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April 1963 (Porgy and Bess)



The 5th Battalion (Signali nad gradom) (Yug - 1961 - bw) (scope)

The Awful Doctor Orlof (see: Demon Doctor, The)

Blood Money (Requiem for a Heavyweight) (USA - 1962 - bw)
A Boy Ten Feet Tall (see: Sammy Going South)

Call Me Bwana (UK - 1962)
Cleopatra's Daughter (Il sepolcro dei re) (It/Fr - 1960) (scope)
Come Blow Your Horn (USA - 1962) (scope)
Commando (see: Legion's Last Patrol, The)
Confess, Dr. Corda (Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda!) (W.Ger - 1958 - bw)

The Day Mars Invaded Earth (USA - 1962 - bw) (scope)
The Day of the Triffids (UK - 1962) (scope)
The Demon Doctor (Gritos en la noche) /USA: The Awful Doctor Orlof (Sp/It/Fr - 1962 - bw)
Donovan’s Reef (USA - 1963)

Electra (Ηλέκτρα) (Greece - 1961 - bw)
Erik the Conqueror (see: Fury of the Vikings)
The Explosive Generation (USA - 1961 - bw)

First Spaceship on Venus (Der schweigende Stern) (E.Ger/Pol - 1960) (scope) (4-channel)
Five Miles to Midnight (Le couteau dans la plaie) (Fr/It - 1962 - bw)
Fury of the Vikings (Gli invasori) /USA: Erik the Conqueror (It/Fr/W.Ger - 1961) (scope)

Goliath Against the Giants (Goliath contro i giganti) (It/Fr - 1961) (scope)
A Guy Called Caesar (UK - 1962 - bw)

Hud (USA - 1962 - bw) (scope)

The Interns (USA - 1962 - bw)

Just for Fun (UK - 1963 - bw)

The Legion's Last Patrol (Marschier und Krepier) /USA: Commando (W.Ger/It/Sp/Belg - 1962 - bw)

Maciste the Mighty (Maciste nella valle dei Re) /USA: Son of Samson (It/Fr/Yug - 1960) (scope)
Madame (Madame Sans-Gêne) (Fr/It/Sp - 1962) (Super Technirama 70) (70mm 6-channel)
The Mighty Warrior (La vendetta di Ursus) /USA: Revenge of Ursus (It - 1961) (scope)
My Six Loves (USA - 1962) ¹
Mystery Submarine (UK - 1962 - bw)

Nurse on Wheels (UK - 1963 - bw)

On the Run (UK - 1962 - bw)

Porgy and Bess (USA - 1959) (Todd-AO) (70mm 6-channel)

The Quick and the Dead (USA - 1962 - bw)

The Rebel Gladiator (Ursus: Gladiatore ribelle) (It - 1962) (scope)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (see: Blood Money)
Revenge of Ursus (see: Mighty Warrior, The)

Salvatore Giuliano (It - 1961 - bw)
Sammy Going South /USA: A Boy Ten Feet Tall (UK - 1962) (scope)
The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (Il colpo segreto di d’Artagnan) (It/Fr - 1962) (scope)
The Slave (see: Son of Spartacus)
Son of Samson (see: Maciste the Mighty)
Son of Spartacus (Il figlio di Spartacus) /USA: The Slave (It - 1962) (scope)
Stampede at Bitter Creek (USA - 1959) ²
The Stripper (see: Woman of Summer)

That Kind of Girl (UK - 1963 - bw)
Time of the Heathen (USA - 1961 - bw)

Ursus in the Valley of the Lions (Ursus nella valle dei leoni) /USA: Valley of the Lions (It - 1961) (scope)

Valley of the Lions (see: Ursus in the Valley of the Lions)
Varan the Unbelievable (USA/Jpn - 1962 - bw) (scope) ³
The Very Edge (UK - 1962 - bw) (scope)

Woman of Summer (The Stripper) (USA - 1963 - bw) (scope)

Zorro (La venganza del Zorro) /USA: Zorro the Avenger (Sp/Fr - 1961) (scope)
Zorro the Avenger (see: Zorro)

¹ Listed in a number of sources as having been filmed in VistaVision, though there is no evidence to support this claim, either on-screen or in contemporary ad-mats.

² Episodes of the TV series Walt Disney Presents (1958-61), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

³ Hugely-revised US version of Japanese film 大怪獣バラン (1958), with entirely new footage involving American actors integrated with some of the Japanese material. The original film had a 2.00:1 aspect ratio and Perspecta Sound, but the US version was reframed at 2.35:1, with mono sound.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Apr 1963. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 25 Jul 2024.


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