List of American films of 1962

A list of American films released in 1962.
Lawrence of Arabia won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that celebrated their 50th Anniversaries.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance starring John Wayne and James Stewart.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

1962 Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1.	Lawrence of Arabia	Columbia	$20,311,000
2.	The Longest Day	20th Century Fox	$17,600,000
3.	In Search of the Castaways	Disney	$9,975,000
4.	The Music Man	Warner Brothers	$8,100,000
5.	That Touch of Mink	Universal	$7,942,000
6.	Mutiny on the Bounty	MGM	$7,410,000
7.	To Kill a Mockingbird	Universal	$7,112,000
8.	Hatari!	Paramount	$7,000,000
9.	Gypsy	Warner Brothers	$6,000,000
10.	Bon Voyage! The Interns	Disney Columbia	$5,000,000

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A-B

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
13 West Street	Philip Leacock	Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Dolores Dorn	Drama	Columbia
The 300 Spartans	Rudolph Maté	Richard Egan, Diane Baker	Adventure	Fox
40 Pounds of Trouble	Norman Jewison	Tony Curtis, Suzanne Pleshette, Phil Silvers	Comedy	Universal
Advise & Consent	Otto Preminger	Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon	Drama	Columbia; from novel by Allen Drury
Air Patrol	Maury Dexter	Willard Parker, Merry Anders, Robert Dix	Drama	20th Century Fox
All Fall Down	John Frankenheimer	Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty	Drama	MGM
Bachelor Flat	Frank Tashlin	Terry-Thomas, Tuesday Weld, Celeste Holm	Comedy	Fox
Beauty and the Beast	Edward L. Cahn	Joyce Taylor, Mark Damon, Merry Anders	Romance	United Artists
The Bellboy and the Playgirls	Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Umgelter	June Wilkinson	Comedy
Big Red	Norman Tokar	Walter Pidgeon, Janette Bertrand	Family	Disney
Billy Rose's Jumbo	Charles Walters	Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye	Musical	MGM
Birdman of Alcatraz	John Frankenheimer	Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Telly Savalas	Drama	United Artists; four Oscar nominations
Black Gold	Leslie H. Martinson	Diane McBain, Fay Spain, Philip Carey	Adventure	Warner Bros.
Bon Voyage!	James Neilson	Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman	Family	Disney
Boys' Night Out	Michael Gordon	James Garner, Kim Novak, Tony Randall	Comedy	MGM
The Brain That Wouldn't Die	Joseph Green	Jason Evers, Virginia Leith	Science fiction	A.I.P.
The Broken Land	John A. Bushelman	Kent Taylor, Diana Darrin, Jody McCrea	Western	20th Century Fox
Brushfire	Jack Warner, Jr.	John Ireland, Jo Morrow	Drama	Paramount

C-G

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
The Cabinet of Caligari	Roger Kay	Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy	Horror	20th Century Fox
Cape Fear	J. Lee Thompson	Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Telly Savalas, Martin Balsam, Lori Martin, Barrie Chase	Film noir	Universal; remade in 1991
The Captive City	Joseph Anthony	David Niven, Ben Gazzara, Martin Balsam, Lea Massari	Drama	A.I.P
Carnival of Souls	Herk Harvey	Candace Hilligoss, Art Ellison	Horror	Harcourt Productions
The Chapman Report	George Cukor	Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom	Drama	Warner Bros.
Confessions of an Opium Eater	Albert Zugsmith	Vincent Price, Philip Ahn	Crime	Allied Artists
Convicts 4	Millard Kaufman	Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Sammy Davis Jr.	Drama	United Artists
The Couch	Owen Crump	Grant Williams, Shirley Knight	Horror	Warner Bros.
The Counterfeit Traitor	George Seaton	William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith	War	Paramount
The Creation of the Humanoids	Wesley Barry	Don Megowan, Dudley Manlove	Science fiction
David and Lisa	Frank Perry	Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin	Drama	Vision Associates Productions; two Oscar nominations
Days of Wine and Roses	Blake Edwards	Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Jack Klugman	Drama	Warner Bros.; Oscar for Best Song; five nominations
Deadly Duo	Reginald Le Borg	Marcia Henderson, Irene Tedrow	Drama	United Artists
Don't Knock the Twist	Oscar Rudolph	Chubby Checker, Lang Jeffries	Musical	Columbia
Dr. No	Terence Young	Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman	Spy	United Artists
Escape from East Berlin	Robert Siodmak	Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer	Drama	MGM
Escape from Zahrain	Ronald Neame	Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden	Adventure	Paramount
Experiment in Terror	Blake Edwards	Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Ross Martin	Film noir	Columbia
FBI Code 98	Leslie H. Martinson	Jack Kelly, Ray Danton	Crime	Warner Bros.
The Firebrand	Maury Dexter	Kent Taylor, Valentin de Vargas, Lisa Montell	Western	20th Century Fox
Five Finger Exercise	Daniel Mann	Rosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins	Drama	Columbia
Five Miles to Midnight	Anatole Litvak	Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins	Suspense	United Artists
Five Weeks in a Balloon	Irwin Allen	Red Buttons, Barbara Eden	Adventure	20th Century Fox
Follow That Dream	Gordon Douglas	Elvis Presley, Anne Helm, Arthur O'Connell, Joanna Moore, Simon Oakland, Roland Winters	Musical	United Artists
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Vincente Minnelli	Glenn Ford, Lee J. Cobb, Charles Boyer	Drama	MGM
Freud: The Secret Passion	John Huston	Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks	Biography	Universal
Gay Purr-ee	Abe Levitow	(voices of) Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons	Animated Musical	Warner Bros.
Geronimo	Arnold Laven	Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi	Western	United Artists
Gigot	Gene Kelly	Jackie Gleason	Comedy	Fox
A Girl Named Tamiko	John Sturges	Laurence Harvey, France Nuyen	Drama	Paramount
Girls! Girls! Girls!	Norman Taurog	Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Laurel Goodwin	Musical	Paramount
Gypsy	Mervyn LeRoy	Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood	Musical	Warner Bros.; story of Gypsy Rose Lee; Golden Globe for Russell

H-M

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Hand of Death	Gene Nelson	John Agar, Paula Raymond	Horror	20th Century Fox
Hands of a Stranger	Newt Arnold	Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey	Horror	Allied Artists
Hatari!	Howard Hawks	John Wayne, Red Buttons, Elsa Martinelli	Action, Comedy	Paramount
Heaven and Earth Magic	Harry Everett Smith		Animated
Hell Is for Heroes	Don Siegel	Steve McQueen, Fess Parker, James Coburn, Bobby Darin	War	Paramount
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man	Martin Ritt	Richard Beymer, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet	Drama	20th Century Fox
Hero's Island	Leslie Stevens	James Mason, Rip Torn	Adventure	United Artists
Hitler	Stuart Heisler	Richard Basehart, Maria Emo, Cordula Trantow	Biopic	Allied Artists
The Horizontal Lieutenant	Richard Thorpe	Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Miyoshi Umeki	Comedy	MGM
House of Women	Crane Wilbur	Shirley Knight, Andrew Duggan, Constance Ford	Drama	Warner Bros.
How the West Was Won	John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall	James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden	Western	MGM; nominated for 8 Academy Awards
If a Man Answers	Henry Levin	Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee, Cesar Romero	Comedy	Universal
In Search of the Castaways	Robert Stevenson	Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders	Family	Disney
Incident in an Alley	Edward L. Cahn	Harp McGuire, Virginia Christine	Crime	United Artists
The Inspector	Philip Dunne	Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart, Leo McKern	Drama	20th Century Fox
The Interns	David Swift	Cliff Robertson, Stefanie Powers, Telly Savalas, Michael Callan	Drama	Columbia; sequel in 1964
The Intruder	Roger Corman	William Shatner, Beverly Lunsford	Drama	Filmgroup
Invasion of the Star Creatures	Bruno VeSota	Frank Ray Perilli, Gloria Victor	Comedy	American International Pictures
I Thank a Fool	Robert Stevens	Susan Hayward, Peter Finch	Drama	MGM
It Happened In Athens	Andrew Marton	Jayne Mansfield, Trax Colton	Comedy	Fox
It's Only Money	Frank Tashlin	Jerry Lewis, Zachary Scott, Joan O'Brien	Comedy	Paramount
Jack the Giant Killer	Nathan H. Juran	Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher	Fantasy	United Artists
Jessica	Jean Negulesco	Angie Dickinson, Maurice Chevalier, Sylva Koscina, Agnes Moorehead	Drama	United Artists; filmed in Italy
Journey to the Seventh Planet	Sidney W. Pink	John Agar, Greta Thyssen	Science Fiction	American International Pictures
Kid Galahad	Phil Karlson	Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Charles Bronson, Joan Blackman, Edward Asner	Musical	United Artists; remake of 1937 film
Lad, A Dog	Leslie H. Martinson, Aram Avakian	Peter Breck, Peggy McCay, Carroll O'Connor	Drama	Warner Bros.
Light in the Piazza	Guy Green	Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Barry Sullivan, Yvette Mimieux	Drama	MGM; from novel by Elizabeth Spencer
The Lion	Jack Cardiff	William Holden, Trevor Howard	Drama	20th Century Fox; filmed in Kenya
Lolita	Stanley Kubrick	James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers	Drama	MGM; from Vladimir Nabokov novel
Lonely Are the Brave	David Miller	Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands, Carroll O'Connor	Western	Universal; screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Long Day's Journey Into Night	Sidney Lumet	Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell	Drama	Embassy; based on Eugene O'Neill play
The Longest Day	Ken Annakin	John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton	War drama	Fox; nominated for 5 Academy Awards
The Magic Sword	Bert I. Gordon	Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Anne Helm	Fantasy	United Artists
The Main Attraction	Daniel Petrie	Pat Boone, Nancy Kwan	Drama	MGM
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	John Ford	James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles	Western	Paramount; Academy Award nomination for Costume Design
The Manchurian Candidate	John Frankenheimer	Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, Henry Silva, John McGiver	Drama	United Artists; Richard Condon novel; Golden Globe for Lansbury; remade in 2004
The Manster	George Breakston	Peter Dyneley, Tetsu Nakamura, Terri Zimmern, Jane Hylton	Horror	U.S./Japan
Mermaids of Tiburon	John Lamb	George Rowe, Diane Webber	Fantasy	Filmgroup
Merrill's Marauders	Samuel Fuller	Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Claude Akins	War	Warner Bros.
The Miracle Worker	Arthur Penn	Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory	Drama	United Artists; Helen Keller bio; Oscars for Bancroft and Duke
Moon Pilot	James Neilson	Tom Tryon, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval	Comedy	Disney
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation	Henry Koster	James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian, Reginald Gardiner, Marie Wilson, John McGiver	Comedy	Fox
The Music Man	Morton DaCosta	Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Ron Howard	Musical	Warner Bros.; from Meredith Willson play; five Oscar nominations; Remake of 2003 film
Mutiny on the Bounty	Lewis Milestone	Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Richard Haydn, Hugh Griffith	Adventure	MGM; remake of 1935 film; seven Oscar nominations
My Geisha	Jack Cardiff	Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson	Comedy	Paramount

N-S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Night of Evil	Richard Galbreath	Lisa Gaye, William Campbell	Drama	Astor Pictures
No Exit	Tad Danielewski	Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam	Drama	American/Argentinian coproduction; based on Sartre play
No Man Is an Island	Richard Goldstone	Jeffrey Hunter	Drama	Universal
The Notorious Landlady	Richard Quine	Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak, Fred Astaire	Comedy	Columbia
The Nun and the Sergeant	Franklin Adreon	Robert Webber, Anna Sten	War	United Artists
Panic in Year Zero!	Ray Milland	Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon	Sci-Fi	A.I.P.
Paradise Alley	Hugo Haas	Hugo Haas, Carol Morris, Marie Windsor	Comedy Drama	Astor Pictures
Period of Adjustment	George Roy Hill	Jane Fonda, Tony Franciosa, Jim Hutton	Comedy	MGM; from Tennessee Williams play
Phaedra	Jules Dassin	Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone	Drama	American/French/Greek coproduction
The Pigeon That Took Rome	Melville Shavelson	Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino	Comedy	Paramount
Premature Burial	Roger Corman	Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Alan Napier	Horror	A.I.P.
Pressure Point	Hubert Cornfield	Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk	Drama	United Artists
The Reluctant Saint	Edward Dmytryk	Maximilian Schell, Ricardo Montalbán	Drama
Requiem for a Heavyweight	Ralph Nelson	Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris	Sports, Drama	Columbia; written by Rod Serling
Ride the High Country	Sam Peckinpah	Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, James Drury, Warren Oates, R. G. Armstrong, L. Q. Jones	Western	MGM; Scott's final film
Rider on a Dead Horse	Herbert L. Strock	John Vivyan, Bruce Gordon, Kevin Hagen	Western	Allied Artists
The Ring of Terror	Clark L. Paylow		Horror
The Road to Hong Kong	Norman Panama	Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins	Comedy	United Artists; final Road picture
Rome Adventure	Delmer Daves	Angie Dickinson, Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette	Romance	Warner Bros.
Safe at Home!	Walter Doniger	Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, William Frawley	Family	Columbia
Saintly Sinners	Jean Yarbrough	Don Beddoe, Ellen Corby	Comedy Drama	United Artists
Samar	George Montgomery	Gilbert Roland, Ziva Rodann	Adventure	Warner Bros.
Satan in High Heels	Jerald Intrator	Grayson Hall, Meg Myles	Drama
Satan Never Sleeps	Leo McCarey	William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen	Drama	20th Century Fox
Secret File: Hollywood	Rudolph Cusumano	Robert Clarke, Francine York	Crime	Crown International Pictures
Sergeants 3	John Sturges	Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop	Western	United Artists; Rat Pack
Six Black Horses	Harry Keller	Audie Murphy, Joan O'Brien	Western	Universal
Something's Got to Give	George Cukor	Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin	Comedy	Unfinished
The Spiral Road	Robert Mulligan	Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives, Neva Patterson	Adventure	Universal; based on Jan de Hartog novel
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock	Earl Bellamy	Martin Landau, Warren Stevens, Judy Dan	Western	20th Century Fox
Stark Fear	Ned Hochman	Skip Homeier, Beverly Garland	Thriller	Independent
State Fair	José Ferrer	Tom Ewell, Pat Boone, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Alice Faye, Bobby Darin	Musical	20th Century Fox; remake of 1933, 1945 films
Sweet Bird of Youth	Richard Brooks	Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, Shirley Knight	Drama	MGM; from Tennessee Williams play; Oscar for Begley

T-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Tales of Terror	Roger Corman	Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone	Horror	American International Pictures; anthology
Taras Bulba	J. Lee Thompson	Yul Brynner, Tony Curtis, Sam Wanamaker, Christine Kaufmann, Brad Dexter	Adventure	United Artists
Tarzan Goes to India	John Guillermin	Jock Mahoney	Adventure	MGM/UK
Tender Is the Night	Henry King	Jennifer Jones, Joan Fontaine, Jason Robards	Drama	20th Century Fox; from F. Scott Fitzgerald novel; King's final film
That Touch of Mink	Delbert Mann	Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, John Astin	Comedy	Universal
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules	Edward Bernds	The Three Stooges, Vicki Trickett	Comedy	Columbia
The Three Stooges in Orbit	Edward Bernds	The Three Stooges	Comedy	Columbia
To Kill a Mockingbird	Robert Mulligan	Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Brock Peters, William Windom, Frank Overton, Paul Fix	Drama	Universal; based on novel by Harper Lee; nominated for eight Oscars
Tonight for Sure	Francis Ford Coppola	Karl Schanzer	Comedy
Tower of London	Roger Corman	Vincent Price	Horror	United Artists; remake of 1939 film
Trauma	Robert M. Young	John Conte, Lynn Bari	Horror	Parade Releasing Organization
Two for the Seesaw	Robert Wise	Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine	Drama	United Artists; from William Gibson play
Two Tickets to Paris	Greg Garrison	Joey Dee, Gary Crosby, Kay Medford	Musical	Columbia
Two Weeks in Another Town	Vincente Minnelli	Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor, George Hamilton	Drama	MGM
The Underwater City	Frank McDonald	William Lundigan, Julie Adams	Science fiction	Columbia
Walk on the Wild Side	Edward Dmytryk	Jane Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Laurence Harvey, Capucine	Drama	Columbia; based on Nelson Algren novel
War Hunt	Denis Sanders	John Saxon, Charles Aidman, Robert Redford	War	United Artists
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Robert Aldrich	Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono	Thriller	Warner Bros.; five Oscar nominations
When the Girls Take Over	Russell Hayden	Marvin Miller, Jackie Coogan	Comedy
Who's Got the Action?	Daniel Mann	Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Walter Matthau	Comedy	Paramount
Wild Guitar	Ray Dennis Steckler	Arch Hall Jr.	Musical
The Wild Westerners	Oscar Rudolph	James Philbrook, Nancy Kovack, Duane Eddy, Guy Mitchell	Western	Columbia
Womanhunt	Maury Dexter	Lisa Lu, Berry Kroeger	Crime	20th Century Fox
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	Henry Levin	Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden	Biography	MGM; four Oscar nominations
The World's Greatest Sinner	Timothy Carey		Drama	Never released
Young Guns of Texas	Maury Dexter	James Mitchum, Jody McCrea	Western	20th Century Fox
Zotz!	William Castle	Tom Poston, Jim Backus, Margaret Dumont	Comedy	Columbia

See also

• 1962 in the United States