Sixties City - Science Fiction Films of the 60s

	The Three Fantastic Supermen (I Fantastici Tre Supermen) (The Fantastic Three) Cinesecolo / Parnass Film / FFP / Avala Film Frank Kramer Tony Kendal, Brad Harris, Nick Jordan, Joscen Brockmann, Sabine Sun, Bettina Busch An FBI agent and a pair of thieves (who just happen to own bullet-proof superman-style suits) are all after a master criminal called Golem. Presumably he is in the world domination business as he owns a secret weapon which is a type of universal replicator. He uses the weapon to create an army of robots who all resemble the FBI agent. You Tube			Blue Demon Versus The Infernal Brains (Blue Demon Contra Cerebros Infernales) (Blue Demon vs El Crimen) Estudios America / Cinematografica RA Chano Urueta Alejandro Cruz, David Reynoso, Ana Martin, Victor Junco, Noe Murayama Dagoberto Rodriguez, Barbara Angely Ol' blue mask is back, battling against Dr. Sanders and his army of female zombies who are kidnapping and killing scientists (and wrestlers??) in order to extract the knowledge from their brains. The film was released in 1968 as a follow-up to 'Aranes Infernales'.
	The Madman Of Lab 4 (Le Fou Du Labo 4) Gaumont Jacques Besnard Jean Lefebvre, Maria Latour, Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur, Margo Lion, Michel Serrault A scientist invents a gas which makes people love one another. He is hotly pursued by just about everybody in order to try and discover his formula. Never mind the formula, just get me a few free samples!			Project X Paramount / William Castle William Castle Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Monte Markham, Harold Gould Time travel of a sort is involved in an attempt to unlock the secrets contained in the mind of a secret agent. He is mentally induced to travel back in time from 2118 to 1960 to find the answers which are necessary to foil a Chinese plot to release mediaeval plagues on the world.
	The Reluctant Astronaut Universal Edward J.Montagne Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen, Joan Freeman, Jesse White, Jeanette Nolan, Arthur O'Connell Through a series of coincidences and accidents, a man who suffers from vertigo is chosen to be an astronaut.			Don't Play With Martians (Ne Jouez Pas Avec Les Martiens) Fildebroc / Les Productions Artistes Associes Henri Lanoe Jean Rochefort, Macha Meril, Andre Valardy, Haydee Politoff, Pierre Dac Frederic de Pasquale An offbeat practical joke backfires when real aliens, the Gammians, arrive to confuse the issue.
	The Terrornauts Based on 'The Wailing Asteroid' by Murray Leinster Amicus Productions Montgomery Tully Simon Oates, Zena Marshall, Charles Hawtrey, Patricia Hayes, Stanley Meadows Max Adrian, Frank Barry, Richard Carpenter, Leonard Cracknell, Andre Maranne Frank Forsyth, Robert Jewell Scientists from a radio telescope laboratory are taken aboard an apparently uninhabited flying saucer. It is all that remains of an advanced culture that has been wiped out by invaders that are now heading towards the earth. By learning to use the saucer's futuristic weaponry the scientists defeat the invaders and earth is saved. Hurrah! You Tube trailer			Flashman Zenith Cinematografica Mino Loy Paolo Gozlino, Jack Ary, Micaela Cendali, Sidi Del Burgo, Dada Gallotti, Claudie Lange Emilio Messina, Isarco Ravaioli, Seyna Seyn, Anne Marie Williams Though set in England, Flashman is a very Italian production with lots of attempted camp humour in the style of Batman. Two gangs of thieves rob the same bank - one is all-female and headed by a ruthless woman and the other is a bunch of thugs who are led by a man who possesses a serum that can turn people invisible. The employee they happen to have robbed is superhero 'Flashman' in his day job. Whoops! You Tube
	Billion Dollar Brain Based on the novel by Len Deighton Lowndes Productions Ken Russell Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Francoise Dorleac, Oscar Homulka, Ed Begley, Guy Doleman Vladek Scheybal A tongue-in-cheek adaptation of the novel in which a loopy Texan millionaire considers Russia to be ready for revolution and plans his own private invasion with the help of his supercomputer 'The Brain'. All does not go according to plan after a double agent feeds false information into the unfortunate machine. Also see Bond Films and Spoofs			The Blood Beast Terror (The Vampire Beast Craves Blood) Tigon British Vernon Sewell Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng, Wanda Ventham, Vanessa Howard, David Griffen Kevin Storey A professor's daughter, played by Wanda Ventham, has been cursed by the ability to transform herself into a giant death's head moth which needs to feed on human blood. The professor tries to circumvent this by creating another giant moth as a companion for her only to find that it has a similar appetite. Peter Cushing leads the team of detectives trying to solve the plentiful and strange murders which result in their activities.
	The Curious Dr. Humpp (La Venganza Del Sexo) Productores Argentinos Asociados Emilio Vieyra Richard Bauleo, Gloria Prat, Aldo Barbero, Susan Beltran, Justin Martin, Michel Angel Mary Albano, Al Bugatti, Alex Klapp A reporter discovers that a sex-mad professor is responsible for a spate of kidnappings and starts to follow him around. He finds that the professor is buying large quantities of aphrodisiacs to use on his victims, but is acting under the mind control of a disembodied brain that he has in his laboratory. The reporter clues in the local constabulary who feel the need to resolve the issue in a big shoot-out at the finale of the film.			Devilman Story (The Devil's Man) GV-Sec Film / Lion International Paul Maxwell Guy Madison, Liz Barrett, Aldo Sambrell, Alan Collins Diana Lorys, Ken Wood The Devilman, who has his secret laboratory based in a deserted African desert fort, is a silver-helmeted evil character who kidnaps a scientist with a view to forcing him to help transplant a super-brain into his head. The scientist's daughter traces his whereabouts and the finale sees a small army of desert nomads on horseback riding to the rescue, cavalry-style.
	Casino Royale Based on the book by Ian Fleming Columbia / Famous Artists John Huston, Joe McGrath, Robert Parrish, Val Guest, Ken Hughes Peter Sellers, David Niven, Barbara Bouchet, Deborah Kerr, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress Woody Allen, William Holden, Charles Boyer, John Huston, Joanna Pettet, Daliah Lavi Kurt Kasznar, Jacqueline Bisset, Derek Nimmo, George Raft, Ronnie Corbett Peter O'Toole, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geoffrey Bayldon, Duncan MacRae James Bond, a 'retired' secret agent is called back to service by the death of "M" and the imminent collapse of civilization hastened along by his old adversaries S.M.E.R.S.H.. They try to compromise him with gorgeous enemy agents but he manages to remain true to his task. Every agent is renamed James Bond 007 in order to confuse the enemy, including Woody Allen who plays Little Jimmy Bond. Also see James Bond Films			The Helicopter Spies MGM / Arena Boris Sagal Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Carol Lynley, Bradford Dillman Lola Allbright, John Dehner, John Carradine, Julie London, H. M. Wynant Enemy agents recruit a top criminal to do a bit of safecracking so that two mad scientists can get their hands on a thermal prism, a device capable of producing a heat ray powerful enough to destroy the world. Kuryakin and Solo are despatched to avert the potential disaster and come up against Luther Sebastian's THIRD WAY group, a THRUSH alternative with similar world domination objectives. More U.N.C.L.E. hardware is seen in this film than previously including a sea-going sequence with torpedo boats and ends up with the timely destruction of the thermal prism seconds after its ICBM launch. Also see U.N.C.L.E. Films
	Dos Cosmonautas A La Fuerza (002 Operation Moon) Aggata Films / Ima Films Lucio Fulci Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Emilio Rodriguez, Monica Randal, Maria Silva, Linda Sini Chiro Bermejo Allegedly a comedy film, in which a couple of Russian cosmonauts on a lunar mission lose contact with Earth and are believed to be lost in space. To save face the Russians plan a cover-up operation by sending two more cosmonauts up for a short trip, intending to welcome them back as the lunar heroes. All does not go quite according to plan as the original two are inconsiderate enough to show up again and they all arrive back on Earth at the same time.			The Karate Killers MGM / Arena Barry Shear Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Joan Crawford, Curt Jurgens, Telly Savalas Herbert Lom, Terry-Thomas, Kim Darby, Diane McBain A dying scientist divides his secret formula into four parts, giving one part to each of his four daughters who now all live in different countries. Kuryakin and Solo go globetrotting trying to hunt down and piece together the jigsaw puzzle but find themselves in a race against time as THRUSH agent Randolph and his karate-trained sidekicks are on the same trail. Also see U.N.C.L.E. Films
	Flick (Frankenstein On Campus) Agincourt Gil Taylor Robin Ward, Kathleen Sawyer, Austin Willis, Sean Sullivan, Ty Haller, Tony Moffat-Lynch A curious, very 'Sixties', variation of the Frankenstein story when a new student arrives at college from Europe. He has the mickey taken out of his name, which is Viktor Frankenstein lV, and is teased about being a descendant of the monster-maker. The twist is in the fact that Viktor himself is the monster, a creation of the college's professor of computer studies.			In Like Flint 20th Century Fox Gordon Douglas James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Andrew Duggan, Jean Hale, Hanns Ledry, Steve Inhat Herb Edelman, Yvonne Craig The sequel to 1965's 'Our Man Flint' with another bevy of beauties headed by 'Batgirl' Yvonne Craig. This time around, an all-female criminal organisation (whose HQ is in the Virgin Islands - where else?) swap members of their team for the American astronauts aboard a space station and proceed to construct a nuclear missile platform with which they intend to threaten the world with their demands for global domination. Also see Bond and Super Spies
	Perry Rhodan - SOS Aus Dem Weltall (Alarm Im Weltall) (Quatro Tre Due Uno Morte) Based on the Perry Rhodan books by Walter Enstine Tefi Film / PEA / Attor Film Primo Zeglio Lang Jeffries, Essy Persson, Joachim Hansen, Ann Smyrner, Luis Davila, Daniele Martin Pinkas Braun, Stefano Sibaldi Perry Rhodan and some of his pals come to Earth to sort out the evil doings of super-criminals and decidedly dodgy politicians.			Privilege Based on a story by Johnny Speight Universal / Worldfilm Services / Memorial Enterprises Peter Watkins Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, Max Bacon, Jeremy Child, William Job James Cossins, Victor Henry Fantasy Sixties pop culture where a pop star's publicity turns him into a kind of religious messiah. Also see Pop and Music Films
	The President's Analyst Panpiper / Paramount Theodore J. Flicker James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney, Pat Harrington Barry McGuire, Will Geer Another tongue-in-cheek spy spoof, but better quality than most. A psychoanalyst suffers from a breakdown due to having to listen to the American president's problems. He 'gets away from it all' by going to live with an 'ordinary' family for a while. It turns out to be an unfortunate choice as the family's mum takes unarmed combat lessons, dad has a penchant for collecting all types of guns and their offspring is a whizz at wire-tapping. He ends up being investigated by the FBI, the CIA and the Chinese and Russian intelligence services. The real power behind the American presidency - it is 'The Telephone Company' who operate an army of robots programmed to take over the world by planting miniature phone-like devices in everybody's brains.			Operation Kid Brother (OK Connery) (Operation Double 007) (Secret Agent 00) Produzione D.S. Alberto De Martino Neil Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Adolfo Celi, Agata Flori, Bernard Lee, Anthony Dawson Lois Maxwell, Yachuco Yama, Guido Lollobrigida, Franco Giacobini, Nando Angelini Ana Marie Noe, Franco Ceccarelli, Aldo Cecconi, Antonio Gradoli, Mirella Pamphili Leo Scavini, Mario Soria An Italian Bond spoof which, interestingly, contains many genuine 'Bond' artists. The evil crime organisation 'Thanatos' is planning to take over the world using a magnetic field generator that will stop all metal machinery. The top secret agent is not available so his civilian brother, Neil ( played by Sean's brother Neil Connery ), is pressed into service to save us. Multi-skilled in plastic surgery, lip-reading and hypnotism he finds his talents come in conveniently handy. Also see Bond Films and Spoofs
	They Came From Beyond Space Based on the Joseph Millard novel 'The Gods Hate Kansas' Amicus Freddie Francis Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay, Michael Gough Geoffrey Wallace A meteorite shower brings with it a horde of incarnate alien invaders who start to round up Earthlings, taking over their bodies and transporting them to the moon where they are forced to work on the aliens' crippled space fleet. A scientist who is immune to the takeover (due to a metal plate in his head) rescues his girl from the aliens and enlists the help of a friend, who must melt down his silver cricket trophies to make a protective helmet, and they eventually make friendly contact with the invaders. You Tube			The Day The Fish Came Out Michael Cacoyannis Productions Michael Cacoyannis Tom Courtenay, Sam Wanamaker, Colin Blakely, Candice Bergen, Ian Ogilvy, Patricia Burke A NATO bomber crashes into the sea near a Greek island. The pilot and navigator manage to get ashore safely and alert the authorities. Boom time arrives for the locals as the island is suddenly inundated with tourists who happen to be a NATO recovery team and scientists in disguise. The plane was not only carrying two H-bombs but also a new kind of biological weapon which soon subdues the joy of the locals at their new-found wealth when the sea turns black and dead fish float to the surface. It's not long before they, too, start contracting the strange, lethal viral infection.
	The Unknown Man Of Shandigor (L'inconnu de Shandigor) Frajea Films Jean-Louis Roy Marie-France Boyer, Ben Carruthers, Daniel Emilfork, Howard Vernon, Jacques Dufilho Serge Gainsbourg It's another pseudo-Bond film in which an evil scientist discovers a method of neutralising atomic weapons. This marks him out for particular attention from Russian and American secret agents. He also has a strange pet, a sea monster, which he keeps in a pool and which has the pleasure of devouring him at the end of the film.			Monster Wangmagwi (Wang Ma Gwi) (Space Monster Wangmagwi) Century Co. Hyukjin Kwon Kungwon Nam, Haekyung Kim, Unjin Hahn, Hikap Kim This first all-Korean sci-fi film features a giant monster, which is sent to Earth to soften us up in readiness for an alien invasion fleet of flying saucers. The creature breathes a kind of 'death ray' which destroys Seoul, but not before it has received a good stomping, in the best traditions of Kaiju Eiga. Also see Japanese SciFi
	The Wishing Machine (Automat Na Prani) Studio Gottwaldow Josef Pinkava Vít Weingärtner, Milan Zeman, František Filipovský, Josef Hlinomaz, Miloslav Holub Rudolf Deyl Jr., Karel Effa, Oldrich Velen, Jana Rendlová, Markéta Rauschgoldová Zdenka Revayová, Eva Vodicková, Zdenek Blažek, Radim Cvrcek, Aleš Košnar František Šolc, Miloš Vosmanský, Miroslav Moravec, Jindrich Narenta Two boys who have skipped school to visit a fair with exhibits on new and future technology come across 'The Wishing Machine' exhibit and see glimpses of the machine's powers in various scenarios. They save up money to use the machine and wish for a trip to the moon. Finding themselves in space suits, sitting in the capsule of a rocket about to take off, they discover that the machine is only planning to send them one way as they only wished to go to the moon, but did not mention coming back!			You Only Live Twice Based on the novel by Ian Fleming Eon / Danjaq Lewis Gilbert Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tsai Chin, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee Desmond Llewelyn, Tetsuro Tamba, Karin Dor, Charles Gray, Donald Pleasence Teru Shimada, Alexander Knox, Robert Hutton, Bert Kwouk, Michael Chow Ernst Stavro Blofeld is back with a missile installation hidden inside the false crater of a volcano. 007 discovers the location with the help of the gorgeous Mie Hama and storms the launch site with a team of trained Ninja warriors before finally destroying the enemy missile with only seconds to spare before launch. His troubles aren't over though as the place starts blowing up and disintegrating around him. In the confusion, Blofeld escapes again. Also see Bond Films
	Je T'Aime Je T'Aime TCF / Parc / Fox Europa Alain Resnais Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, Annie Fargue, Bernard Fresson Yvette Etievant A surreal, introspective story involving the effects of time travel of the mind.			Danger: Diabolik Dino de Laurentiis / Marianne Mario Bava Marisa Mell, John Phillip Law, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, Terry-Thomas A comic-strip James Bond Style super-thief is drawn to an irresistible trap laid by the police.
	Night Of The Big Heat (Island Of The Burning Damned) Planet Film Productions Terence Fisher Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen, Peter Cushing, Jane Merrow, Sarah Lawson, Kenneth Cope Anna Turner While Britain shivers in the clutches of winter, the Northern island of Fara inexplicably bakes in tropical temperatures. Scientists believe aliens are to blame. Can someone go and check, please?			The Sorcerers Tigon / Curtwel / Global Michael Reeves Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Ian Ogilvy, Elizabeth Ercy, Victor Henry, Susan George Two people try to regain their youth by controlling the mind of a young subject, forcing him to commit increasingly lurid acts and eventually murder. The subject dies in a burning car and the connection between their minds is so strong that the couple are also found as piles of ash.
	They Called Him Robert (Yego Zvali Robert) (We Called Him Robert) Lenfilm Studio Ilya Olshvanger Oleg Strizhenov, Maryana Vertinskaya, Marcel Marceau, Vladimir Pobol A scientist creates a robot in his own image but it has trouble coming to terms with strange, illogical human customs.			Countdown Warner Brothers Robert Altman James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore, Barbara Baxley, Charles Aidman, Steve Ihnat A space-race drama between Americans and the Soviets who are both going for the first lunar landing. You Tube trailer
	Mission Stardust (You Only Live Once) (Orbito Mortal) Based on the novels by Walter Enstine Aitor / PEA / Theumer Primo Zeglio Lang Jeffries, Essy Persson, Luis Davila, Daniel Martin, Gianni Rizzo, John Karelson In this sequel to the first Perry Rhodan film he joins a space expedition which is forced into a moon landing by the telepathic powers of two aliens in a spaceship who are members of a dying race. Their robots have gone out of control and they are rescued by Rhodan who takes them back to Earth to find a cure for the disease which is threatening life on their planet.			Rocket To The Moon (Blast Off) (Those Fantastic Flying Fools) Based on the book by Jules Verne AIP Don Sharp Gert Frobe, Klaus Kinski, Jimmy Clitheroe, Judy Cornwell, Terry-Thomas, Daliah Lavi Lionel Jeffries, Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Hermione Gingold Circus man Phineas T. Barnum and pals try to put a rocket on the moon by blasting it out of a huge cannon built into the side of a Welsh mountain. Just as well that spies, saboteurs and a lack of money manage to stop them. Inspired lunacy.
	Island Of The Doomed (Death Island) (La Isla De La Muerte) (Maneater Of Hydra) Orbita Films / Theumer Filmproduktion Ernst R. von Theumer Cameron Mitchell, George Martin, Elisa Montes, Rolf von Nauckhoff, Kai Fisher A new 'Doctor Moreau' type develops some interesting carnivorous plants, including a blood-sucking tree, on a remote island. Presumably a sucamore. You Tube			Yongkari, Monster Of The Deep (Dai Koesu Yongkari) AIP-TV / Kuk Dong / Toei Kiduck Kim Yungil Oh, Chungim Nam, Soonjai Lee, Moon Kang, Kwang Ho Lee Korean earthquakes are the result of activity by Yongkari, a prehistoric creature that lives on gasoline, and decides it is going to go on the rampage through the city of Seoul. And you thought it was only the Japanese that had this problem… Also see Japanese SciFi
	The Mysterious Wall (Tajnstvennaya Stena) (We Are Martians) Mosfilm Irina Povolotskaya and Mikhail Sadkovich Tatyana Lavrova, Irakli Uchaneishvili, Andrei Mironov, Velentin Nikulin, Sandro Zhorzholyani Nikolai Barmin, Georgi Tusuzov, Yevgeni Shutov, Viktor Sysoyev, Yuri Leonidov Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Yelena Bratslavskaya, Mikhail Orlov, V. Kozlov Soviet physicists investigate a mysterious object identified as 'The Wall' that periodically re-appears in the same location. It looks like a thunder cloud that surrounds a certain area and cannot be penetrated by radio waves. It is in that location that they build a lab to study it. No-one is allowed to approach the Wall as they are told by the military that it poses a danger — but for whom, how and why remains unclear. More info			The Ambushers Columbia Pictures Corporation Henry Levin Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule, James Gregory, Albert Salmi, Kurt Kasznar Beverly Adams, David Mauro, Roy Jenson, John Brascia, Linda Foster, Edit Angold Kyra Bester, Penny Brahms, Lena Cederham, Dee Duffy, Karin Fedderson, Joe Gray Tomiko Ishizuka, Marilyn Tindall, Ulla Lindstrom, Susannah Moore, Annabella, Jann Watson Terri Hughes The third film in the girl-laden 'Matt Helm' series where a government flying saucer is hijacked by laser beam. ICE sends Matt Helm undercover to try and get the machine back from the power-seeking Jose Ortega. The other films in the series were 'Murderer's Row' 'The Silencers' and 'The Wrecking Crew'. Also see Bond Films and Spoofs
	Battle Beneath The Earth MGM / Reynolds / Vetter Montgomery Tully Vivienne Ventura, Kerwin Mathews, Robert Ayres, Peter Arne, Martin Benson Vivienne, in her less than cover-all jumpsuit, helps the Americans fight off an invasion attempt by an evil Chinese mandarin and his army who have tunnelled through the earth using laser weapons.			The Solarnauts Wonderama Productions John Moxey John Garfield, Derek Fowlds, John Ringham, Alex Scott, Martine Beswick, John Connell Peter Blair-Stewart, Leslie Crawford, Virginia Wetherell, Cliff Diggins, Romo Gorrara Jan Leeming, Frank Maher, George Roubicek An unaired TV pilot about a Starfleet-like organisation that patrols the solar system. An alien called Logik can control dangerous space-clouds and holds an Earth city hostage until he gets mining rights over Mars.
	Quatermass And The Pit (Five Million Years To Earth) Hammer / Anthony Nelson Keys Roy Ward Baker James Donald, Barbara Kelly, Andrew Keir, Julian Glover, Maurice Good, James Culliford The third film in the Quatermass series.A buried spacecraft containing long-dormant insect-like Martians is discovered during excavation work in London. Strange things happen during the recovery and exposition of the artefacts. Also see Hammer Films You Tube			Creature Of Destruction Azalea Pictures Larry Buchanan Les Tremayne, Pat Delaney, Aron Kincaid, Neil Fletcher, Annabelle Weenick, Roger Ready Ron Scott, Suzanne Roy, Byron Lord, Barnett Shaw, Scotty McKay A hypnotist uses his powers to revert his sister all the way back into a primeval sea creature, then claims to be able to predict when the monster will attack by using the creature to carry out a series of murders. The film is a remake of 'The She Creature'. You Tube
	Journey To The Center Of Time (Time Warp) Ember / Flamingo / Borealis-Dorad David Hewitt Scott Brady, Gigi Perreau, Anthony Eisley, Abraham Sofaer, Poupee Gamin Scientists accidentally send themselves to 5000 A.D. into the middle of a war with aliens. As if that isn't bad enough, they then get taken back to one million B.C. where they get attacked by prehistoric monsters. Wonder if they bumped into Raquel Welch……