* In Donald E. Westlake's 1966 crime novel The Handle, the protagonist, a professional thief named Parker, mounts a heist against a casino on an island dubbed " Cockaigne " off the coast of Texas, so named by its owner in reference to the legend.

How to Steal a Million is a 1966 heist comedy film, directed by William Wyler and starring Peter O ' Toole, Audrey Hepburn, and Hugh Griffith.

Dr. Strangelove ( 1964 ) was a satirical comedy about Cold War paranoia, while The Apartment ( 1960 ), Alfie ( 1966 ) and The Graduate ( 1967 ) featured sexual themes in a way that would have been impossible only a few years previously.

The war comedy La Grande Vadrouille ( 1966 ), from Gérard Oury with Bourvil, was the most successful film in French theaters for more than 30 years.

Bolstered by an image overhaul — including bleached-blonde hair, frosted lips, heavy eye make-up and Carnaby Street fashions — Sinatra made her mark on the American ( and British ) music scene in early 1966 with " These Boots Are Made for Walkin '", its title inspired by a line in Robert Aldrich's 1963 western comedy 4 for Texas starring her father and Dean Martin.

The war was not all about the prowess of the outfit shown in a film, the comedy genre used as well the war time as a background like in La Grande Vadrouille ( 1966 ) and Kelly's Heroes ( 1970 ).

A gentle mockery of Britain's ' finest hour ' occurred with the home guard comedy Dad's Army ( 1968 – 77 ) and the church with All Gas and Gaiters ( 1966 – 71 ).

* My Favorite Martian ( 1963 – 1966 ) – A television comedy series and film.

He appeared as Sidney Tait in the 1963 comedy Ladies Who Do and later in four Carry On films: Carry On Cleo ( 1964, as the soothsayer ), Carry On Screaming ( 1966, as Dr. Fettle ), Carry On Cowboy ( 1965, as Sheriff Earp ) and Carry On Columbus ( 1992, as the Duke of Costa Brava ).

* Sedgewick Hawk-Styles: Prince of Danger ( 1966 unsold ABC comedy pilot )

He achieved great film success in a 1966 comedy as a shyster lawyer called " Whiplash Willie " Gingrich starring opposite Lemmon in The Fortune Cookie, the first of numerous collaborations with Billy Wilder, and a role that would earn him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

The 1966 comedy They're a Weird Mob, starring Walter Chiari, Chips Rafferty and Clare Dunne was a rare hit of the period which also documented something of the changing face of Australian society: telling the story of a newly arrived Italian immigrant who, working as a labourer in Sydney, becomes mates with his co-workers, despite some difficulties with Australian slang and culture.

Not all remakes use the same title as the previously released version ; the 1966 film Walk, Don't Run, for example, is a remake of the World War II comedy The More the Merrier.

Sykes had a minor film role in another spy comedy The Spy with a Cold Nose ( 1966 ), written by Galton and Simpson.

A highly regarded television comedy sketch series On the Margin ( 1966 ) was unfortunately erased ; the BBC re-used expensive videotape rather than keep it in the archives.

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ( 1966 ) is an American comedy film.

Their first television series was a situation comedy, The Smothers Brothers Show ( 1965 – 1966 ).

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ", a 1966 comedy movie about a Soviet Union submarine that accidentally runs aground off the coast of New England,

There were three Dragnet feature films, a straight adaptation starring Webb in 1954 ; a TV movie produced in 1966 ; and a comedy spoof in 1987.

Amongst those shows rediscovered were many that feature Monkhouse himself, including The Flip Side, a 1966 play starring Monkhouse as a television DJ with his own late night show, and the 1958 series of his comedy My Pal Bob including an episode in which he is suspected of an extramarital affair.

Following Hayley's rise to fame in Pollyanna ( 1960 ) and the 1961 family comedy The Parent Trap, John and Hayley again starred together, in the 1965 teen sailing adventure The Truth About Spring, the 1964 drama The Chalk Garden ( with Deborah Kerr in the lead role ), and the 1966 comedy-drama The Family Way, in which John plays an insecure, overbearing father and Hayley plays his son's newlywed wife.

* The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, 1966 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat

Harvey returned to Britain to make the comedy The Spy with a Cold Nose ( 1966 ).

Ely won the role of Tarzan in 1966 after playing various bit-parts, including an airplane navigator in the 1958 film South Pacific and a guest-starring role on Barbara Eden's first television series, the romantic comedy How to Marry a Millionaire.

In 1966, he guest-starred as John Tallgrass in the short-lived ABC comedy / western series The Rounders, with Ron Hayes, Patrick Wayne, and Chill Wills.

The Scaffold performed a mixture of comic songs, comedy sketches and the poetry of McGough, as evidenced on their 1968 live album, and released a number of singles and albums on Parlophone and EMI between 1966 and 1971, with several more on Island, Warner Bros. and Bronze thereafter.

Next were films such as The Winds of the Aures ( 1965 ) of Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Patrol To The East ( 1972 ) of Amar Laskri, Prohibited Area of Ahmed Lallem, ( 1972 ), The Opium and the stick of Ahmed Rachedi, or The Battle of Algiers ( 1966 ) which is an Algerian-Italian film selected three times at the Oscars.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was made into a musical film in 1966, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford re-creating their Broadway stage roles, Leon Greene reprising his West End stage role and Phil Silvers starred in an expanded role as " Marcus Lycus ".

In 1966, at the age of 52, Lancaster appeared nude in director Frank Perry's film, The Swimmer.

These excavations, led by archaeologist Leslie Alcock from 1966 – 70, were titled " Cadbury-Camelot ," and won much media attention, even being mentioned in the film of the musical Camelot.

It was at the Philadelphia Academy that Lynch made his first short film, which was titled Six Men Getting Sick ( 1966 ).

Cronenberg's fascination with the film Winter Kept Us Warm ( 1966 ) by classmate David Secter sparked his interest in film.

As a result, she slipped from the list of top box office stars, last appearing in the top ten in 1966 with the hit film The Glass Bottom Boat.

* 1901 – Walt Disney, American animated film producer ( d. 1966 )

* 1966 – Andrew Adamson, New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter

* 1966 – Bennett Miller, American film director

The same year, the film of Leslie Thomas's 1966 comic novel The Virgin Soldiers saw Bowie make a brief appearance as an extra.

François Truffaut wrote and directed a film adaptation of the novel in 1966.

A film adaptation written and directed by François Truffaut, starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie was released in 1966.

A planned 1972 U. S. network television screening of the 1966 Warner Bros. film The Brides of Fu Manchu was cancelled due to protests from an Asian anti-defamation group.

Henry Saperstein ( whose company UPA co-produced the 1965 film Frankenstein Conquers the World and the 1966 film War of the Gargantuas with Toho ) was so impressed with the octopus sequence that he requested the creature to appear in these two productions.

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, ( released in Japan as ) is a 1966 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho.

In Japan, the film was released on December 17, 1966 and sold approximately 3, 450, 000 tickets.

it: Il ritorno di Godzilla ( film 1966 )

* Incubus ( 1966 film ), a film in Esperanto starring William Shatner

* 1966 – Murali Nair, Indian film director

* Khartoum, a 1966 film starring Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier