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    The Unvanquished 1956 POSTER

    The Unvanquished

    1956

    Bangla

    8.2

    41

    96%

    92%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    loss of loved one

    pneumonia

    scholarship

    sequel

    varanasi

    Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Director Panchanan Bhattacharya Panchanan Bhattacharya as Pinaki Sengupta Pinaki Sengupta as Apu Kanu Bannerjee Kanu Bannerjee as Harihar Ray Karuna Bannerjee Karuna Bannerjee as Sarbojaya Ray
    Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.
    Baby Doll 1956 POSTER

    Baby Doll

    1956

    English

    7.3

    10

    83%

    80%

    business rivalry

    Comedy

    cotton

    cotton gin

    Drama

    italian american

    marriage

    sicilian

    Elia Kazan Elia Kazan Director Karl Malden Karl Malden as Archie Lee Meighan Madeleine Sherwood Madeleine Sherwood as Nurse in Doctor's Office Eli Wallach Eli Wallach as Silva Vacarro R.G. Armstrong R.G. Armstrong as Townsman Sid
    Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.
    Lovers and Lollipops 1956 POSTER

    Lovers and Lollipops

    1956

    English

    7.0

    2

    92%

    92%

    Action

    Drama

    Romance

    woman director

    Morris Engel Morris Engel Director Lori March Lori March as Ann Gerald S. O'Loughlin Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Larry Cathy Dunn Cathy Dunn as Peggy Bill Ward Bill Ward as Peter
    Ann, an attractive widowed New York model, lives in an apartment with her daughter Peggy. The courtship of Ann by visiting engineer Larry, and accompanying misadventures, are seen alternately from their and Peggy's viewpoint. Filmed realistically at many New York locations
    Taiyô to bara 1956 POSTER

    Taiyô to bara

    1956

    Japanese

    6.6

    1

    Action

    Crime

    Keisuke Kinoshita Keisuke Kinoshita Director Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Akiyama's mother Keijirô Morozumi Keijirô Morozumi as Bar master Tetsuya Watanabe Tetsuya Watanabe as Nozue Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Sushi shop master
    Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
    Stars in Your Eyes 1956 POSTER

    Stars in Your Eyes

    1956

    English

    5.3

    6

    Action

    Comedy

    film restoration

    lost film

    musical

    Musical

    music hall

    stage show

    variety show

    Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Director Freddie Frinton Freddie Frinton as Landlord of Pub Vera Day Vera Day as Maureen Temple Pat Kirkwood Pat Kirkwood as Sally Bishop Joan Sims Joan Sims as Walter's Secretary
    A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort to dirty tricks to disrupt the first night's performance!
    The Crossing of Paris 1956 POSTER

    The Crossing of Paris

    1956

    French

    7.3

    8

    Action

    black market

    Comedy

    Drama

    nazi occupation

    paris, france

    people smuggling

    smuggling (contraband)

    suitcase

    War

    Claude Autant-Lara Claude Autant-Lara Director Louis de Funès Louis de Funès as Jambier, l'épicier Harald Wolff Harald Wolff as Le commandant allemand Hubert Noël Hubert Noël as Le gigolo arrêté Jacques Marin Jacques Marin as Le patron du restaurant Saint Martin
    Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.
    Serenade 1956 POSTER

    Serenade

    1956

    English

    5.7

    2

    40%

    40%

    Action

    Drama

    Music

    musical

    opera

    Romance

    tenor

    Anthony Mann Anthony Mann Director Vincent Price Vincent Price as Charles Winthrop Joan Fontaine Joan Fontaine as Kendall Hale Lynn Bari Lynn Bari as Opera Attendee Martin Garralaga Martin Garralaga as Romero
    A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
    Quando tramonta il sole 1956 POSTER

    Quando tramonta il sole

    1956

    Italian

    6.0

    2

    Action

    Drama

    Guido Brignone Guido Brignone Director Leonardo Severini Leonardo Severini as Abbe Lane Abbe Lane as Eugenia Fougère Giacomo Rondinella Giacomo Rondinella as Peppino Carlo Giuffrè Carlo Giuffrè as Salvatore Gambardella
    Two young men try to make it big as musicians.
    Nero's Mistress 1956 POSTER

    Nero's Mistress

    1956

    Italian

    5.5

    5

    Action

    Comedy

    History

    nero

    rome

    rome, italy

    Steno Steno Director Arturo Bragaglia Arturo Bragaglia as Amedeo Trilli Amedeo Trilli as Gloria Swanson Gloria Swanson as Agrippina Mino Doro Mino Doro as Corbulone
    Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Many attempts of murder and poisoning will happen on the eve of his great show.
    Madame White Snake 1956 POSTER

    Madame White Snake

    1956

    Japanese

    6.4

    4

    Action

    Fantasy

    Horror

    Romance

    tokusatsu

    Shirô Toyoda Shirô Toyoda Director Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Hisaya Morishige Hisaya Morishige as Fortuneteller at booth Kichijirô Ueda Kichijirô Ueda as Wang Ming Kaoru Yachigusa Kaoru Yachigusa as Xiao-Qing
    Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
    It's Never Too Late 1956 POSTER

    It's Never Too Late

    1956

    English

    6.0

    1

    Action

    Comedy

    housewife

    Michael McCarthy Michael McCarthy Director Patrick Barr Patrick Barr as Charles Hammond Alan Bates Alan Bates as King Lear Delphi Lawrence Delphi Lawrence as Mrs. Madge Dixon Sam Kydd Sam Kydd as (uncredited)
    To Laura Hammond's large family, she is simply the mother who makes all their lives run more smoothly. But although they don’t know it, she is a very successful novelist and when her screenplay comes to the attention of a Hollywood producer, Laura is suddenly plunged into the big time.
    The Montecarlo Story 1956 POSTER

    The Montecarlo Story

    1956

    English

    5.7

    5

    29%

    29%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    gambling

    monte carlo

    Romance

    Samuel A. Taylor Samuel A. Taylor Director Mischa Auer Mischa Auer as Hector, the Maitre D' Natalie Trundy Natalie Trundy as Jane Hinkley Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich as Maria de Crevecoeur Arthur O'Connell Arthur O'Connell as Mr. Homer Hinkley
    Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several anxious investors a small fortune, Dino has trouble cutting his losses, no matter how bad the losing streak.
    Crazed Fruit 1956 POSTER

    Crazed Fruit

    1956

    Japanese

    7.2

    7

    100%

    82%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    beach

    Drama

    holiday

    love triangle

    older woman younger man relationship

    Romance

    sibling rivalry

    Kô Nakahira Kô Nakahira Director Mie Kitahara Mie Kitahara as Eri Zenji Yamada Zenji Yamada as Fisherman Masumi Okada Masumi Okada as Hirosawa Frank Masahiko Tsugawa Masahiko Tsugawa as Takishima Haruji
    Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.
    The Rainmaker 1956 POSTER

    The Rainmaker

    1956

    English

    6.9

    4

    80%

    65%

    Action

    Drama

    Romance

    western

    Western

    Joseph Anthony Joseph Anthony Director Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster as Bill Starbuck Wendell Corey Wendell Corey as Deputy Sheriff J.S. File Kenneth Becker Kenneth Becker as Phil Mackey Herman Hack Herman Hack as Townsman
    Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
    Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse 1956 POSTER

    Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse

    1956

    Russian

    7.4

    2

    Action

    Drama

    Romance

    Marlen Khutsiev Marlen Khutsiev Director T. Galukh T. Galukh as Nikolay Faleyev Nikolay Faleyev as (as N. Faleyev) Yelena Kovalenko Yelena Kovalenko as (as Ye. Kovalenko) Vladimir Gulyaev Vladimir Gulyaev as Yura
    An idealistic, sophisticated young woman meets a rough-around-the-edges, blue collar man and rejects him, only to find out later that they are destined for true love together, despite the fact that he cannot now pass his certification test after she threw him out of her adult education class.
    Warning from Space 1956 POSTER

    Warning from Space

    1956

    Japanese

    4.8

    5

    25%

    25%

    Action

    alien

    Drama

    Horror

    japan

    kaiju

    Sci-Fi

    shape shifting alien

    starfish

    tokusatsu

    Kôji Shima Kôji Shima Director Shunji Tsuda Shunji Tsuda as Keizô Kawasaki Keizô Kawasaki as Dr. Toru Itsobe Yûzô Hayakawa Yûzô Hayakawa as Policeman Tetsuya Watanabe Tetsuya Watanabe as Sankichi - Camera Enthusiast
    Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer.
    The Harder They Fall 1956 POSTER

    The Harder They Fall

    1956

    English

    7.5

    11

    100%

    80%

    Action

    boxer

    corrupt system

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    fixed fight

    pre-code

    pride

    Sport

    tall man

    Thriller

    Mark Robson Mark Robson Director Jan Sterling Jan Sterling as Beth Willis Walter Baldwin Walter Baldwin as Boxing fan at Dundee fight Roy Jenson Roy Jenson as Fighter Frank Hagney Frank Hagney as Referee
    Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
    The Eddy Duchin Story 1956 POSTER

    The Eddy Duchin Story

    1956

    English

    6.8

    2

    55%

    55%

    Action

    bandleader

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    Music

    musical

    pianist

    pre-code

    Romance

    George Sidney George Sidney Director Frieda Inescort Frieda Inescort as Edith Wadsworth George Ford George Ford as Nightclub Patron Arthur Tovey Arthur Tovey as Nightclub Patron Richard Crane Richard Crane as Seaman
    The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
    A Town Like Alice 1956 POSTER

    A Town Like Alice

    1956

    English

    7.2

    6

    77%

    77%

    Action

    australia

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    japanese occupation

    malaya

    prisoner of war

    Romance

    War

    world war ii

    Jack Lee Jack Lee Director Sam Kydd Sam Kydd as Australian Driver Peter Finch Peter Finch as Joe Harman Jean Anderson Jean Anderson as Miss Horsefall Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen as Solicitor
    In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
    Mi tío Jacinto 1956 POSTER

    Mi tío Jacinto

    1956

    Spanish

    7.3

    3

    Action

    childhood

    Drama

    matador (bullfighter)

    poor man

    poverty

    uncle nephew relationship

    Ladislao Vajda Ladislao Vajda Director Walter Chiari Walter Chiari as Caballero elegante Carlo Campanini Carlo Campanini as Caballero provinciano Pedro Porcel Pedro Porcel as Cliente 1º Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa as Restaurador
    Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding him that, as agreed a few days before, he must participate in a bullfight to be held that same afternoon.
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