1967 in film
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Actors |
Gross |
| 1. |
The Jungle Book* |
Walt Disney |
Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman, Sebastian Cabot (voices) |
$60,964,000 |
| 2. |
The Graduate |
Embassy/U.A. |
Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross |
$44,091,000 |
| 3. |
Bonnie and Clyde |
Warner Bros. |
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman |
$35,500,000 |
| 4. |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Columbia |
Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn |
$22,800,000 |
| 5. |
The Dirty Dozen |
MGM |
Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine |
$20,404,000 |
| 6. |
Valley of the Dolls |
20th Century Fox |
Sharon Tate, Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, Paul Burke |
$20,000,000 |
| 7. |
You Only Live Twice |
United Artists |
Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama |
$19,389,000 |
| 8. |
To Sir, With Love |
Columbia |
Sidney Poitier |
$19,100,000 |
| 9. |
Thoroughly Modern Millie |
Universal |
Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore |
$14,750,000 |
| 10. |
In the Heat of the Night |
Paramount |
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger |
$14,000,000 |
(* ) After Theatrical re-issue(s)
Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night - Mirisch, United Artists
- Best Director: Mike Nichols - The Graduate
- Best Actor: Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night
- Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy - Cool Hand Luke
- Best Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons - Bonnie and Clyde
- Best Foreign Language Film: Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky), directed by Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night
- Best Actor: Rod Steiger' - In the Heat of the Night
- Best Actress: Edith Evans - The Whisperers
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: The Graduate
- Best Actor: Richard Harris - Camelot
- Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - The Graduate
- Other
- Best Director: Mike Nichols - The Graduate
- Best English Language Foreign Film: The Fox, United Kingdom
- Best Foreign Film: Live for Life (Vivre pour vivre), France
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Blowup, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Belle de jour, directed by Louis Buñuel, France / Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Le départ, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, Belgium
Films released in 1967
U.S.A. unless stated
#
A
B
- Banning, starring Robert Wagner, Jill St. John, Susan Clark and Gene Hackman
- Barefoot in the Park, starring Robert Redford, Jane Fonda
- The Battle of Algiers (U.S. release)
- Beach Red
- Bedazzled, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Raquel Welch - (U.K.)
- Belle de jour, directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Catherine Deneuve - winner of Golden Lion - (France)
- The Big Mouth, starring Jerry Lewis
- Billion Dollar Brain, directed by Ken Russell, starring Michael Caine - (U.K.)
- Bonnie and Clyde, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway - nominated for 10 Academy Awards
- The Born Losers (name should be "Born Losers")
- Branded to Kill, directed by Seijun Suzuki - (Japan)
- The Busy Body, starring Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan and Richard Pryor
C
- Camelot, a musical directed by Joshua Logan, starring Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero with songs by Lerner and Loewe
- Caprice, starring Doris Day
- Carry On Doctor - (U.K.)
- Casino Royale, starring David Niven as James Bond, with Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress - (U.K.)
- Catalina Caper
- Cervantes, starring Horst Buchholz and Gina Lollobrigida - (Spain/France/Italy)
- Charlie Bubbles, directed by and starring Albert Finney with Billie Whitelaw and Liza Minnelli - (U.K.)
- La Chinoise, directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)
- Clambake, starring Elvis Presley
- La collectionneuse (The Collector), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
- A Colt Is My Passport (Koruto wa ore no pasupoto) - (Japan)
- Come Spy with Me
- The Comedians, starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Alec Guinness
- Commissar - (U.S.S.R.)
- Cool Hand Luke, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy
- A Countess from Hong Kong, directed by Charlie Chaplin, starring Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren - (U.K.)
D
- A Degree of Murder (Mord und Totschlag), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Anita Pallenberg - (West Germany)
- Le départ, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Jean-Pierre Leaud - winner of Golden Bear - (Belgium)
- Deadlier Than the Male, starring Richard Johnson and Elke Sommer - (U.K.)
- The Dirty Dozen, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
- Divorce American Style, starring Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards and Jean Simmons
- Doctor Dolittle, a musical directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar and Anthony Newley
- Dont Look Back, a documentary by D.A. Pennebaker, featuring Bob Dylan
- Don't Make Waves, starring Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale and Sharon Tate
- Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley
- Dragon Gate Inn (Lóng mén kè zhàn) (international release), directed by King Hu - (Taiwan)
E
F
- Far from the Madding Crowd, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch and Alan Bates - (U.K.)
- The Fastest Guitar Alive, starring Roy Orbison
- Fathom, starring Raquel Welch - (U.K.)
- The Fearless Vampire Killers, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Sharon Tate - (U.K./U.S.)
- Festival, a documentary about Newport Folk Festival
- The Firemen's Ball, directed by Milos Forman - (Czechoslovakia)
- A Fistful of Dollars (U.S. release)
- Fitzwilly, starring Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon
- The Flim-Flam Man, starring George C. Scott
- Follow That Camel a.k.a Carry On...Follow That Camel or Carry On In The Legion - (U.K.)
- For a Few Dollars More (U.S. release)
- Fort Utah
- The Fox, starring Sandy Dennis and Keir Dullea
- Frankenstein Created Woman - (U.K.)
G
- Gamera vs. Gyaos - (Japan)
- Games, starring Simone Signoret and James Caan
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (U.S. release)
- Good Times, starring Sonny and Cher
- The Graduate, premiered in Los Angeles on December 8, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
- Grand slam, starring Janet Leigh and Edward G. Robinson - (Italy/Spain/West Germany)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton
- A Guide for the Married Man, directed by Gene Kelly, starring Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Robert Morse
H
- Half a Sixpence, starring Tommy Steele - (U.K.)
- Hamraaz, starring Sunil Dutt and Raaj Kumar - (India)
- The Happening, starring Anthony Quinn, Michael Parks and Faye Dunaway
- The Happiest Millionaire, starring Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Lesley Ann Warren, John Davidson
- Hells Angels on Wheels, starring Jack Nicholson
- Hombre, starring Paul Newman, Fredric March, Diane Cilento, Richard Boone
- The Honey Pot, starring Rex Harrison, Cliff Robertson, Susan Hayward, Edie Adams
- Hotel, starring Rod Taylor, Melvyn Douglas, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak
- Hour of the Gun, starring James Garner
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (film), starring Robert Morse and Michele Lee
- Hurry Sundown, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jane Fonda and Michael Caine
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
- Pedro Páramo, starring John Gavin - (Mexico)
- Peppermint Frappé, directed by Carlos Saura - (Spain)
- The Plank, directed by and starring Eric Sykes with Tommy Cooper - (U.K.)
- Playtime, directed by and starring Jacques Tati - (France)
- Point Blank, directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson
- Poor Cow, directed by Ken Loach, starring Terence Stamp and Carol White - (U.K.)
- The President's Analyst, starring James Coburn
- Privilege, directed by Peter Watkins, starring Paul Jones and Jean Shrimpton - (U.K.)
Q
R
S
T
- The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor - (Italy/U.S.)
- Ten Thousand Days - (Hungary)
- The Thief of Paris, directed by Louis Malle and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Geneviève Bujold - (France)
- This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse - (Brazil)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie, starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
- The Tiger Makes Out, starring Eli Wallach
- Titicut Follies
- To Sir, with Love, starring Sidney Poitier - (U.K.)
- Tobruk, starring Rock Hudson and George Peppard
- Tony Rome, starring Frank Sinatra
- The Trip, directed by Roger Corman, starring Peter Fonda and Susan Strasberg
- Two for the Road, starring Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney - (U.K.)
- The Two of Us (Le vieil homme et l'enfant), directed by Claude Berri - (France)
U
V
W
- Wait Until Dark, starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin
- War and Peace (Voyna i mir) (international release), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk - (U.S.S.R.)
- The War Wagon, starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas
- Warning Shot, starring David Janssen, Stefanie Powers and Joan Collins
- Waterhole No. 3, starring James Coburn and Margaret Blye
- We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo), starring Gian Maria Volonte and Irene Papas - (Italy)
- Week End, directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)
- Welcome to Hard Times, starring Henry Fonda
- The Whisperers - (U.K.)
- The White Bus, a short film by Lindsay Anderson - (U.K.)
- Who's Minding the Mint? starring Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Walter Brennan
- Who's That Knocking at My Door, directed by Martin Scorsese
Y
Short Film Series
Births
- January 2 - Tia Carrere, American actress
- January 14 - Emily Watson, English actress
- February 10 - Laura Dern, American actress
- February 19 - Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
- March 16 - Lauren Graham, American actress
- April 2 - Ajay Devgan, Indian actor
- May 1 - Scott Coffey, American actor/director
- May 31 - Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress
- June 20 - Nicole Kidman, Australian actress
- July 1 - Pamela Anderson, American actress
- July 16 - Will Ferrell, American actor
- July 23 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
- October 4 - Liev Schreiber, American actor
- October 5 - Guy Pearce, Australian actor
- October 28 - Julia Roberts, American actress
- September 11 - Harry Connick, Jr.
- November 22 - Mark Ruffalo, actor
- November 28 - Anna Nicole Smith, model and actress (d. 2007)
- December 16 - Miranda Otto, actress
Deaths
- January 8 – Zbigniew Cybulski, 39, Polish actor
- January 21 – Ann Sheridan, 51, American actress
- January 22 – Jobyna Ralston, 67, American actress
- February 14 – Sig Ruman, 82, German actor
- February 15 – Antonio Moreno, 79, Spanish-American actor and director
- February 16 – Smiley Burnette, 58, American actor
- February 16 – Martine Carol, 46, French actress
- February 24 – Franz Waxman, 60, German film composer
- February 28 – Václav Wasserman, 69, Czech actor, screenwriter and director
- March 5 – Mischa Auer, 61, Russian actor
- March 6 – Nelson Eddy, 65, Canadian singer and actor
- March 11 – Geraldine Farrar, 85, American singer and actress
- May 8 – LaVerne Andrews, 55, American singer and actress (Andrews Sisters)
- May 8 – Barbara Payton, 39, American actress
- May 30 – Claude Rains, 77, British actor
- June 10 – Spencer Tracy, 67, American actor
- June 16 – Reginald Denny, 75, British actor
- June 26 – Françoise Dorléac, 25, French actress
- June 29 – Jayne Mansfield, 34, American actress
- July 7 – Vivien Leigh, 53, British actress
- July 21 – David Weisbart, 52, American film editor and producer
- July 21 – Basil Rathbone, 75, British actor
- August 9 – Anton Walbrook, 70, Austrian actor
- August 13 – Jane Darwell, 87, American actress
- August 25 – Paul Muni, 71, Ukrainian-American actor
- October 12 - Nat Pendleton, 72, American actor, former Olympic swimmer
- November 1 - Benita Hume, 60, British actress
- November 9 - Charles Bickford, 76, American actor
- December 4 - Bert Lahr, 72, American actor
Film Debuts