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Overview of the events of 1966 in film
Overview of the events of 1966 in film
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.
A Man for All Seasons won six
Academy Awards, including
Best Picture.
Top-grossing films
North America
The top ten 1966 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1966
Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Domestic rentals
|
1
|
Hawaii
|
United Artists
|
$15,600,000
[1]
|
2
|
The Bible: In the Beginning...
|
20th Century Fox
|
$15,000,000
[1]
|
3
|
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
|
Warner Bros.
|
$14,500,000
[1]
|
4
|
The Sand Pebbles
|
20th Century Fox
|
$13,500,000
[1]
|
5
|
A Man for All Seasons
|
Columbia
|
$12,800,000
[1]
|
6
|
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
|
United Artists
|
$9,800,000
[1]
|
7
|
Grand Prix
|
MGM
|
$9,300,000
[1]
|
8
|
The Professionals
|
Columbia
|
$8,800,000
[1]
|
9
|
Alfie
|
Paramount
|
$8,500,000
[2]
|
10
|
Georgy Girl
|
Columbia
|
$7,600,000
[2]
|
Outside North America
The highest-grossing 1966 films in countries outside North America.
Events
Awards
Academy Awards:
-
Best Picture:
A Man for All Seasons – Highland,
Columbia
-
Best Director:
Fred Zinnemann –
A Man for All Seasons
-
Best Actor:
Paul Scofield –
A Man for All Seasons
-
Best Actress:
Elizabeth Taylor –
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
-
Best Supporting Actor:
Walter Matthau –
The Fortune Cookie
-
Best Supporting Actress:
Sandy Dennis –
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
-
Best Foreign Language Film:
A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme), directed by
Claude Lelouch, France
BAFTA Film Awards:
-
Best Film from any Source:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Best British film:
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
-
Best Picture:
A Man for All Seasons
-
Best Actor:
Paul Scofield –
A Man for All Seasons
-
Best Actress:
Anouk Aimée –
A Man and a Woman
- Comedy or Musical:
-
Best Picture:
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
-
Best Actor:
Alan Arkin –
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
-
Best Actress:
Lynn Redgrave –
Georgy Girl
- Other
-
Best Supporting Actor:
Richard Attenborough –
The Sand Pebbles
-
Best Supporting Actress:
Jocelyne LaGarde –
Hawaii
-
Best Director:
Fred Zinnemann –
A Man for All Seasons
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
-
A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme), directed by
Claude Lelouch, France
-
Signore & Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians), directed by
Pietro Germi, Italy
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Location: Italy
Silver Ribbon
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
-
The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri), directed by
Gillo Pontecorvo, Algeria / Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
-
Cul-de-sac, directed by
Roman Polanski, United Kingdom
1966 film releases
United States unless stated
January–March
- January 1966
- 5 January
- 9 January
- 16 January
- 20 January
- 27 January
- February 1966
- 2 February
- 9 February
- 12 February
- 18 February
- 19 February
- 21 February
- 23 February
- 25 February
- March 1966
- 2 March
- 4 March
- 5 March
- 9 March
- 14 March
- 25 March
- 30 March
- 31 March
April–June
- April 1966
- 1 April
- 4 April
- 6 April
- 7 April
- 10 April
- 13 April
- 17 April
- May 1966
- 5 May
- 11 May
- 14 May
- 19 May
- 25 May
- 27 May
- 31 May
- June 1966
- 1 June
- 7 June
- 8 June
- 9 June
- 10 June
- 15 June
- 21 June
- 22 June
- 29 June
July–September
- July 1966
- 1 July
- 7 July
- 12 July
- 13 July
- 14 July
- 20 July
- 29 July
- 30 July
- 31 July
- August 1966
- 3 August
- 5 August
- 10 August
- 13 August
- 16 August
- 24 August
- 31 August
- September 1966
- 1 September
- 2 September
- 7 September
- 8 September
- 14 September
- 15 September
- 16 September
- 28 September
October–December
- October 1966
- 5 October
- 9 October
- 10 October
- 11 October
- 12 October
- 13 October
- 16 October
- 17 October
- 19 October
- 23 October
- 24 October
- 26 October
- 27 October
- 28 October
- November 1966
- 2 November
- 5 November
- 7 November
- 8 November
- 10 November
- 18 November
- 19 November
- December 1966
- 1 December
- 8 December
- 9 December
- 10 December
- 12 December
- 15 December
- 16 December
- 17 December
- 18 December
- 20 December
- 21 December
- 21 December
- 22 December
- 30 December
Notable films released in 1966
United States unless stated
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A
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Aakhri Khat (The Last Letter) – (
India)
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After the Fox, starring
Peter Sellers and
Victor Mature
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Alfie, directed by
Lewis Gilbert, starring
Michael Caine,
Shelley Winters,
Millicent Martin – (
U.K.)
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Alice in Wonderland, a TV film starring
John Gielgud,
Peter Cook,
Peter Sellers – (U.K.)
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Alvarez Kelly, starring
William Holden
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Ambush Bay, starring
Hugh O'Brian,
Mickey Rooney and
James Mitchum
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An American Dream, starring
Stuart Whitman,
Janet Leigh,
Eleanor Parker
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Amrapali, starring
Vyjayanthimala and
Sunil Dutt – (
India)
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Andrei Rublev, directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky – (
U.S.S.R.)
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The Appaloosa, starring
Marlon Brando
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Arabesque, directed by
Stanley Donen, starring
Sophia Loren and
Gregory Peck
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Around the World Under the Sea, starring
Lloyd Bridges
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As Long as You've Got Your Health (Tant qu'on a la santé), directed by and starring
Pierre Étaix – (
France)
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Assault on a Queen, starring
Frank Sinatra,
Virna Lisi,
Anthony Franciosa
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Au Hasard Balthazar (Chosen by Lot Balthazar), directed by
Robert Bresson – (
France/
Sweden)
-
Aybolit-66 – (
U.S.S.R.)
B
-
Bariera (Barrier), directed by
Jerzy Skolimowski – (
Poland)
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Batman, starring
Adam West,
Burt Ward,
Burgess Meredith,
Cesar Romero,
Lee Meriwether,
Frank Gorshin
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The Battle of Algiers, directed by
Gillo Pontecorvo -
Golden Lion winner – (Italy/
Algeria)
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Beau Geste, directed by
Douglas Heyes
-
Beregis Avtomobilya (Beware of the Automobile) – (
U.S.S.R.)
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The Bible: In the Beginning..., directed by
John Huston, starring
Stephen Boyd,
Franco Nero,
Ava Gardner,
Richard Harris,
Peter O'Toole
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The Big Gundown (La resa dei conti), starring
Lee Van Cleef – (Italy)
-
A Big Hand for the Little Lady, starring
Henry Fonda,
Joanne Woodward,
Jason Robards,
Burgess Meredith,
Kevin McCarthy
-
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Signore & Signori), directed by
Pietro Germi – (
Italy)
-
Birds Do It, starring
Soupy Sales
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Black Girl (La Noire de...), directed by
Ousmane Sembène – (
France/
Senegal)
-
Blindfold, directed by
Philip Dunne, starring
Rock Hudson and
Claudia Cardinale
-
Blowup, directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni, starring
David Hemmings and
Vanessa Redgrave—winner of
Palme d'Or,
1967 Cannes Film Festival – (Italy/U.K./U.S.)
-
The Blue Max, starring
George Peppard,
James Mason,
Ursula Andress – (U.K.)
-
Borom Sarret (The Wagoner) – (
Senegal)
-
Born Free, starring
Virginia McKenna and
Bill Travers – (
U.K.)
-
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!, starring
Bob Hope,
Phyllis Diller,
Elke Sommer
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A Bullet for the General (El Chucho, quién sabe?), starring
Gian Maria Volonté and
Klaus Kinski – (
Italy)
C
-
Cairo 30 (Al-Kahira 30), directed by
Salāḥ Abu Seif – (
Egypt)
-
Carry On Screaming!, starring
Harry H. Corbett and
Kenneth Williams – (
U.K.)
-
Cast a Giant Shadow, starring
Kirk Douglas,
Senta Berger,
Yul Brynner,
John Wayne and
Frank Sinatra
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Chafed Elbows, directed by
Robert Downey Sr.
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Chappaqua, featuring
William S. Burroughs
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The Chase, directed by
Arthur Penn, starring
Marlon Brando,
Jane Fonda,
Angie Dickinson and
Robert Redford
-
Chelsea Girls, directed by
Andy Warhol, starring
Nico
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Chimes at Midnight (a.k.a. Falstaff), directed by and starring
Orson Welles, with
Jeanne Moreau and
John Gielgud – (
France/
Spain/
Switzerland)
- Cinerama's Russian Adventure, a documentary on the U.S.S.R. introduced by
Bing Crosby
-
Circus of Fear, starring
Christopher Lee,
Leo Genn,
Klaus Kinski– (
U.K.)
-
Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky), directed by
Jiří Menzel – (
Czechoslovakia)
-
Come Drink with Me (Da zui xia), directed by
King Hu – (
Hong Kong)
- The Crazy-Quilt, directed by
John Korty
-
Cul-de-sac, directed by
Roman Polanski, starring
Donald Pleasence and
Françoise Dorléac – (
U.K.)
-
Curse of the Swamp Creature, starring
John Agar,
Francine York
- Curse of the Vampires (Dugo ng vampira, a.k.a. Blood of the Vampires or Creatures of Evil), directed by
Gerardo de León – (
Philippines)
-
Cyborg 2087, starring
Michael Rennie and
Wendell Corey
D
-
Daimajin, directed by
Kimiyoshi Yasuda – (
Japan)
-
Daisies (Sedmikrásky), directed by
Věra Chytilová – (
Czechoslovakia)
-
Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., starring
Peter Cushing – (
U.K.)
-
The Daydreamer, a Rankin-Bass and Embassy Pictures stop-motion/live-action film
-
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, starring
James Coburn,
Camilla Sparv,
Robert Webber and
Rose Marie
-
The Deadly Bees, directed by
Freddie Francis and starring
Suzanna Leigh – (
U.K.)
-
Death of a Bureaucrat (La muerte de un burócrata), directed by
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea – (
Cuba)
-
The Defector, directed by
Raoul Lévy and starring
Montgomery Clift,
Hardy Krüger and
Macha Méril – (
France/
West Germany)
-
Degueyo, directed by
Giuseppe Vari – (
Italy)
-
Destination Inner Space, starring
Gary Merrill and
Sheree North
-
The Diabolical Dr. Z (Miss Muerte), directed by
Jesús Franco – (
France/
Spain)
-
Dimension 5, starring
Jeffrey Hunter
-
Django, starring
Franco Nero – (
Italy/
Spain)
-
Don't Look Now, We're Being Shot At (La grande vadrouille), starring
Terry-Thomas and
Bourvil – (
France/
U.K.)
-
Le deuxieme souffle (a.k.a. Second Breath), directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville, starring
Lino Ventura – (
France)
-
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (Le spie vengono dal semifreddo), directed by
Mario Bava – (
Italy/U.S.)
-
Dracula: Prince of Darkness, starring
Christopher Lee – (
U.K.)
-
Drop Dead Darling, starring
Tony Curtis
-
Duel at Diablo, starring
James Garner and
Sidney Poitier
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Dutchman, starring
Al Freeman, Jr. and
Shirley Knight
E
-
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Gojira, Ebira, Mosura Nankai no Daikettō), directed by
Jun Fukuda – (
Japan)
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El Dorado, directed by
Howard Hawks, starring
John Wayne,
Robert Mitchum and
James Caan
-
The Elusive Avengers (Neulovimye mstiteli), directed by
Edmond Keosayan – (
U.S.S.R.)
-
Eye of the Devil, directed by
J. Lee Thompson, starring
Deborah Kerr,
David Niven and
Sharon Tate
F
-
The Face of Another (Tanin no kao) – (
Japan)
-
Fahrenheit 451, directed by
François Truffaut, starring
Julie Christie and
Oskar Werner – (
U.K.)
-
The Family Way, a
Boulting brothers film, starring
Hayley Mills and
Hywel Bennett – (
U.K.)
-
Fantastic Voyage, directed by
Richard Fleischer, starring
Stephen Boyd and
Raquel Welch
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The Fat Spy, starring
Phyllis Diller,
Jayne Mansfield,
Brian Donlevy
-
Fighting Elegy (Kenka erejii), directed by
Seijun Suzuki – (
Japan)
-
A Fine Madness, starring
Sean Connery and
Joanne Woodward
-
Fireball 500, starring
Frankie Avalon,
Annette Funicello,
Fabian Forte
-
Follow Me, Boys!, directed by
Norman Tokar, starring
Fred MacMurray,
Vera Miles,
Kurt Russell
-
For Love and Gold (L'armata Brancaleone), directed by
Mario Monicelli, starring
Vittorio Gassman – (
Italy)
-
The Fortune Cookie (a.k.a. Meet Whiplash Willie), directed by
Billy Wilder, starring
Jack Lemmon and
Walter Matthau
-
Frankie and Johnny, starring
Elvis Presley and
Donna Douglas
-
Funeral in Berlin, starring
Michael Caine – (
U.K.)
-
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, directed by
Richard Lester, starring
Zero Mostel,
Jack Gilford,
Phil Silvers,
Michael Crawford – (U.S./
U.K.)
G
- Galia, directed by
Georges Lautner and starring
Mireille Darc – (
France/
Italy)
-
Gambit, starring
Michael Caine and
Shirley MacLaine
-
The Game Is Over (La curée), directed by
Roger Vadim and starring
Jane Fonda – (
France/
Italy)
-
Gamera vs. Barugon, directed by Shigeo Tanaka – (Japan)
-
Georgy Girl, directed by
Silvio Narizzano, starring
Lynn Redgrave,
James Mason and
Alan Bates – (
U.K.)
-
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, starring
Don Knotts
-
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, starring
Deborah Walley,
Tommy Kirk,
Nancy Sinatra
-
The Glass Bottom Boat, starring
Doris Day and
Rod Taylor
-
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (Gojira, Ebira, Mosura Nankai no Daikettō) – (
Japan)
-
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, directed by
Sergio Leone, starring
Clint Eastwood,
Eli Wallach and
Lee Van Cleef– (
Italy)
-
Grand Prix, directed by
John Frankenheimer, starring
James Garner,
Yves Montand,
Toshiro Mifune,
Eva Marie Saint,
Jessica Walter
-
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, starring
Frankie Howerd and
Dora Bryan – (
U.K.)
-
The Group, directed by
Sidney Lumet, starring
Candice Bergen,
Shirley Knight,
Joan Hackett,
Joanna Pettet and
Jessica Walter
-
Gunpoint, starring
Audie Murphy,
Joan Staley and
Warren Stevens
H
-
Harper, starring
Paul Newman,
Robert Wagner,
Lauren Bacall,
Pamela Tiffin,
Julie Harris,
Arthur Hill,
Janet Leigh
-
Hawaii, directed by
George Roy Hill, starring
Julie Andrews,
Max von Sydow,
Richard Harris
-
The Hawks and the Sparrows (Uccellacci e uccellini), directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring
Totò – (
Italy)
-
The Hellbenders (I Crudeli), starring
Joseph Cotten – (Italy)
-
Here Is Your Life (Här har du ditt liv) – (
Sweden)
-
The Hills Run Red (Un Fiume di dollari), directed by
Carlo Lizzani – (Italy)
-
Hold On!, starring
Peter Noone and
Shelley Fabares
-
How to Steal a Million, directed by
William Wyler, starring
Audrey Hepburn and
Peter O'Toole
-
Hotel Paradiso, directed by
Peter Glenville and starring
Alec Guinness – (
U.K.)
-
The Hunchback of Soho (Der Bucklige von Soho), directed by
Alfred Vohrer – (
West Germany)
-
Hunger (Sult) – (
Denmark/
Norway/
Sweden)
-
The Hunt (La Caza), directed by
Carlos Saura – (
Spain)
I
-
The Idol, directed by
Daniel Petrie and starring
Jennifer Jones and
Michael Parks – (
U.K.)
-
Incident at Phantom Hill, directed by
Earl Bellamy
-
Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?), directed by
René Clément, starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Charles Boyer,
Leslie Caron – (
France/
United States)
-
Island of Terror, starring
Peter Cushing,
Edward Judd,
Carole Gray
-
It Happened Here, starring
Sebastian Shaw – (
U.K.)
J
K
L
-
Let's Kill Uncle, directed by
William Castle
-
Lightning Bolt (Operazione Goldman), directed by
Antonio Margheriti – (
Italy)
-
Lord Love a Duck, starring
Roddy McDowall and
Tuesday Weld
-
Lost Command, directed by
Mark Robson, starring
Anthony Quinn,
George Segal,
Alain Delon,
Claudia Cardinale
-
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., starring
Dick Van Dyke and
Nancy Kwan
M
-
Madame X, starring
Lana Turner
-
Made in Paris, starring
Ann-Margret,
Louis Jourdan,
Chad Everett,
Edie Adams
-
Made in U.S.A., directed by
Jean-Luc Godard, starring
Anna Karina and
Jean-Pierre Léaud – (
France)
-
Mademoiselle, directed by
Tony Richardson, starring
Jeanne Moreau – (
France/
U.K.)
-
Mamta, starring
Ashok Kumar – (
India)
-
A Man and a Woman, directed by
Claude Lelouch, starring
Anouk Aimée and
Jean-Louis Trintignant --
Palme d'Or winner – (France)
-
The Man Called Flintstone, directed by
Joseph Barbera and
William Hanna
-
A Man for All Seasons, directed by
Fred Zinnemann, starring
Paul Scofield,
Robert Shaw,
Orson Welles - winner of 6
Academy Awards and 5
BAFTAs – (
U.K.)
-
A Man Could Get Killed, starring
James Garner and
Sandra Dee
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Manos: The Hands of Fate, starring and written, directed and produced by Harold P. Warren
-
Masculine-Feminine by
Jean-Luc Godard, starring
Jean-Pierre Léaud – (
France)
-
Mera Saaya (My Shadow), starring
Sunil Dutt and
Sadhana – (
India)
- Mission to Death
-
Mister Buddwing, directed by
Delbert Mann, starring
James Garner,
Jean Simmons,
Angela Lansbury,
Suzanne Pleshette,
Katharine Ross
-
Misunderstood (Incompreso), directed by
Luigi Comencini – (
Italy)
-
Modesty Blaise, starring
Monica Vitti and
Terence Stamp – (
U.K.)
-
Moment to Moment, starring
Jean Seberg and
Honor Blackman
-
Morgan! (a.k.a. Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment), directed by
Karel Reisz – (
U.K.)
-
Munster, Go Home!, starring
Fred Gwynne,
Yvonne De Carlo,
Al Lewis
-
Murderers' Row, starring
Dean Martin (as
Matt Helm), with
Karl Malden,
Camilla Sparv,
Ann-Margret
-
My Wife, the Director General, directed by
Fatin Abdel Wahab, starring
Salah Zulfikar and
Shadia – (
Egypt)
N
-
Namu, the Killer Whale, directed by
László Benedek
-
Navajo Joe, starring
Burt Reynolds – (
Italy/
Spain)
-
Nayak, directed by
Satyajit Ray – (
India)
-
Nevada Smith, starring
Steve McQueen,
Karl Malden,
Martin Landau,
Suzanne Pleshette and
Arthur Kennedy
-
Night Games (Nattlek), directed by
Mai Zetterling and starring
Ingrid Thulin – (
Sweden)
-
Nobody Wanted to Die (Niekas nenorėjo mirti) – (
U.S.S.R.)
-
Not with My Wife, You Don't!, starring
Tony Curtis,
George C. Scott and
Virna Lisi
-
The Nun (La religieuse), directed by
Jacques Rivette, starring
Anna Karina – (
France)
O
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Once Before I Die, starring
Ursula Andress and
John Derek
-
One Million Years B.C., starring
Raquel Welch – (
U.K.)
-
Operazione San Gennaro (a.k.a. The Treasure of San Gennaro), starring
Nino Manfredi and
Senta Berger – (
Italy)
-
The Oscar, starring
Stephen Boyd,
Elke Sommer,
Jill St. John,
Tony Bennett
-
Our Man Flint, starring
James Coburn
-
Our Man in Marrakesh, a.k.a. Bang! Bang! You're Dead!, starring
Tony Randall
P
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The Pad and How to Use It, directed by
Brian G. Hutton
-
Paradise, Hawaiian Style, starring
Elvis Presley
-
Penelope, starring
Natalie Wood,
Peter Falk,
Dick Shawn,
Jonathan Winters,
Ian Bannen and
Arlene Golonka
-
Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus (Father Christmas Has Blue Eyes), starring
Jean-Pierre Léaud – (
France)
-
Persona, directed by
Ingmar Bergman, starring
Bibi Andersson and
Liv Ullmann – (
Sweden)
-
Pharaoh (Faraon), directed by
Jerzy Kawalerowicz – (
Poland)
-
Phool Aur Patthar, starring
Dharmendra – (
India)
-
Picture Mommy Dead, starring
Don Ameche and
Zsa Zsa Gabor
-
The Plague of the Zombies, starring
André Morell – (
U.K.)
-
The Plainsman, starring
Don Murray,
Abby Dalton and
Leslie Nielsen
-
The Poppy Is Also a Flower, directed by
Terence Young, starring
Senta Berger,
Stephen Boyd,
Rita Hayworth,
Yul Brynner and
Angie Dickinson
-
The Pornographers (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon), directed by
Shōhei Imamura – (
Japan)
-
The Priest and the Girl (O Padre e a Moça) – (
Brazil)
-
The Professionals, directed by
Richard Brooks, starring
Lee Marvin,
Burt Lancaster,
Robert Ryan,
Woody Strode,
Jack Palance and
Claudia Cardinale
-
The Projected Man, starring
Mary Peach,
Bryant Haliday and
Ronald Allen– (
U.K.)
Q
R
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Rage, starring
Glenn Ford and
Stella Stevens
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The Rare Breed, starring
James Stewart,
Maureen O'Hara,
Brian Keith and
Juliet Mills
-
A Report on the Party and the Guests (O slavnosti a hostech), directed by
Jan Němec – (
Czechoslovakia)
-
The Reptile, starring
Noel Willman,
Ray Barrett and
Jennifer Daniel– (
U.K.)
-
Return of the Seven, starring
Yul Brynner,
Robert Fuller,
Claude Akins and
Warren Oates
-
Ride in the Whirlwind, directed by
Monte Hellman, starring
Jack Nicholson and
Millie Perkins
-
Ringo and His Golden Pistol (Johnny Oro), directed by
Sergio Corbucci and starring
Mark Damon – (
Italy)
-
Roman Candles, directed by
John Waters
-
Rondo, directed by
Zvonimir Berković– (
Yugoslavia)
- Rosalie, a short directed by
Walerian Borowczyk – (
France)
-
The Round-Up (Szegénylegények), directed by
Miklós Jancsó – (
Hungary)
-
Run, Appaloosa, Run, starring
Rex Allen
-
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, directed by
Norman Jewison, starring
Alan Arkin,
Jonathan Winters,
Carl Reiner and
Eva Marie Saint
S
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The Sand Pebbles, directed by
Robert Wise, starring
Steve McQueen,
Richard Attenborough,
Candice Bergen and
Richard Crenna
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The Sandwich Man, starring
Michael Bentine and
Dora Bryan – (
U.K.)
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Savage Pampas, starring
Robert Taylor,
Ron Randell and
Marc Lawrence (U.S./
Spain/
Argentina)
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Seconds, directed by
John Frankenheimer, starring
Rock Hudson
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The She Beast, starring
Barbara Steele,
John Karlsen,
Ian Ogilvy
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Shiroi Kyotō (The White Tower) – (
Japan)
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The Shooting, starring
Warren Oates,
Jack Nicholson and
Millie Perkins
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Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam, directed by and starring
N. T. Rama Rao – (
India)
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The Silencers, starring
Dean Martin,
Stella Stevens,
Daliah Lavi,
Cyd Charisse and
Nancy Kovack
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The Singing Nun, starring
Debbie Reynolds and
Greer Garson
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Sound of Horror, starring
James Philbrook,
Arturo Fernandez and
Soledad Miranda
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Spinout, starring
Elvis Presley
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The Spy with a Cold Nose, directed by
Daniel Petrie – (
U.K.)
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Stagecoach, starring
Ann-Margret,
Bing Crosby,
Red Buttons,
Alex Cord,
Mike Connors and
Stefanie Powers
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Stop the World – I Want to Get Off, directed by
Philip Saville
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Suraj, starring
Vyjayanthimala and
Rajendra Kumar – (
India)
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The Swinger, starring
Ann-Margret,
Tony Franciosa and
Yvonne Romain
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The Sword of Doom (Dai-bosatsu tōge) – (
Japan)
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Tarzan and the Valley of Gold, starring
Mike Henry and
Nancy Kovack
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Teesri Kasam (Third Oath), starring
Raj Kapoor – (
India)
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Texas Across the River, starring
Dean Martin,
Alain Delon,
Rosemary Forsyth,
Peter Graves,
Joey Bishop
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They're a Weird Mob, directed by
Powell and Pressburger – (
Australia)
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This Property Is Condemned, directed by
Sydney Pollack, starring
Natalie Wood,
Robert Redford,
Charles Bronson,
Kate Reid
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Three on a Couch, directed by and starring
Jerry Lewis, with
Janet Leigh,
Leslie Parrish,
Mary Ann Mobley
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Thunderbirds Are Go, produced by
Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson, voices of
Peter Dyneley,
Shane Rimmer,
Matt Zimmerman,
David Graham,
Christine Finn,
Sylvia Anderson,
Jeremy Wilkin,
Ray Barrett
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Time to Die (Tiempo de morir), directed by
Arturo Ripstein, starring
Marga López and
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos – (
Mexico)
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Tokyo Drifter (Tōkyō nagaremono), directed by
Seijun Suzuki – (
Japan)
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Torn Curtain, directed by
Alfred Hitchcock, starring
Paul Newman and
Julie Andrews
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Trace of Stones (Spur der Steine) – (
East Germany)
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The Trap, starring
Rita Tushingham and
Oliver Reed – (
U.K./
Canada)
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Triple Cross, starring
Christopher Plummer,
Claudine Auger,
Gert Fröbe – (U.K./
France)
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The Trouble with Angels, directed by
Ida Lupino, starring
Rosalind Russell and
Hayley Mills
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Trunk to Cairo, directed by
Menahem Golan, starring
Audie Murphy – (
Israel)
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The Trygon Factor, starring
Stewart Granger,
Susan Hampshire and
Robert Morley – (
U.K./
West Germany)
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Waco, starring
Jane Russell and
Howard Keel
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Walk, Don't Run, starring
Cary Grant (in his final film),
Samantha Eggar,
Jim Hutton
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The War Is Over (La Guerre est Finie), directed by
Alain Resnais, starring
Yves Montand and
Ingrid Thulin – (
France)
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The War of the Gargantuas (Furankenshutain no Kaijū: Sanda tai Gaira) – (
Japan)
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Way...Way Out, starring
Jerry Lewis and
Connie Stevens
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, directed by
Blake Edwards, starring
James Coburn and
Dick Shawn
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Where the Spies Are, directed by
Val Guest and starring
David Niven – (
U.K.)
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?) – (
France)
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by
Mike Nichols, starring
Elizabeth Taylor, (
Best Actress Oscar),
Richard Burton,
George Segal,
Sandy Dennis
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The Wild Angels, starring
Peter Fonda and
Nancy Sinatra
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Wings (Крылья), directed by
Larisa Shepitko – (
U.S.S.R.)
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Winnetou and the Crossbreed (Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi), directed by
Harald Philipp – (
West Germany)
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Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (animated short)
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The Witches, starring
Joan Fontaine
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The Wrong Box, starring
John Mills,
Michael Caine,
Peter Cook,
Nanette Newman – (
U.K.)
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Short film series
Births
- January 2 -
Kate Hodge, American actress and producer
- January 13 -
Patrick Dempsey, American actor
- January 17 -
Joshua Malina, American actor
- January 20 –
Rainn Wilson, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
- January 24 -
Julie Dreyfus, French actress
- January 31 -
Dexter Fletcher, English film director and actor
- February 1 -
Anthony Johnson, American actor and comedian (died 2021)
- February 4 -
Piret Kalda, Estonian actress
- February 12 -
Lochlyn Munro, Canadian actor
- February 13 -
Neal McDonough, American actor and producer
- February 14 -
Kristen Dalton, American actress
- February 15
- February 19 -
Justine Bateman, American actress, writer, director and producer
- February 22 -
Rachel Dratch, American actress, comedian, writer and producer
- February 24
- February 25
- February 27 -
Donal Logue, Canadian-Irish actor, producer and writer
- March 1
- March 3 -
Tone Loc, American rapper and actor
- March 4 -
Steve Bastoni, Italian-born Australian actor
- March 5 -
Aasif Mandvi, British-American actor and comedian
- March 9 -
Alison Doody, Irish model and actress
- March 10 -
Stephen Mailer, American actor
- March 14
- March 22 -
Sara Crowe, Scottish actress
- March 23 -
Marin Hinkle, American actress
- March 26 -
Michael Imperioli, American actor
- April 8 -
Robin Wright, American actress
- April 9 -
Cynthia Nixon, American actress
- April 13 -
Andy Nyman, English actor, director and writer
- April 14 -
Lloyd Owen, British actor
- April 22 -
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor and producer
- April 27 -
Matt Reeves, American director, producer and screenwriter
- May 3 -
Firdous Bamji, Indian actor and writer
- May 10 -
Ilian Djevelekov, Bulgarian film director and producer
- May 12 -
Stephen Baldwin, American actor
- May 15 -
Greg Wise, English actor and producer
- May 16 -
Scott Reeves, American actor and country music singer
- May 19 -
Polly Walker, English actress
- May 20 -
Mindy Cohn, American actress and voice actress
- May 23 -
H. Jon Benjamin, American actor and comedian
- May 26 -
Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
- June 5 -
Dwayne Hill, Canadian voice actor
- June 7 -
Tom McCarthy, American director, screenwriter and actor
- June 8 -
Julianna Margulies, American actress
- June 16 -
Phil Vischer, American filmmaker, animator, musician and voice actor
- June 17 -
Jason Patric, American actor
- June 19 -
Samuel West, English actor, director and voice actor
- June 22 -
Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
- June 24 -
Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (died 2006)
- June 27 -
J. J. Abrams, American filmmaker and composer
- June 28
- June 30
- July 5 -
Claudia Wells, American actress
- July 6
- July 7
- July 8 -
Mike Nawrocki, American director, animator, writer and voice actor
- July 9
-
Pamela Adlon, American actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer and director
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Jamie Bartlett, British-born South African actor (died 2022)
- July 10 -
A. O. Scott, American film critic of
The New York Times
- July 11
- July 12 -
Tamsin Greig, English actress, narrator and comedian
- July 14 -
Matthew Fox, American actor
- July 15 -
Irène Jacob, French-born Swiss actress
- July 16 -
Scott Derrickson, American filmmaker
- July 18 -
Lori Alan, American actress and voice actress
- July 19 -
Nancy Carrell, American actress, comedian and writer
- July 31 -
Dean Cain, American actor, producer and television presenter
- August 1 -
Dan Gerson, American screenwriter and voice actor (died 2016)
- August 5
- August 8 -
Verónica Falcón, Mexican actress
- August 10 -
André Sogliuzzo, American voice actor
- August 14 -
Halle Berry, American actress
- August 15
- August 17 -
Matt Maiellaro, American actor
- August 18
- August 20 -
David Rees Snell, American actor
- August 25 -
Julia Davis, English actress, comedian, director and writer
- August 29 -
Stacey Travis, American actress
- September 1 -
James Nguyen, Vietnamese filmmaker
- September 2 -
Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
- September 7 -
Toby Jones, English actor
- September 9 -
Adam Sandler, American actor
- September 13 -
Louis Mandylor, Australian actor
- September 16 -
Sean Frye, American former actor
- September 20 -
Niki Caro, New Zealand film director and screenwriter
- September 22
- September 25 -
Jason Flemyng, English actor
- October 6 -
Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
- October 9 -
Tim Herlihy, American actor, producer and screenwriter
- October 11 -
Luke Perry, American actor (died 2019)
- October 16 -
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress
- October 17 -
Mark Gatiss, English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director and producer
- October 19 -
Jon Favreau, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
- October 24 -
Zahn McClarnon, American actor
- October 26 -
Steve Valentine, English actor
- October 28
- November 2 –
David Schwimmer, American actor, director and producer
- November 3
- November 5 -
Leni Parker, Canadian actress
- November 6 -
Peter DeLuise, American actor
- November 17 -
Sophie Marceau, French actress and director
- November 19
- November 22
- November 23 -
Vincent Cassel, French actor
- November 25 -
Billy Burke, American actor
- December 1 -
Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer and screenwriter
- December 2 -
Katherine LaNasa, American actress
- December 4
- December 7 -
C. Thomas Howell, American actor
- December 8
- December 9 -
Toby Huss, American actor
- December 12 -
Lydia Zimmermann, Spanish filmmaker
- December 14 -
Boris Isaković. Serbian actor
- December 19 -
Robert MacNaughton, American actor
- December 20 -
Paul Ritter, English actor (died 2021)
- December 21
- December 24 -
Diedrich Bader, American actor and voice actor
- December 31 -
Maddie Taylor, American voice actress and comedian
Deaths
- January 3 -
Rex Lease, 62, American actor,
Rough Riding Ranger,
Borrowed Wives
- January 17 -
Vincent J. Donehue, 50, American director,
Lonelyhearts,
Sunrise at Campobello
- January 22 -
Herbert Marshall, 75, British actor,
The Letter,
The Little Foxes
- January 31 -
Elizabeth Patterson, 90, American actress,
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim,
Remember the Night
- February 1
- February 9 -
Sophie Tucker, 82, Russian-born American singer and actress,
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry,
Broadway Melody of 1938
- February 18 -
Robert Rossen, 57, American writer and director,
The Hustler,
All the King's Men
[7]
- February 19 -
James Edward Grant, 60, American writer and director,
Angel and the Badman,
The Alamo
- February 26 -
Mientje Kling, 71, Dutch actress,
The Devil in Amsterdam
- March 3
- March 12 -
Estelita Rodriguez, 34, Cuban actress,
Tropical Heat Wave,
Rio Bravo
- March 26 -
Cyril Hume, 66, American screenwriter,
The Great Gatsby,
Forbidden Planet
[8]
[9]
- April 6
- April 16 -
Marjie Millar, 34, American actress,
Money from Home,
About Mrs. Leslie
- June 5 -
Natacha Rambova, 69, American actress,
Salomé,
Monsieur Beaucaire
- June 11 -
Wallace Ford, 68, British-born American actor,
Another Face,
3 Ring Circus
- June 19 -
Ed Wynn, 79, American actor,
Alice in Wonderland,
Mary Poppins
- July 5 -
John P. Fulton, 63, American special effects supervisor,
The Ten Commandments
- July 6 -
Anne Nagel, 50, American actress,
Under the Big Top,
My Little Chickadee
- July 23
- August 3 -
Lenny Bruce, 40, American satirist
- August 15
- August 23 -
Francis X. Bushman, 83, American actor,
Ben-Hur,
The Phantom Planet
- August 25 -
Lance Comfort, 58, British director,
Penn of Pennsylvania,
Eight O'Clock Walk
- August 26 -
Art Baker, 68, American actor,
Cover Up,
The Farmer's Daughter
- August 29 -
Joseph Egger, 77, Austrian actor,
A Fistful of Dollars,
For a Few Dollars More
- September 14 -
Nikolai Cherkasov, 63, Soviet actor,
Alexander Nevsky,
Ivan The Terrible, Part II
- September 22 -
Jules Furthman, 78, American screenwriter,
The Big Sleep,
To Have and Have Not
- October 13 -
Clifton Webb, 76, American actor,
Laura,
The Man Who Never Was
- October 16 -
George O'Hara, 67, American actor and writer,
Side Street,
The Grapes of Wrath
- October 23
- October 24 -
Hans Dreier, 81, German art director of European and American films,
Sunset Boulevard,
Double Indemnity
- November 3 -
Byron Barr, 49, American actor,
Double Indemnity,
Pitfall
- November 9 -
James V. Kern, 57, American screenwriter and director,
Never Say Goodbye,
Two Tickets to Broadway
- December 14
-
Emma Dunn, 91, British actress,
Mother,
Life with Father
-
Verna Felton, 76, American actress and voice actress,
Picnic,
Cinderella
-
Richard Whorf, 60, American actor and director,
Christmas Holiday,
Yankee Doodle Dandy
- December 15 -
Walt Disney, 65, American producer, cartoonist and studio executive,
Steamboat Willie,
Cinderella,
Fantasia
- December 19 -
Betty Kuuskemaa, 87, Estonian actress, Elu tsitadellis, Pöördel
- December 22
Film debuts
Notes
References
External links