Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1954)

THIS IS YOUR PRODUCT All The Vital Details on Current &) Coming Features ALLIED ARTISTS July RETURN FROM THE SEA Jan Sterling, Neville Brand. Producer Scott R. Dunlap. Director Lesley Selander. War drama. Chief Bos'n's Mate takes charge of destroyer when executive officers are killed in battle. Returns home a hero to marry girl he loves. 80 min. WEAK AND THE WICKED, THE Glynis Johns, John Gregson. Producer Victor Skutezky. Director J. LeeThompson. Drama. Framed in fraud case young woman is sentenced to two years in prison. She is thrown among wicked women and involved in escape. 72 min. August KILLER LEOPARD Johnny Sheffield, Beverly Garland. Produced arrd directed by Ford Beebe. Melodrama. Bomba helps beautiful screen star track down runaway husband in wilds of Arfica. 70 min. SECURITY RISK John Ireland, Dorothy Malone. Producer William F. Broidy. Director Harold Schuster. Melodrama. FBI agent on vacation thwarts communists who kill scientist and steal secret papers. 69 min. September JUNGLE GENTS Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, (Bowery Boys). Producer Ben Schwalb. Director Edward Bernds. Comedy. Discovering that one of the boys can actually smell diamonds, the gang goes to Africa to find a fortune in stolen diamonds. 64 min. TWO GUNS AND A BADGE Wayne Morris. Director Lewis D. Collins. Producer Vincent M. Fennelly. Western. Ei-convict is made deputy sheriff. Finds love and new life by ridding town of outlaws. 69 min. October BOB MATHIAS STORY, THE Bob Mathias, Melba Math ias. Ward Bond. Producers James L. Fallon, William E. Selwyn. Director Francis D. Lyon. Sports drama. Biography of Olympic Decathlon champion from high school days to present. tO min. HUMAN JUNGLE, THE Gaiy Merrill, Jan Sterling. Producer Hayes Goetz. Director Joe Newman. Murdermeller. Young police captain revamps police squad, cleans up tough section and solves murder. 82 min. November CRY VENGENCE Mark Stevens, Martha Hyer, Jean Vohs. Producer Lindsley Parsons. Director Stevens. Melodrama. Former detective released from prison after serving long term for crime he didn't commit seeks revenge against men who framed him. 83 min. TARGET EARTH Richard Denning. Virginia Gray. Producer Herman Cohen. Director Sherman A. Rose. Science Fiction. Earth is invaded by army of robots from the planet Venus. 75 min. December PORT OF HELL Wayne Morris, Dane Clark, Marole Mathews. Producer William F. Broidy. Director Harold Schuster. Melodrama. Port Warden of Los Angeles harbor learns docked freighter has atomic bomb aboard which is to be set off in communist plot to destroy the harbor. 80 min. TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT Technicolor. David Niven, Yvonne de Carlo, Barry Fitzgerald. Comedy. Irish fantasy with comic flavor. 88 min. Coming ANNAPOLIS STORY. THE Technicolor. John Derek Kevin McCarthy, Diana Lynn. Producer Walter Mirisch! Director Don Siegel. Drama. Brothers who graduated from Annapolis together split over a girl but are eventually reconciled during combat as jet fighter pilots in Korea. BOWERY TO BAGDAD Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, ISowery Boys). Producer Ben Schwalb. Director Edward Nernds. Comedy. Bowery Boys find Aladdin's magic lamp and resulting adventures take them to Bagdad. 64 min. COLUMBIA July CAINE MUTINY, THE I Pre-release ) Technicolor. Humphr.y Bogart, Van Johnson, Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray. Director Edward Dmytryk. Producer Stanley Kramer. Sea drama. From the famed best-seller by Merman Wouk, of a mutiny aboard a U S Navv d»itroy»r 125 min. ' HELL BELOW ZERO T.chnicolor. Alan Ladd Director Mark Robson. Producers Irving Allen. Albert Broccoli Sea adventure. Murder and elements combine to make complication for «-navy skipper in the Antartic. 91 min. INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Cliff. Director Vittorio de Sica. Producers David O. Selznick and de Sica. Drama. Made in Italy, ("Bicycle Thief") de Sica's first English language film. 63 min. OUTLAW STALLION, THE Technicolor. Phil Carey, Dorothy Patrick. Producer Wallace MacDonald. Director Fred F. Sears. Western drama. Boy's devotion to wild stallion leads to capture of horse thieves. 64 min. August LAW VS. BILLY THE KID, THE Technicolor. Scott Brady, Betta St. John. Producer Sam Katzman. Director William Castle. Western. Revenging himself on crooked sheriff and outlaw gang, Billy the Kid runs afcul the law, and is eventually killed by his best friend. 73 min. PUSHOVER Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey. Producer Jules Schermer. Director Richard Cpuine. Melodrama. Detective falls in love with gunman's girl. His desire for her turns him against law. 88 min. September BLACK DAKOTAS, THE Technicolor. Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix. Producer Wallace MacDonald. Director Ray Nazarro. Western. Confederate spys plot to send Sioux Nation on warpath thereby tieing up large Union army force. 65 min. BULLET IS WAITING, A Technicolor. Jean Simmons, Rory Calhoun, Stephen McNally, Brian Aherne. Producer Howard Welsch. Director John Farrow. Melodrama. Plane crash strands sheriff and suspected murderer in California wilderness. Violence flares when they seek shelter in lonely cabin occupied by a beautiful girl. 82 min. HUMAN DESIRE Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford. Director Fritz Lang. Melodrama. Korean war veteran becomes involved with married woman who sells herself and becomes a partner in murder to achieve selfish ends. 90 min. October ON THE WATERFRONT Marlon Brando, Karl Maiden. Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint. Producer Sam Spiegel. Director Elia Kazan. Melodrama. Ex-fighter involved in racketeers' domination of longshoremen is moved to rebel against the syndicate by love of woman. 108 min. THREE HOURS TO KILL Technicolor. Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster. Producer Harry Joe Brown. Director Alfred Werker. Western. Framed for murder three years earlier, cowboy returns home to clear his name. 77 min. November AFFAIRS OF MESSALINA, THE Maria Felix, Georges Marchal. Director Gallane. Historical drama. lOi min. BLACK KNI6HT, THE Technicolor. Alan Ladd Patricia Medina. Producers Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli. Director Tay Sarnett. Adventure. Poor sword-maker rises up to become knight and saves King Arthur, England and Christianity from pagans. 85 min. CANNIBAL ATTACK Johnny Weissmuller, Judy Walsh. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Lee Sholem. Jungle meller. Jungle Jim solves mysterious cobalt thefts by savage cannibal tribe. FIRE OVER AFRICA Technicolor. Maureen O'Hara, MacDonald Carey. Producer M. J. Frankovich. Director Richard Sale. Adventure-meller. Tangier customs officials employ woman secret agent to help break up smuggling rinfl. 84 min. December PHFFFT Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson. Producer Fred Kohlmar. Director Mark Robson. Comedy. Bored by their marriage, professional couple find that their freedom is even worse. 88 min. THEY RODE WEST Donna Reed, Robert Francis. Director Phil Karlson. Producer Lewis Rachmil, Western. Doctor at frontier Armv post incurs enmity of fellftw officers when he administers to hostile Indians. 84 min. Coming CANGA'CEIRO Produced by Vera Cruz Productions with all-Brazilian cast. Director Lima Barreto. Action drama. Story of bandits who terrorized Brazil for almost 100 years and lived by their particular code of honor and justice. 92 min. DETECTIVE, THE Alec Guiness, Joan Greenwood. Director Robert Hamer. Producer Vivian Cox. Comedy drama. British made, with Guiness as whimsical priest in the G. K. Chesterton stories who runs a haven for ex-convicts, using it for crime-busting. 91 min. BAMBOO PRISON Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Irian Keith. Producer Iryan Foy. Director Lewis Seller. War Drama U. S. intelligence officers masquerade as c»llaborators in Korean prison camp in order to spy on ttie Communists MASTERSON OF KANSAS Technicolor. George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffith. Producer Sam Katzman. Director William Castle. Western. Bat Masterson saves wrongly convicted man from hanging and puts down threat of Indian war. PIRATES OF TRIPOLI Technicolor. Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Felix Feist. Costume adventure. Morrocan princess enlists aid of pirate leader to help drive savage hordes from her kingdom. THREE FOR THE SHOW CinemaScope, Technicolor Betty Grable, Marge & Gower Champion, Jack Lemmon. Producer Jonie Taps. Director H. C. Potter. Musical. Musical comedy writer reported killed in Korea returns home to find wife remarried to best friend VIOLENT MEN, THE Technicolor, Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson. Producer Lewis J. Rachmil. Director Rudolph Mate. Western. Ex-cavalry officer leads small ranchers against encroaching land baron. 1. F. E. August HELL RAIDERS OF THE DEEH English Language Eleonora Rossi Drago. Cossa, DeLaurentis Producers. Director Duilio Coletti. War drama. Deals with the adventures of Italian Navy frogmen during World War 11 War II. 93 min. September BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS Sub-titles. Gina Lollo brigida, Vittorio DeSica. Titanus Films production. Director Luigi Comencini. Drama. Joys and minor tragedies of life in a mountain town. 90 min. CITY STANDS TRIAL English. Silvana Pampanini. Amedeo Nazzari. Director Luigi Zampa. Melodrama. Suspense story of murder investigation in corrput city. 105 min. GOLDEN COACH, THE English. Technicolor. Anna Magnani. Director Jean Renoir. Musical drama. 17th century tale of beautiful actress. 105 min. LOVE IN THE CITY English. All star cast. Producer Cesare Zavattini. Omnibus. Portrayal of various ways of love and women who practice them presented in "March of Time" style. 110 min. October GIRLS MARKED DANGER English Language. Silvana Pampanini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Vittorio Gassman. Producers Dino De Laurentis & Carlo Ponti. Director Luigi Comencini. Drama. Expose of vice ring involving girls who enter dance marathon. 75 min. HUSBAND FOR ANNA, A English Language. Silvana Pampanini. Producer D. F. Davanzati. Director G. De Santis. Drama. Trials and tribulations of woman in search of love and husband. 105 min. TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE English Language. Marina Vlady. Producer Niccolo Theodoli. Director L. De Felice. Drama. Story of love between two 15-yearolds which ends tragically. November AGAINST THE WALL En«[. Lang. Silvana Manqano. Adventure. Turn-of-century bandit eafages in rivalry with police officer for love of Manfano. AIDA Color Eng. Nar. Sophia Loren, Lois Maxwell, Ballet Corps of Rome. Producer F. De Martlno. Director Clemente Fracassi. Opera. Verdi's story of rivalry between Egyptian princess and slave girl for love of Egyptian officer. 95 min. HURDY-GURDY Pathecolor. English. Producer, Lux Films. Director Ettore Giannini. Ballet-drama. Threecentury story of Naples told thru medium of ballet. Continuity provided by drama Involving "show business" family thru the ages. MADEMOISELLE GOBETTE Eng. Lanq. Silvana Pampanini, Carlo Dapporto. Excelsa-Amato prodactieo Comedy drama. Dancer becomes entangled with law because of icanty costume. THEODORA, SLAVE EMPRESS Pathecolor. English Italo-French co-production by Lux. Director Riccardo Freda. Historical drama. Beautiful slave girl rises to become Empress of Byzantine empire. 88 min. VOICE OF SILENCE Eng. Lan?. Rossana Podesta Cosetta Greco. Produced by Cine»-Fraaco London. Drama. Story of men who make 3-day religious retreat and families and sweethearts they leave behind. 85 min. INDEPENDENTS September PRIVATE HELL 36 IFIlmakersI Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran. Howard Duff. Producer Collier Younq. DirMtor Don Siegel. Melodrama. Police detectives workinf o» murder case steal some "hot" noney and are eventnally trapped by police captain. 81 min. FILM B U L L E T I N — T H I S IS YOUR PRODUCT