Adventure Movies of 1962
Mutiny on the Bounty
This colorful remake of the 1935 version again concerns the crew and treatment of the HMS Bounty by a cold hearted sadistic captain. Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) boards the ship in Portsmouth, England, to ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
Cartouche
Jean-Paul Belmondo romps his way through the role of 18th century French bandit chief Cartouche. At first robbing from everyone in sight (he has to -- he's head man of a Parisian crime syndicate) Cartouche is rechanneled ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
Five Weeks in a Balloon
With Five Weeks in a Balloon, 20th Century-Fox hoped to cash on ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
Damn the Defiant!
Damn the Defiant! is an 18th-century seafaring drama from director Lewis Gilbert. Alec Guinness plays the stern but compassionate captain of a British warship, ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
Hatari!
Hatari! is Swahili for "danger"--and also the word for action, adventure and broad comedy in this two-fisted Howard Hawks effort. John Wayne stars ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
In Search of the Castaways
Based on Jules Verne's novel Captain Grant's Children, In Search of the Castaways is a roller-coaster of a Disney film, making up in excitement what it lacks in credibility or coherence. ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
Sanjuro
Set in the mid-19th century when the disintegration of a rigid social structure was turning the once ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
The Magic Sword
In this fun-filled adventure-fantasy, a rookie ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
No Man Is an Island
This is a routine docudrama on the life of George R. Tweed, a World War II hero played by Jeffrey Hunter. Tweed was trapped on Guam from the day when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and began their Pacific campaign. Tweed manages to ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
Adventures of Sinbad
This Japanese cartoon, based on the old Arabian Nights tale, tells of adventurer/sailor Sinbad. He sets out with his friend Ali to find the legendary Treasure Island, while protecting a beautiful princess from an evil ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules
The titular monster is the multi-headed Hydra, a familiar figure in sword-and-sandal epics. The hero, played by Reg Lewis, must ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
The Tale of Zatoichi
This Japanese adventure is the first in what would become a long series of films chronicling the many adventures of Zatoichi, the blind gambler and former samurai, who travels the islands of Japan to ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
El Rapto de las Sabinas
In this sword and sandal adventure set in the earliest days of Rome, Romulus kills his twin and takes control ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
The Return of Zatoichi
In this, the second film in the acclaimed Blind Swordsman series, Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), the roving warrior and masseur, is hired to ... [ Adventure movie - 1962 ]
