Best Action movies of 1961

Actors : Nestor de Villa, Diomedes Maturan, Marita Zobel, Nida Blanca,
Directors : F.H. Constantino,

Rip-roaring ACTION and side-splitting COMEDY become the order of the day when brawny men, bold women, and grazing cattle are thrown together in one BIG motion picture.

Actors : Myrna Delgado, Van De Leon, Eddie Mesa, Cesar Ramirez,
Directors : Danilo Santiago,

ACTION - at its greatest. A bandit - A Police Officer - Gunning down each other in a TENSION-PACKED STORY.

Actors : M. Amin, Siput Serawak, Latifah Omar, Nordin Ahmad,
Directors : Hussain Haniff,

Inspired by a Malay legend about two friends whose relationship is tested by conflicting loyalties.

Actors : Mila del Sol, Tod Andrews, Leopoldo Salcedo, Diane Jergens,

21 top Philippine and American stars in this year's biggest and boldest screen entertainment.

Actors : Tamao Nakamura, Kôjirô Hongô, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Kazuo Mori,

Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke's harrassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall.

Actors : Susan Roces, Dolphy, Jean Lopez, Luis Gonzales,
Directors : Tony Cayado,

South of the border, down Mexico (Pampanga) way you'll meet the craziest, deadliest, fastest guns alive.

Actors : Bernard Bonnin, Zaldy Zshornack, Oscar Roncal, Adorable Liwanag,
Directors : Artemio B. Tecson,

Blasting their way to greater film glory.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Shigemi Kitahara, Takashi Kanda, Jun Usami,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspicious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land ...

Actors : Rodolfo Cristobal, Chiquito, Ramon Revilla, Luz Valdez,
Directors : Larry Santiago,

AND NOW the screen is STRUCK by LIGHTNING.

Actors : Stephen Boyd, Gregory Ratoff, David Wayne, Juliette Gréco,

Misadventures of an ambitious unlucky Irishman who goes on a long and arduous trip to Africa along with his wife and bumbling cousin in hopes of starting a trucking business there.

Actors : Ken Mayer, Nancy Hadley, Jim Davis, Nestor Paiva,
Directors : Edward L. Cahn,

A trail guide leading a wagon train to the West in the 1840s discovers that the U.S. and Mexico are at war.

Actors : Caroll Montour, Al Adamson, Shirley Tegge, Sergio Virel,

Prior to the revolution, Senorita Maria San Carlos, the only daughter of a wealthy landowner, was betrothed to Escobar, a General, but Maria believes in marriage for love and runs away with...

Actors : Alberto Lupo, Alessandra Panaro, Taina Elg, Pierre Brice,
Directors : Giorgio Ferroni,

The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes.

Actors : Seok-hun Kim, Yeong-gyun Shin, Eun-hie Choi, Do Geum Bung,
Directors : Il-Ho Jang,

A child from a noble family loses his parents due to the plot of a scheming courtier. He grows up to become a Robin Hood-like thief, stealing from corrupt officials.

Actors : Lalita Pawar, Rajendra Kumar, Saroja Devi B., Mehmood,
Directors : T. Prakash Rao,

Shekhar lives a poor lifestyle along with his maternal uncle, Dharamdas; his aunt; a cousin, Sita - who is separated from her husband, Mahesh; and also has a sister, Gauri, who had eloped ...

Actors : Jure Remskar, Velimir Gjurin, Japec Jakopin, Natasa Remskar,
Directors : France Kosmac,

Children help to find dangerous criminal.

Actors : Fernando Poe Jr., Bob Soler, Alicia Vergel, Lopito,
Directors : Abraham Cruz,

Amidst the whiz of stinging bullets, HIS VOICE THUNDERED - HULING DEFIANT CHALLENGE.

Actors : Moira Orfei, Wandisa Guida, Mario Petri, Burt Nelson,
Directors : Luigi Capuano,

The jealousy of a royal cousin which turns love into hate between a gypsy queen and a princess.

Actors : Richard Harrison, Leo Anchóriz, Livio Lorenzon, Isabelle Corey,

A Roman warrior leads a revolt against an evil ruler.

Actors : Myrna Delgado, Leroy Salvador, Carmencita Abad, Amado Cortez,
Directors : Victor Mantique,

A deeply touching drama of the loves,joys,tragedies and conflicts of simple Barrio folks.