After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy

Rusty Knife

1958

Japanese

6.6

♡ 3

71%

Toshio Masuda Director

Zenji Yamada as

Mie Kitahara as Keiko Nishida

Jô Shishido as Shimabara

Mari Shiraki as Yuri

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?

War of the Colossal Beast

1958

English

3.9

♡ 8

13%

Action

Horror

mexico

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

radiation

Sci-Fi

suicide

Bert I. Gordon Director

William Hudson as Dr. Paul Linstrom

John McNamara as Neurologist

Warren Frost as Operator

Louie Elias as Soldier

Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colossal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very angry.

The Flower in Hell

1958

Korean

6.5

♡ 1

Sang-ok Shin Director

Hae-won Jo as Dong-sig

Seon-hui Gang as Judy

Eun-hie Choi as Sonia Hak Kim

Hak Kim as Young-shik

In post-Korean War Seoul, a young man from the countryside discovers that his older brother has become romantically involved in a prostitute and has no intentions of returning home.

Run Silent Run Deep

1958

English

7.3

♡ 12

100%

Robert Wise Director

Brad Dexter as Ens. Gerald Cartwright

Ken Lynch as Frank

Don Rickles as Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby

Rudy Bond as Sonarman 1st Class Cullen

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

Red Pier

1958

Japanese

6.8

♡ 2

Toshio Masuda Director

Mie Kitahara as Keiko Sugita

Masumi Okada as Taabô

Zenji Yamada as Tanabe

Taizô Fukami as Tottsuan

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.

Appalachian Spring

1958

Xx

6.3

♡ 4

Peter Glushanok Director

Stuart Hodes as The Husband

Martha Graham as The Wife Yuriko

Yuriko as Worshipper

Miriam Cole as Worshipper

A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.

The Man Upstairs

1958

English

6.4

♡ 1

Don Chaffey Director

Jimmy Charters as Bystander

Patrick Jordan as Injured Sergeant

Maureen Connell as Miss Blair

Richard Attenborough as The Man Upstairs

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.

The Lineup

1958

English

7.3

♡ 3

86%

san francisco, california

Don Siegel Director

Dee Pollock as Boy

Marshall Reed as Insp. Fred Asher

Forbes Murray as Man at Line-Up Viewing

Vaughn Taylor as The Man

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

The Bravados

1958

English

7.0

♡ 5

100%

Henry King Director

Albert Salmi as Ed Taylor

Gregory Peck as Jim Douglass

Barry Coe as Tom

Robert Adler as Tony Mirabel

Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.

The Haunted Strangler

1958

English

6.2

♡ 5

43%

Robert Day Director

John G. Heller as Asylum Attendant

Jean Kent as Cora Seth

Marie Devereux as Show Girl

Jimmy Charters as Spectator at Hanging

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

Ô saisons ô chateaux

1958

French

6.9

♡ 4

Action

Documentary

woman director

Agnès Varda Director

Clotilde Joano as Model

Nina Peinado as Model

Antoine Bourseiller as Narrator

Danièle Delorme as Narrator

A short documentary on the chateaux of the Loire in France was commissioned by the French Tourist Bureau.

Weddings and Babies

1958

English

6.6

♡ 2

92%

Morris Engel Director

John Myhers as Al

Viveca Lindfors as Bea

Kristoffer Tabori as Chris

Joanna Merlin as Josie

A photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he's delaying their marriage deliberately.

Another Time, Another Place

1958

English

5.8

♡ 3

37%

Action

cornwall, england

Drama

foreign correspondent

Romance

War

world war ii

Lewis Allen Director

John Le Mesurier as Dr. Aldridge

Sidney James as Jake Klein

Glynis Johns as Kay Trevor

Sean Connery as Mark Trevor

In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent ends tragically when he is killed in action. Fearing a nervous breakdown as a result of his death, she travels to Cornwall to mourn with his family without any intention of revealing her relationship with him.

The Reluctant Debutante

1958

English

6.7

♡ 7

50%

stepparent stepchild relationship

Vincente Minnelli Director

Peter Myers as David Fenner

Rex Harrison as Jimmy Broadbent

Angela Lansbury as Mabel Claremont

Kay Kendall as Sheila Broadbent

While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."

The Key

1958

English

6.7

♡ 7

58%

Carol Reed Director

Trevor Howard as Captain Chris Ford

Michael Caine as Seaman

Sophia Loren as Stella

Aileen Lewis as Woman With Baby in Air Raid Shelter

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.

Io, mammeta e tu

1958

Italian

6.0

♡ 2

Action

Comedy

Romance

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Director

Dolores Palumbo as Donna Nunziata

Domenico Modugno as Gaetano

Alida Cappellini as Sisinella

Monserrat Blanche as Zia Maria

In 1950s Naples, a couple struggles to be together against the will of the mother-in-law. In the end, not only will they be together, but the mother-in-law-to-be, a widow, finds love as well.