Bonnie (Faye Dunaway), a small-town girl, meets and falls in love with Clyde (Warren Beatty), an up-and-coming bank robber. Together, they begin a string of violent robberies that put them in the newspaper headlines, capturing the imagination of the Depression era Mid-West. Directed by Arthur Penn. With Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard and Gene Wilder. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Classic. Year: 1967.
1967 in Bonnie and Clyde
Luke (Paul Newman) is a troublemaker who ends up in a terrible Southern prison camp working on a chain gang. When he gains the reputation of being a tough man, the warden vows to break him. Despite frequent escape attempts and subsequent abuse by the officers, Luke remains a symbol of freedom and strength for his fellow inmates. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon and Lou Antonio. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama. Year: 1967.
1967 in Cool Hand Luke
A tough US Army Major (Lee Marvin) is assigned to train a dozen condemned military prisoners and lead them on a mission to assault a villa filled with Nazi officers on the eve of D-Day. Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland. Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, War. Year: 1967.
1967 in The Dirty Dozen
Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), adrift after his recent college graduation, is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), the wife of his father's business partner. Later, he finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross). But, Mrs. Robinson won't let him go so easily. Directed by Mike Nichols. Categories: Drama, Romance, Comedy. Year: 1967.
1967 in The Graduate
When African American detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) travels from Philadelphia to the rural South to visit his mother, he is falsely accused of murdering a rich white man shortly after arriving in town. After Tibbs' identity is established and he is cleared of the charges, the dead man's widow (Lee Grant) requests that he head up the murder investigation. After a rough start, Tibbs and racist police chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) put aside their differences and learn to work together to solve the crime. Directed by Norman Jewison. With Warren Oates and James Patterson. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Crime. Year: 1967.
1967 in In the Heat of the Night
The elite terrorist organization S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is at it again, and only James Bond (Sean Connery) can stop them. When an American space capsule is captured by a Russian spaceship, the American military is ready to start World War III. As Bond begins to investigate, he learns that it wasn't the Russians at all but actually a group of terrorists based in Japan. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Karin Dor and Bernard Lee. Categories: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, James Bond. Year: 1967.
1967 in You Only Live Twice