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The Chapman Report
The Chapman Report (1962) on 5 october 1962
, 2h5
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom, Ty Hardin, Glynis Johns, Efrem Zimbalist II
Rating55% 2.7535152.7535152.7535152.7535152.753515
Los Angeles psychologist Chapman (Andrew Duggan) and his assistant Paul Radford (Efrem Zimbalist Jr) are looking for volunteers for their sex survey, and four women volunteer: Sarah Garnell (Shelley Winters), a middle-aged woman who is having an affair with young theater director Fred Linden (Ray Danton); Teresa Harnish (Glynis Johns), a happily married woman who becomes attracted to brawny football player Ed Kraski (Ty Hardin); Naomi Shields (Claire Bloom), an alcoholic nymphomaniac who takes up with an unsavory jazz musician; and Kathleen Barclay (Jane Fonda), a young widow who thinks she is frigid.
A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving (1962) on 1 october 1962
, 1h47
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Dame Thora Hird, James Bolam, Jack Smethurst, Patsy Rowlands
Rating72% 3.6434353.6434353.6434353.6434353.643435
Victor 'Vic' Brown (Bates) is a draughtsman in a Manchester factory who sleeps with a typist called Ingrid Rothwell (Ritchie) who also works there. She falls for him but he is less enamoured of her. When he learns he has made her pregnant Vic proposes marriage and the couple move in with Ingrid's domineering mother, Mrs Rothwell (Thora Hird), who disapproves of the match. Ingrid has a miscarriage, Vic has regrets and comes home drunk. The couple then consider the possibility of making do with 'a kind of loving'.
The Longest Day
The Longest Day (1962) on 4 october 1962
, 2h51
Directed by Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Radio, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Patrick Barr, Richard Burton, Lyndon Brook, Robert Mitchum
Rating76% 3.8488953.8488953.8488953.8488953.848895
The movie is filmed in the style of a docudrama. Beginning in the days leading up to D-Day, it concentrates on events on both sides of the channel, such as the Allies waiting for the break in the poor weather and anticipating the reaction of the Axis forces defending northern France. The film pays particular attention to the decision by Gen. Eisenhower, supreme commander of SHAEF, to go after reviewing the initial bad-weather reports as well as reports about the divisions within the German High Command as to where an invasion might happen or what the response to it should be.
Flashing Spikes
Flashing Spikes (1962) on 4 october 1962
, 53minutes
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors James Stewart, John Wayne, Jack Warden, Patrick Wayne, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Carey, Jr.
Rating67% 3.3586653.3586653.3586653.3586653.358665
Slim Conway, un joueur de base-ball, se voit accusé de corruption. Le scandale qui s'ensuit ternit l'image même du sport. Slim se lie d'amitié avec un jeune espoir du base-ball, un certain Bill Riley...
Zotz!
Zotz! (1962) on 3 october 1962
, 1h27
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Spy, Horror
Themes Spy films, Films about magic and magicians
Actors Tom Poston, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Cecil Kellaway, Margaret Dumont, Mike Mazurki
Rating59% 2.950022.950022.950022.950022.95002
A brilliant but peculiar professor of Ancient Eastern languages, Jonathan Jones, finds that an amulet sent to his niece Cynthia by a boyfriend from an archeological dig has magical powers.
Where the Truth Lies
Where the Truth Lies (1962) on 1 october 1962
, 1h23
Directed by Henri Decoin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Juliette Gréco, Jean-Marc Bory, Liselotte Pulver, Jacques Dacqmine, Jeanne Pérez, Georges Chamarat
Rating62% 3.14033.14033.14033.14033.1403
François, vétérinaire près de Noirmoutier, est appelé pour soigner un guépard. Là, il rencontre Myriam, une magicienne, qui souffre du mal du pays. Grâce à une statuette ensorcelée, elle tente de garder le séduisant jeune homme auprès d'elle.
The Loves of Salammbo
The Loves of Salammbo (1960) on 1 october 1962

Directed by Mario Caiano, Sergio Grieco
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Jacques Sernas, Jeanne Valérie, Edmund Purdom, Riccardo Garrone, Arnoldo Foà, Ivano Staccioli
Rating51% 2.563812.563812.563812.563812.56381
Des mercenaires engagés par Carthage pour lutter contre les Romains se rebellent contre le roi de la cité lorsque celui-ci n'assure pas le paiement promis. Salammbô, fille du roi et prêtresse, conclut alors un accord avec Mathos, leur chef. Entre les deux, une idylle s'établit.Cet amour naissant suscite dans les 2 camps de la désapprobation. Mathos vole le voile de la déesse ce qui entraine de nombreux combats entre les 2 camps.Finalement Mathos est capturé par Carthage et condamné a mort.Mais Salammbô intervient et le sauve.
The Swindle
The Swindle (1955) on 1 october 1962
, 1h48
Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Escroquerie
Actors Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Lorella De Luca, Irene Cefaro
Rating74% 3.7457553.7457553.7457553.7457553.745755
The film follows the exploits of a group of swindlers, focusing on their aging leader Augusto, as they go about their "business," reaping both rewards and consequences.
Mr. Arkadin
Mr. Arkadin (1955) on 2 october 1962
, 1h39
Directed by Orson Welles
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Robert Arden, Paola Mori, Akim Tamiroff, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Orson Welles
Rating70% 3.547523.547523.547523.547523.54752
Guy Van Stratten, a small-time American smuggler working in Europe, is at the scene of the murder of a man named Bracco. The dying man whispers two names that he claims are very valuable, one of which is Gregory Arkadin. Using this small bit of information and lots of bluffing, Van Stratten manages to meet the apparent multi-millionaire business magnate and socialite Arkadin, and Arkadin then hires Van Stratten to research his own past, of which he claims to have no memory before 1927.