Ferry Cross The Mersey

United Artists

Jeremy Summers

Gerry and The Pacemakers, Cilla Black, Jimmy Savile
Deryck Guyler, Patricia Lawrence, Julie Samuel
Margaret Nolan, The Fourmost, The Blackwells
Earl Royce and The Olympics, The Black Knights, The Koobas

Youth culture musical. A local pop group takes part in a 'battle of the bands', eventually beating the 'bad' guys, The Blackwells, who sported bleached blond hair. The end song, played over the credits was
'It's Gonna Be Alright'

Kimberley Jim

Emil Nofal / Jamie Uys

Emil Nofal

Jim Reeves, Madeleine Usher, Clive Parnell, Arthur Swemmer
Vonk DeRidder, Tromp Terreblanche, Mike Holt, Dawid Van Der Walt
Ruth Neethling, George Moore, Freddie Prozesky
Don Leonard, Morris Blake

Light-hearted musical comedy about two gamblers who win a diamond mine in a game of poker. A rare screen appearance for Jim Reeves

What's New Pussycat?

United Artists / Famous Artists

Clive Donner

Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress
Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss

Swinging Sixties culture. A fashion editor is 'plagued' by beautiful girls. General sixties background music

Village Of The Giants

Berkeley Productions / Embassy Pictures Corporation / Joseph E.Levine

Bert I.Gordon

Tommy Kirk, Beau Bridges, Ron Howard, Joy Harman, Johnny Crawford
Vicki London, Toni Basil, Freddy Cannon

Beach culture 'sci-fi' movie, based on the H.G.Wells story
'Food Of The Gods', with general West coast music soundtrack

The Beatles At Shea Stadium

NEMS Enterprises / SubaFilms

Dick Fontaine

Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

48 minute documentary film of The Beatles' legendary American concert

Catch Us If You Can ( Having A Wild Weekend )

Anglo Amalgamated / Bruton

John Boorman

The Dave Clark Five, Barbara Ferris, David Lodge
Robin Bailey, Yootha Joyce

Youth culture pop music vehicle for The Dave Clark Five.
A stuntman, played by Dave Clark, and a model ( Barbara Ferris ) cut out of an advertising shoot and disappear on a trip around the country. They stick together despite several disagreements and eventually find that the 'story' of their travels has been made a part of the advertising campaign that they had been so keen to escape from in the first place



A Swingin' Summer

United Screen Arts

Robert Sparr

James Stacy, William Wellman Jr, Quinn O'Hara, Martin West
Mary Mitchel, Raquel Welch, Allan Jones

Musical pop movie.
A film that gets away from the 'beach' fixation of the time - a story about a group of college friends, two guys and a girl who spend their summer trying to becoming concert promoters at a lakeside mountain resort, succeeding in bringing in some headline pop sounds.
As well as the lovely Quinn O'Hara, the film featured Raquel Welch in her first starring role.
Artists: Gypsy Boots, Jody Miller, The Rip Chords, Donnie Brooks
The Righteous Brothers, Gary Lewis and The Playboys



The Monkey's Uncle

Walt Disney

Robert Stevenson

Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, The Beach Boys, Cheryl Miller
Leon Tyler, Leon Ames, Gage Clark

Beach culture 'sci-fi' movie.
The sequel to 'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones' (1964)


not from film

Dateline Diamonds

Rank / Viscount

Jeremy Summers

Ronald Bridges, Anna Carteret, Kenneth Cope, Vanda Godsell, David Kirk
Gertan Klauber, Patsy Rowlands, Tony Windsor

Pop culture adventure involving the offshore RADIO LONDON
'pirate' radio station with great location shots
Artists: The Chantelles, Kiki Dee and soundtrack by The Small Faces

The Pleasure Girls

Compton Tekli

Gerry O'Hara

Ian McShane, Francesca Annis, Tony Tanner, Klaus Kinski
Mark Eden, Suzanna Leigh
( see left - not from film )

Youth culture. All about some girl flatmates and their boyfriend trouble

Seaside Swingers ( Every Day's A Holiday )

Maycroft / Fitzroy / Grand National

James Hill

Mike Sarne, John Leyton, Ron Moody, Liz Fraser, Grazina Frame
Susan Baker, Jennifer Baker, Nicholas Parsons, Michael Ripper
Hazel Hughes, Richard O'Sullivan, Peter Gilmore
Freddie and The Dreamers, The Mojos, The Leroys

Pop musical movie story based around a youth talent show

Darling

Anglo-Amalgamated / Vic Films / Appia

John Schlesinger

Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Roland Curram
Alex Scott, Basil Henson, Pauline Yates

A cinematic look at Swinging Sixties middle-class culture love lives
with soundtrack by Johnny Dankworth

Gonks Go Beat

Anglo Amalgamated / Titan

Robert Hartford-Davis

Kenneth Connor, Frank Thornton, Barbara Brown, Iain Gregory
Terry Scott, Jerry Desmonde

Pop 'musical' based on Romeo and Juliet with a sci-fi sub-plot
( yeah . . . I know . . . ) as an alien visitor comes to Earth and arranges
a music competition between the rival peoples of Beatland and Balladisle.

Music by: Lulu and The Luvvers, The Nashville Teens , Elaine and Derek
The Graham Bond Organisation, Alan David, The Long And The Short
The Troles, Ray Lewis and The Trekkers, The Vacqueros

Help!

United Artists / Walter Shenson / Suba Films

Dick Lester

The Beatles, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti

Pop movie with a crazy story built around the music of the 'Fab Four'. Originally titled 'Eight Arms To Hold You'


not from film

I've Gotta Horse ( Wonderful Day )

Windmill / Larry Parnes

Kenneth Hume

Billy Fury, Amanda Barrie, Tom Bowman, Bill Fraser, Peter Gilmore
Jon Pertwee, Michael Medwin, The Bachelors, The Gamblers

Pop musical based on youth culture, a movie vehicle for ballad king and rock'n'roller Billy, co-starring the lovely Amanda and those eyes . . .

Pop Gear ( GoGo Mania )

Associated British Pictures

Frederick Goode

Pop 'documentary' film hosted by Jimmy Savile ( pic )

Artists: The Rockin' Berries, Billie Davis, Matt Monro, The Animals
The Nashville Teens, The Fourmost, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
The Spencer Davis Group, Sounds Incorporated, Susan Maughan
The Beatles, Herman's Hermits, The Honeycombs, The Four Pennies
Peter and Gordon, Tommy Quickly and The Remo Four ( pic )

When The Boys Meet The Girls

United Artists / MGM / Four Leaf

Alvin Ganzer

Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Sue Ane Langdon, Pepper Davis
Tony Reese, Domingo Samudio

Pop musical in which Connie and her father open a new night club.
Artists featured include Herman's Hermits, Liberace, Louis Armstrong
Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs

Three Hats For Lisa

Seven Hills Productions / Jack Hanbury

Sidney Hayers

Joe Brown and The Bruvvers, Sid James, Sophie Hardy, Una Stubbs
Dave Nelson, Peter Bowles, Eric Barker, Josephine Blake

Youth culture musical comedy. Odd sort of episodic film in which Joe Brown stars as 'Johnny Howjego'. Joe Brown and Una Stubbs help a French tourist collect an assortment of unusual headgear during a trip to 60s London. Sid James sings the unforgettable ditty 'Bermondsey'!

Up Jumped a Swagman

Associated British Pictures / Ivy

Christopher Miles

Frank Ifield, Suzy Kendall

Musical story vehicle for talented antipodean crooner Frank

Beach Ball

Paramount Pictures

Lennie Weinrib

Ed Byrnes, Chris Noel, Robert Logan, Aron Kincaid

Beach culture pop music movie featuring performances from
Diana Ross and The Supremes, The Four Seasons
The Righteous Brothers, The Hondells, The Walker Brothers

The Knack ( . . . and How To Get It)

United Artists / Woodfall

Richard Lester

Michael Crawford, Ray Brooks, Rita Tushingham, Donal Donnelly

Swinging London youth culture comedy. Anarchy rules as boys try to make female conquests

Be My Guest

Three Kings

Lance Comfort

David Hemmings, Steven Marriott, John Pike, Andrea Monet
Ivor Salter, Anna King, Avril Angers, Joyce Blair, Jerry Lee Lewis
The Nashville Teens, David Healy, Tony Wager, Robin Stewart
Monica Evans, The Zephyrs, Kenny and The Wranglers, The Niteshades

Musical drama movie in which a young man's family takes over a guest house and he discovers a plot to mount a phony music competition

Billie

Chrislaw Productions

Don Weis

Patty Duke, Jim Backus, Jane Greer, Warren Berlinger, Billy DeWolfe
Charles Lane, Dick Sargent, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Ted Bessell
Richard Deacon, Bobby Diamond, Michael Fox, Clive Clerk
Harlan Warde, Jean MacRae

American college culture movie with music, based on the Broadway show 'Time Out For Ginger'. A tomboy (and singer) is put into the all-male track team and proceeds to beat the lot of them in between singing engagements

Wild On The Beach ( Beach House Party )( Frenesi A Go-Go )

20th Century Fox

Maury Dexter

Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, Jackie Miller
Russ Bender, Cindy Malone

Beach culture movie with music.
A boy and a girl fight over a beach hut and end up falling in love
Artists: Sandy Nelson, Sonny and Cher ( Cher's screen debut )
 



The Girls On The Beach

Paramount Pictures

William Witney

Lori Saunders, Noreen Corcoran, Martin West, Linda Marshall
Steven Rodgers, Ahna Capri, Nancy Spry

American youth culture pop musical.
The girls of Alpha Beta organise a concert to save their sorority house. Featured artists are The Crickets, The Beach Boys, Lesley Gore

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Otto Preminger

Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Lucie Mannheim, Noel Coward
Delphi Lawrence, Martita Hunt, Anna Massey, Jill Melford
Laurence Olivier, Victor Maddern, Clive Revill, Suzanne Neve
Damaris Hayman, Adrienne Corri, Kika Markham, Jane Evers
John Sharp, Geoffrey Frederick, Patrick Jordan, Percy Herbert
Michael Wynne, Fred Emney, Bill Maxam, Finlay Currie, Tim Brinton
Richard Wattis, David Oxley, Megs Jenkins

Main line mystery movie, with a heavyweight all-star cast, about the apparent disappearance of a schoolgirl. The film includes an appearance by good ol' St.Albans group The Zombies, who are Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson, Colin Blunstone, Hugh Grundy and Chris White, playing themselves

Ski Party

AIP

Alan Rafkin

Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Deborah Walley, Yvonne Craig
Robert Q. Lewis, Bobbi Shaw, Aron Kincaid, Steve Rogers
Patti Chandler, Michael Nader, Salli Sachse, John Boyer, Mikki Jamison
Mickey Dora, Mary Hughes

American West Coast culture musical.
'It's where the HE's meet the SHE's on SKIS
and there's only one way to get warm
'
What is more or less the 'Beach Party' crowd go on a college skiing weekend. Musical appearances supplied by Lesley Gore and also
James Brown and The Famous Flames



Beloved Invaders

InterFilm

George M. Reid

Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards

Documentary music film on performances during The Ventures' tour of Japan at the time of recording their album 'The Ventures On Stage'


not from film

Cuckoo Patrol

Grand National Pictures Inc

Duncan Wood

Freddie Garrity, Roger Avon, Peter Birrell, Michael Brennan
Anthony Buckingham, Ernest Clark, Kenneth Connor, Dan Cornwall
Roy Crewsdon, Basil Dignam, Bennie Dwyer, Joe Gibbons, Jack Lambert
John LeMesurier, Victor Maddern, Lew Marco, Neil McCarthy
Arthur Mullard, Victor Platt, Dominic Pye, Derek Quinn
John Ross, Bill Turney, Vic Wise

Comedy musical film - no details at present

Sting Of Death

Essen Productions

William Grefe

Neil Sedaka, Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, John Castle
Blanche Devereaux, Lois Etelman, Tony Gulliver, Doug Hobart
Sandy Lee Kane, Judy Lee, Deanna Lund, Jack Nagle
Barbara Paridon, Ron Pinchbeck

Horror / Sci-fi movie set in the Florida everglades notable for a singing appearance by Neil Sedaka

Winter A Go-Go

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Richard Benedict

James Stacy, William Wellman Jr, Beverly Adams, Anthony Hayes
Jill Donohue, Tom Nardini, Duke Hobbie, Julie Parrish, Nancy Czar
Joni Lyman, Linda Rogers, Judy Parker, Bob Kanter
Walter Maslow, H. T. Tsiang

American youth culture movie in the 'Ski-party' genre i.e. Beach Party with more clothes on. A group of young people restore and operate a
run-down ski lodge.
Music from The Reflections, The Nooney Rickett Four and Joni Lyman

Ballad In Blue ( Blues For Lovers )

20th Century Fox

Paul Henreid

Ray Charles, Tom Bell, Mary Peach, Dawn Addams, Piers Bishop
Betty McDowall, Lucy Appleby, Joe Adams, Robert Lee Ross
Anne Padwick, Monika Henreid, Brendan Agnew
Vernon Hayden, Leo McCabe

Drama film with Charles playing himself in a story concerning a blind child. Lots of his hits in this movie
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