Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) follows Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) to the quiet coastal town of Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends his weekends with his sister and mother. Shortly after she arrives, Melanie is attacked by a sea gull. What starts out as an isolated incident turns into a plague, as an immense flock of birds descends upon the town and begins to kill its innocent citizens. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Suzanne Pleshette. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 1963.
1963 in The Birds
Cleoptra (Elizabeth Taylor) is the Queen of Egypt and the most beautiful woman in the world. Trying to use the political conflict in the Roman Empire to solidify her control of Egypt, she seduces both Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) and his opponent, Marc Antony (Richard Burton), but ends up dooming herself and her people to Roman domination. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian and Darryl F. Zanuck. With Pamela Brown and George Cole. Categories: Drama, Romance, History. Year: 1963.
1963 in Cleopatra
When James Bond (Sean Connery) travels to Istanbul to purchase a Russian cipher machine from a renegade Russian agent, he unwittingly falls into a trap set by members of an international terrorist outfit to avenge their comrade Dr. No. Directed by Terence Young. With Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw and Bernard Lee. Categories: Action, Adventure, Thriller, James Bond. Year: 1963.
1963 in From Russia with Love
A group of POWs work out a complicated plan to escape from their heavily guarded and reportedly escape-proof prison camp. Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett (Richard Attenborough) organizes the men, Hendley (James Garner) scrounges for hard to find contraband and Danny Velinski (Charles Bronson) is in charge of the digging. Capt. Hilts (Steve McQueen) keeps everything cool and pulls off one of the most famous motorcycle chases of all time. Directed by John Sturges. With James Donald, Donald Pleasence and James Coburn. Categories: Adventure, War, Action, Drama. Year: 1963.
1963 in The Great Escape
With the help of the magician Merlin (Karl Swenson), Wart (voiced by Rickie Sorensen, Richard Reitherman and Robert Reitherman), a lowly squire to Sir Kay (Norman Alden) in the house of Sir Ector (Sebastian Cabot) removes the mighty sword Excalibur from its stone resting place and must learn to wield its legendary power in order to become King Arthur. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. With Junius Matthews, Ginny Tyler and Alan Napier. Categories: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music. Year: 1963.
1963 in The Sword in the Stone