Top 10 Favourite 60s films that haven't been released in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Camps]

Echoing Pete Fitzgerald, definitely Danger Route, Day of the Triffids, Planets Against Us, The Mercenary, Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, and I'll throw in just about any five of the better Eurospy titles from the decade.

 

[Bob Cashill]

Top 10 wanted favorites on Region A or All-Region Blu:

* Alakazam the Great (1961-Japan, animated) - MGM (Toei/AIP/Orion)
* Day of the Triffids (1963-UK) - independent (Allied Artists)
* The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963-Japan, animated) - Sony (Toei/Columbia)
* Godzilla vs The Thing (1964-Japan, US-release version in 2.35:1) - Dreamworks (Toho/UPA/Classic Media)
* The Magic Serpent (1966-Japan) - MGM (Toei/AIP/Orion)
* One Million Years BC (1966-UK, uncut version, Region A or All-Region) - Fox (Hammer)
* Danger Route (1967-UK) - MGM (Amicus/United Artists)
* Gunn ( 1967) - Paramount
* The Incident (1967) - Fox
* The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968-UK) - Paramount

Other 1960s Region A or All-Region Blu wants:

Hell in the Pacific (1968) - Disney (ABC Films/Cinerama Releasing)
A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die (1968-Italy) - Disney (ABC Films/Cinerama Releasing)
Ring of Bright Water (1969-UK) - Disney (ABC Films/Cinerama Releasing)
Beach Red (1967) - MGM (United Artists)
Tepepa (1969-Italy) - ?
Quatermass and the Pit (1967-UK) - ? (Hammer)
The Time Travelers (1964) - MGM (AIP/Orion)
A Boy Ten Feet Tall (1963-UK, aka Sammy Going South) - Warner Bros
Return from the Ashes (1965) - MGM (United Artists)
Gambit (1966) - Universal
Madigan (1968) - Universal
Fraulein Doktor (1969) - Paramount
Where's Jack? (1969-UK) - Paramount
Only When I Larf (1968-UK) - Paramount
Blood and Roses (1960-France) - Paramount
The Psychopath (1966-UK) - Paramount (Amicus)
The Mercenary (1968-Italy) - MGM (United Artists)
Gorath (1962-Japan) - MGM (Toho/Brenco)
The Human Vapor (1960-Japan) - MGM (Toho/Brenco)
Secret of the Telegian (1960-Japan) - ? (Toho)
The Lost World of Sinbad (1963-Japan, aka Samurai Pirate) - MGM (Toho/AIP/Orion)
The Thief of Baghdad (1961) - MGM (Embassy)
The Troublemaker (1964) - Criterion (Janus Films)
Deadlier Than the Male (1967-UK) - Studio Canal (Rank)
Some Girls Do (1969-UK) - Studio Canal (Rank)
Mission Stardust (1967-Italy) - ?
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1967-Italy) - Sony (Columbia)
Frontier Hellcat (1964-Germany) - Sony (Columbia)
Rampage at Apache Wells (1965-Germany) - Sony (Columbia)
Let's Kill Uncle (1966) - Universal
Beloved Invaders: The Ventures (1965-Japan) - ?
Planets Against Us (1962-Italy) - ?
The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960-Italy) - MGM (United Artists)
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962-Italy) - Paramount (Republic/Spelling Entertainment)

A good list, but I suspect good elements are thin on the ground for a lot of these, like Triffids and the more obscure Japanese fantasies. The US version of Hichcock is available on Region A Blu.

 

[Konstantinos]

I don't know if anyone here is aware of this film (there is no official DVD of it), but watched the other day Bedtime Story (1964), the original version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels!(haven't seen the latter)
I really enjoyed it, and Marlon Brando was hilarious at times!
I wish it could come to bluray too!

 

[Alan Tully]

Yes, I saw that a while back on youtube, I can just about remember enjoying it at the cinema, I prefer it to the remake (which is very good), I wonder if it will ever make it to a DVD/Blu-ray release?

 

[Kyrsten Brad]

Well with the coming release of Die Die My Darling (1965), a good number of my original list has made it to Blu. Updates follow in the quote.

OK folks, here's my list for the 1960s which I'd love to see come to Blu.

The Ambushers (1967): Trying to cash in on the success of James Bond movies, Columbia Pictures launched four movie adaptations of fictional spy Matt Helm books. I have the "Matt Helm Lounge" DVD set as I wanted to see this movie from a adult perspective (I was 8 when I saw it last in theater).
Oh and Dean Martin's Matt Helm films are pretty much reviled by true Matt Helm fans.



The Assassination Bureau (1969): Caught this one as a teenager in around 1974 or so on TV. Pretty much a dark comedy but we get nice acting from Diana Rigg and Oliver Reed. Warner Archive released this one on DVD not too long ago but of course would love a blu.
From IMDB: For her first assignment a lady journalist tracks down the head of an organisation offering to kill, for money, people deserving of such a fate. She thinks herself very clever when he agrees to take a contract with himself as the target. What she doesn't know is that her paper's owner is second-in-command in the Bureau and has his own reasons for supporting her challenge. - Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Clambake (1968): This was actually my first Elvis film (at age 9) as our parents dropped us off at the theater. I ended up seeing this movie twice and of course got a crush on the female lead (played by a young Shelly Fabares). I thought this was a pretty good Elvis movie but as I now know, there are far better ones, a couple actually coming to Blu-ray soon. As a side note, I'd also love to see the Elvis TV Special from 1968 on blu. A few years ago, I found a DVD (letterboxed) version at the Nostalgiaville store off I-70 in Missouri and of course had to buy it ($24).
UPDATE: Blu-ray from Kino Lorber now available.


Die Die My Darling (1965): This one scared the daylights out of me when I saw it on TV as a young kid. Early roles for Stephanie Powers and Donald Sutherland.
From IMDB: " The spoiled Patricia Carroll arrives in London to get married with her fiancé Alan Glentower. However, the stubborn Pat decides to pay a visit in the country to Mrs. Trefoile, the mother of her former fiancé Stephen, who died in a car accident. Once there, the religious fanatic Mrs. Trefoile insists to Pat to stay overnight to go to the mass on the next morning. After going to the church, the naive Pat tells Mrs. Trefoile that she was not going to marry Stephen, triggering her insanity. Mrs. Trefoile abducts Pat to purify her sins and make her pure for her beloved son.
UPDATE: Blu-ray release coming March 8th, 2018 from Mill Creek as part of a dual release.

Fail Safe (1964):
From IMDB: A series of human and computer errors sends a squadron of American 'Vindicator' bombers to nuke Moscow. The President, in order to convince the Soviets that this is a mistake, orders the Strategic Air Command to help the Soviets stop them.
UPDATE: Region B Blu-ray released in 2016. Image Quality leaves a little to be desired.


Hellfighters (1969): A John Wayne action movie that wasn't based on a Western or a military theme. I was 10 when I saw this but I really enjoyed it.
From IMDB: The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world. Written by Jim Beaver
UPDATE: Blu-ray release now available from Kino Lorber (I think).


Hammerhead (1968): In the wake of the massive success of the James Bond spy-genre movies, studio moguls started moving to launch their own spy genre films using other well-known spy characters from other books such as Matt Helm and Charles Hood. Hammerhead is the first (and so far only) Charles Hood movie. I seem to remember Hood getting his ass handed to him a lot but most defining for a 14 year old seeing this on TV, Judy Geeson's jiggly behind in the motorcycle chase scene.

The Parent Trap (1961): Now this is one I saw i theatres during a late 1960 re-release. Loved it and in the VHS days, I did procure a copy of the original along with a copy of the 1998 remake which I thought wasn't bad. Would not mind having both versions on Blu perhaps as a double set. Might like the sequels done with Hayley Mills thrown in as well.


The Pink Panther (1963): Had to wait till I was an adult to appreciate this movie, never got to see it in theater (considering I was only 4 at the time). Here's wishing that they get the whole Pink Panther series on blu. I guess I wouldn't mind the remakes as long as I got the originals first. Oh and I do have the Pink Panther Set DVD.

A Shot In The Dark (1964): Ditto for this one.
UPDATE: All original Peter Sellers Pink Panther films now available on Blu-Ray as a full Pink Panther Collection.

Way Way Out (1966): I remember seeing the previews for this movie (at age 7) and being a big fan of the Space Program that I was, even at that age, I really wanted to see this space movie and wanted my parents to bring me (which they never did, I ended up watching a boring Western with my parents while WWO was right next door). The most risque Jerry Lewis movie I've ever seen. (haven't yet seen Artist & Models but hope a blu comes out soon).
No DVD release here in the States but I think there is a German DVD release. Amazon has it on Instant Video in HD but the HD quality of the download leaves something to be desired, namely HD quality. Better though than anything on YouTube.

From IMDB: " The Americans and the Russians each have a two-person base on the moon. The Americans have had to keep replacing their astronaut teams because they quickly go crazy; they have been using only male astronauts on the unspoken assumption that this would avoid any possibility of impropriety. The Russians, as godless Communists, are under no such constraints, and their male-female team has remained well-adjusted. At the start of the film, a male and female American astronaut team is sent up to replace the sex-starved all-male team. The government insists on them being married first to preserve morality. Most of the story revolves around the eventual consummation of this marriage of convenience, and around their relationship with their Russian neighbors, who keep casually dropping by."

 

[Konstantinos]

I wanted to repeat my question from the previous page.

Does anyone know who holds the rights for Mayerling (1968)?

Is it Studio Canal, MGM or Warner?

In case anyone is interested, this favourite film of mine has been released in France by Studio Canal, albeit with forced French subtitles.
See on Amazon

Hope for SC to release it in UK or Warner in the US, soon.

 

[Alan Tully]

The good thing about these old, wants lists, is looking back at them & seeing what's been released. Out of my ten, I now have eight on Blu-ray with only, I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name (1967)
The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1968). I did buy a Blu-ray of Charge, but it looked so awful it doesn't & I got rid of it. My list would be a wee bit different now, more British films..

 

[Beckford]

WHO WAS THAT LADY?(1960) Tony Curtis, Dean Martin
STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET(1960) Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak
THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG(1960) William Holden, Nancy Kwan
THE YOUNG ONES(1961) Cliff Richard
OF HUMAN BONDAGE(1964) Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey
THE AMOROUS ADVENTURES OF MOLL FLANDERS(1965) Kim Novak, Richard Johnson
APACHE UPRISING(1965) Rory Calhoun, John Russell
THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED(1966) Natalie Wood, Robert Redford
MORE THAN A MIRACLE(1967) Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW(1967) Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

 

[Camps]

Echoing Pete Fitzgerald, definitely Danger Route, Day of the Triffids, Planets Against Us, The Mercenary, Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, and I'll throw in just about any five of the better Eurospy titles from the decade.

Well, picking up on Billy's note above, none of my wants of 5 years ago (cited here) have made it to blu ray. Oh... and I mistakenly included the western "The Mercenary" rather than the title I meant: the modern-day "The Last Mercenary" ("Die Grosse Treibjagd").

Oh well....