961)
Anna Karenina is a 1961 British TV adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel...
Werewolf In A Girls Dormitory (1961)
A chilling mystery unfolds as a science teacher’s dark past meets a werewolf’s terror...
The Young Savages (1961)
You have to put out of your mind any thoughts about West Side Story...
Goodbye Again (1961)
Something of a feminist icon with middle-aged single woman choosing her lovers...
King of the Roaring 20s (1961)
Occasionally stylish B-picture purporting to tell the story of American Prohibition-era gangster Arnold...
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (1961)
Dreary miscalculation. Ever since Tennessee Williams hit a home run with Cat on...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Reassessment sixty years on – and on the big screen, too – presents...
Amazons of Rome (1961)
Starting with the cast and the intelligence of the narrative a pretty unusual...
Go Naked in the World (1961)
Overshadowed at the box office by MGM’s other venture into the world of...
Five Minutes to Live (1961)
A gang of bank robbers terrorize a small town by knocking on doors and then killing whoever answers...