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The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes (1960) on 25 april 1960
, 1h24
Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Donald Pleasence, Jameson Clark, Michael Goodliffe
Rating65% 3.298473.298473.298473.298473.29847
A timid accountant in a Scottish Tweed weaving company (Sellers) cleverly bests the brash modern American efficiency expert (Cummings) whose ideas threaten his way of life. The film opens with Martin (Sellers) in Edinburgh buying whisky and cigarettes on the Royal Mile. We then see him at work as a head accountant in a very old-fashioned firm in the New Town. The Justerini & Brooks premises on George Street serves as their shop in the film.
The Stranglers of Bombay
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) on 1 may 1960
, 1h20
Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Historical, Crime
Actors Guy Rolfe, Jan Holden, Christopher Lee, Andrew Cruickshank, Yvonne Monlaur, George Pastell
Rating62% 3.100633.100633.100633.100633.10063
Captain Harry Lewis (Guy Rolfe), of the British East India Company, is investigating why over 2000 natives are missing, but encounters a deaf ear from his superior, Colonel Henderson, who is more concerned with the local English merchants' caravans which are disappearing without a trace. To appease them, Henderson agrees to appoint a man to investigate, and Lewis believes it will be him. However, he is sorely disappointed when Henderson gives the job to the newly arrived, oblivious Captain Connaught-Smith, the son of an old friend of Henderson's.
Prisoner of the Volga
Prisoner of the Volga (1959) on 1 may 1960
, 1h42
Directed by Victor Tourjanski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors John Derek, Elsa Martinelli, Dawn Addams, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss, Nerio Bernardi
Rating54% 2.739932.739932.739932.739932.73993
La Russie sous le règne d'Alexandre III. Le capitaine Alexej Orlof est dégradé et envoyé dans un bataillon disciplinaire à Donbrovka, en Sibérie pour avoir tenté de venger le viol de sa fiancée par le général Gorew. Il parvient à s'évader et s'enrôle dans l'équipage des bateliers de la Volga.
The Leech Woman
The Leech Woman (1960) on 1 may 1960
, 1h17
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Grant Williams, Coleen Gray, Phillip Terry, Gloria Talbott, John van Dreelen, Estelle Hemsley
Rating47% 2.3550852.3550852.3550852.3550852.355085
A mysterious old woman named Malla (Estelle Hemsley) who claims to have been brought to America 140 years ago by Arab slavers approaches endocrinologist Dr. Paul Talbot (Phillip Terry) and promises to reveal to him the secret of eternal youth.
Escapement
Escapement (1958) on 1 may 1960

Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Crime
Actors Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards, Peter Illing, Carl Jaffe, Kay Callard
Rating46% 2.3420852.3420852.3420852.3420852.342085
Inquiring into the mysterious death of a Hollywood star, insurance investigator Jeff Keenan uncovers an exclusive psychiatric clinic on the French Riviera. Here, patients who want to escape the stresses of life are hypnotized, then laid out in morgue like drawers and left to dream for several weeks. It turns out that Dr. Zakon, the clinic's ex-Nazi owner, is using a "dream machine" to alter the sleepers dreams, and to impose his will on theirs.
North West Frontier
North West Frontier (1959) on 29 april 1960
, 2h9
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White, I. S. Johar, Ian Hunter
Rating70% 3.5453353.5453353.5453353.5453353.545335
North West Frontier, British India, 1905: a Hindu maharajah asks British Army Captain Scott (Kenneth More) to take his son, Prince Kishan, to the safety of the Governor's Residence in Haserabad because a Muslim uprising has begun in his province. Accompanying them is a widow, Mrs Wyatt (Lauren Bacall), the prince's American nanny/governess. Soon after they leave, the rebels storm the palace and kill the maharajah.
Noose for a Gunman
Noose for a Gunman (1960) on 1 may 1960

Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Western
Actors Jim Davis, Harry Carey, Jr., Barton MacLane, Ted de Corsia, Leo Gordon, Lyn Thomas
Rating57% 2.85642.85642.85642.85642.8564
A gunman takes on a corrupt land baron.