American films of 1962

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Cinema of the
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A list of American films released in 1962.













Contents

[edit] A-F

Title Director Cast Genre Studio/Notes
1962
The 300 Spartans Rudolph Maté Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker Adventure 20th Century Fox
Advise and Consent Otto Preminger Drama Columbia Pictures
All Fall Down John Frankenheimer Drama MGM
The Bellboy and the Playgirls Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Umgelter Comedy
Big Red (film) Norman Tokar Family adventure Walt Disney
Billy Rose's Jumbo Charles Walters Musical comedy MGM
Birdman of Alcatraz John Frankenheimer Burt Lancaster Prison drama United Artists
Bon Voyage! Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran Walt Disney
Boys' Night Out Michael Gordon Comedy MGM
The Brain That Wouldn't Die Joseph Green Sci-Fi horror American International Pictures
Buddies Thicker Than Water Gene Deitch MGM
Cape Fear J. Lee Thompson Film noir Universal Pictures
Carmen Get It! Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
Carnival of Souls Herk Harvey Supernatural horror
The Chapman Report George Cukor Drama Warner Bros.
Convicts 4 Millard Kaufman Prison biography United Artists
The Creation of the Humanoids Wesley Barry Sci-Fi
David and Lisa Frank Perry Romantic drama
Days of Wine and Roses Blake Edwards Drama Warner Bros.
Experiment in Terror Blake Edwards Film noir Columbia Pictures

[edit] F-H

Title Director Cast Genre Studio/Notes
Five Finger Exercise Daniel Mann Drama Columbia Pictures
Follow that Dream Gordon Douglas Elvis Presley Musical United Artists
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Vincente Minnelli Drama MGM
Gay Purr-ee Abe Levitow Animated musical Warner Bros.
Gigot Gene Kelly Comedy 20th Century Fox
Girls! Girls! Girls! Norman Taurog Elvis Presley Musical comedy Paramount Pictures
Gypsy Mervyn LeRoy Musical Warner Bros.
Heaven and Earth Magic Harry Everett Smith Experimental animation
Hell Is for Heroes Don Siegel WWII Paramount Pictures
High Steaks Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
How the West Was Won (film) John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe Epic western MGM

[edit] I-O

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
I Thank a Fool Robert Stevens Crime MGM
The Intruder Roger Corman Drama
It Happened In Athens Jayne Mansfield Comedy 20th Century Fox
It's Only Money Frank Tashlin Comedy Paramount Pictures
Jack the Giant Killer (film) Nathan H. Juran Family/fantasy
The Jet Cage Looney Tunes Animated short Warner Bros.
Kid Galahad Phil Karlson Elvis Presley Musical
The L-Shaped Room Bryan Forbes Drama Columbia Pictures, with the UK
Lolita Stanley Kubrick Comedy drama MGM
Lonely Are the Brave David Miller Kirk Douglas Western Themes of anarchism
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962 film) Sidney Lumet Drama Embassy Pictures
The Longest Day Ken Annakin WWII 20th Century Fox
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin Western Paramount Pictures
The Manchurian Candidate John Frankenheimer Political thriller
The Manster George Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane Horror United Artists. With Japan
The Miracle Worker (1962 film) Arthur Penn Drama United Artists
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol Abe Levitow Christmas Classic Media
Mouse Into Space Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Henry Koster James Stewart Comedy 20th Century Fox
The Music Man Morton DaCosta Musical Warner Bros.
Mutiny on the Bounty Lewis Milestone Marlon Brando Seafaring drama MGM
My Geisha Jack Cardiff Comedy Paramount Pictures

[edit] P-Z

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Panic in Year Zero! Ray Milland Sci-Fi American International Pictures
Period of Adjustment George Roy Hill Christmas MGM
Red Nightmare George Waggner Cold War Paramount Pictures
The Reluctant Saint Edward Dmytryk Catholicism
Requiem for a Heavyweight Ralph Nelson Boxing Columbia Pictures
Ride the High Country Sam Peckinpah Western MGM
The Ring of Terror Clark L. Paylow Horror
The Road to Hong Kong Norman Panama Road comedy United Artists
Rome Adventure Delmer Daves Romance Warner Bros.
Savage Sam Children's western Walt Disney
Sergeants 3 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop Rat Pack
Something's Got to Give George Cukor Marilyn Monroe 20th Century Fox. Notoriously unfinished due to Monroe's death
The Spiral Road Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives, Reggie Nalder and Neva Patterson Drama
State Fair José Ferrer Musical 20th Century Fox
Sweet Bird of Youth Richard Brooks MGM
A Symposium on Popular Songs Walt Disney
Tales of Terror Roger Corman Horror anthology MGM
Tarzan Goes to India John Guillermin Action adventure MGM, with UK
Tender Is the Night Henry King Drama 20th Century Fox
That Touch of Mink Delbert Mann Romantic comedy 3 Academy Award nominations
The Commies Are Coming, the Commies Are Coming George Waggner Short Cold War drama Warner Bros.
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules Edward Bernds Three Stooges Comedy Columbia Pictures
The Three Stooges in Orbit Edward Bernds Three Stooges Comedy-Sci-Fi Columbia Pictures
To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Mulligan Drama Universal Pictures
Tonight for Sure Francis Ford Coppola Western
Tower of London Roger Corman Historical horror drama
The Trial Orson Welles Independent
Two for the Seesaw Robert Wise Drama United Artists
Walk on the Wild Side (story) Edward Dmytryk Drama Columbia Pictures
War Hunt Denis Sanders John Saxon, Charles Aidman, and Robert Redford Korean War United Artists
The War Lover Philip Leacock War Columbia Pictures
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film) Robert Aldrich Psycho thriller Warner Bros.
Who's Got the Action? Daniel Mann Comedy Paramount Pictures
Wild Guitar Ray Dennis Steckler Musical
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Henry Levin Biographical MGM
The World's Greatest Sinner Timothy Carey Drama
Zotz! William Castle Comedy/horror Columbia Pictures
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