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    Between Heaven and Hell 1956 POSTER

    Between Heaven and Hell

    1956

    English

    6.6

    2

    61%

    61%

    Drama

    national guard

    sergeant

    War

    Richard Fleischer Richard Fleischer Director Terry Moore Terry Moore as Jenny Gifford Brad Dexter Brad Dexter as Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson Robert Wagner Robert Wagner as Pvt. Sam Francis Gifford Mark Damon Mark Damon as Pvt. Terry - Co. G
    Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.
    Season of the Sun 1956 POSTER

    Season of the Sun

    1956

    Japanese

    6.4

    3

    Action

    Drama

    Takumi Furukawa Takumi Furukawa Director Kô Mishima Kô Mishima as Asao Sano Asao Sano as Masumi Okada Masumi Okada as Bandmaster Hiroyuki Nagato Hiroyuki Nagato as Tatsuya Tsugawa
    The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, who falls in love with Eiko, a proud upper-class girl.
    Around the World in 80 Days 1956 POSTER

    Around the World in 80 Days

    1956

    English

    6.7

    36

    72%

    57%

    Action

    Adventure

    bet

    bullfight

    bullfighting

    Comedy

    epic

    Family

    Romance

    saloon

    todd-ao

    John Farrow John Farrow Director Trevor Howard Trevor Howard as Denis Fallentin - Reform Club Member Gloria Dea Gloria Dea as Extra Chuck Hicks Chuck Hicks as Extra Aileen Lewis Aileen Lewis as Passerby
    Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
    L'intrusa 1956 POSTER

    L'intrusa

    1956

    Italian

    5.7

    1

    Drama

    Raffaello Matarazzo Raffaello Matarazzo Director Nico Pepe Nico Pepe as Car driver Lea Padovani Lea Padovani as Luisa Marcelli Oscar Andriani Oscar Andriani as The Mayor Lia Lena Lia Lena as (uncredited)
    A doctor saves a girl from suicide and marries her out of pity. Soon the evil man who had pushed her to the limit taking advantage of her re-enters her life. The ensuing crisis will help the newlyweds overcome their differences and start a fresh, better new life.
    On the Bowery 1956 POSTER

    On the Bowery

    1956

    English

    7.4

    2

    92%

    88%

    Action

    Documentary

    Drama

    new york city

    the bowery

    Lionel Rogosin Lionel Rogosin Director Ray Salyer Ray Salyer as Self Gorman Hendricks Gorman Hendricks as Self Frank Matthews Frank Matthews as Self George L. Bolton George L. Bolton as Self - Minister, Bowery Mission
    A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.
    23 Paces to Baker Street 1956 POSTER

    23 Paces to Baker Street

    1956

    English

    6.9

    8

    69%

    69%

    blindness

    Crime

    kidnapping

    london, england

    Mystery

    playwright

    Thriller

    Henry Hathaway Henry Hathaway Director Estelle Winwood Estelle Winwood as Barmaid at The Eagle Cecil Parker Cecil Parker as Bob Matthews Vera Miles Vera Miles as Jean Lennox Queenie Leonard Queenie Leonard as Miss Elsie Schuyler
    Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.
    Fool's Mate 1956 POSTER

    Fool's Mate

    1956

    French

    7.0

    3

    56%

    56%

    Action

    Comedy

    Romance

    short

    short film

    Jacques Rivette Jacques Rivette Director Jean-Claude Brialy Jean-Claude Brialy as Claude, l'amant François Truffaut François Truffaut as Un invité à la fête Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard as Un invité à la fête Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol as Un invité de la surprise-partie
    Claire is a chic young Parisian woman married to a somewhat older husband, Jean As the story opens, she leaves her husband playing baroque music at the piano, telling him she is off to see her sister, Solange. In reality she meets her lover, Claude at his apartment; After some idle chatter and love-making he tells her a story of the shriveled heads that the Jivaro Indians used to give their lovers as tokens of affection but, as she shivers in disgust, he gives her a mink instead. How will they hide it from her husband?
    Elena and Her Men 1956 POSTER

    Elena and Her Men

    1956

    French

    6.2

    4

    71%

    38%

    19th century

    Action

    arranged marriage

    Comedy

    Drama

    general

    gypsy girl

    romance

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman as Elena Sokorowska Jean-Claude Brialy Jean-Claude Brialy as Extra Mel Ferrer Mel Ferrer as Le comte Henri de Chevincourt Magali Noël Magali Noël as Lolotte
    Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.
    Naughty Girl 1956 POSTER

    Naughty Girl

    1956

    French

    5.7

    8

    60%

    14%

    Comedy

    counterfeiting

    musical

    Musical

    nightclub

    psychoanalyst

    Romance

    Michel Boisrond Michel Boisrond Director Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot as Brigitte Latour Jacques Marin Jacques Marin as Gendarme Françoise Fabian Françoise Fabian as Lili Rocher-Villedieu Moustache Moustache as Petit rôle
    Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery has just become engaged to Lili, his attractive psychoanalyst. Meanwhile, the nightclub where he works is being used by a counterfeit ring, and Paris police suspect owner Paul Latour of being the ringleader. Finding it expedient to leave town, Paul leaves his "baby" daughter with Jean...who discovers too late that she's a wild, carefree, shapely sex-kitten with a talent for getting Jean into amusing scrapes.
    The Conqueror 1956 POSTER

    The Conqueror

    1956

    English

    3.7

    4

    10%

    10%

    12th century

    Adventure

    Biography

    genghis khan

    History

    mongolian

    raid

    Romance

    tartar

    technicolor

    War

    Dick Powell Dick Powell Director Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef as Chepei Agnes Moorehead Agnes Moorehead as Hunlun Leo Gordon Leo Gordon as Tartar Captain Thomas Gomez Thomas Gomez as Wang Khan
    Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
    There's Always Tomorrow 1956 POSTER

    There's Always Tomorrow

    1956

    English

    7.4

    4

    88%

    83%

    ballet class

    Drama

    electric train

    horseback riding

    old flame

    pre-unix

    Romance

    toy factory

    Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk Director Joan Bennett Joan Bennett as Marion Groves Helen Kleeb Helen Kleeb as Miss Walker Mack Williams Mack Williams as Norma's Hotel Clerk William Reynolds William Reynolds as Vinnie Groves
    When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
    The Third Key 1956 POSTER

    The Third Key

    1956

    English

    7.0

    3

    Action

    Crime

    detective

    Drama

    film noir

    Mystery

    noir

    scotland yard

    Thriller

    Charles Frend Charles Frend Director Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen as Chief-Superintendent Jim Malcolm Stratford Johns Stratford Johns as Constable Meredith Edwards Meredith Edwards as Mr. Thomas Ian Bannen Ian Bannen as The Young Workman - Stanley James
    Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
    Le pays d'où je viens 1956 POSTER

    Le pays d'où je viens

    1956

    French

    6.1

    4

    Comedy

    Fantasy

    Music

    Romance

    Marcel Carné Marcel Carné Director Madeleine Lebeau Madeleine Lebeau as Adrienne Terreau - la pharmacienne Annie Girardot Annie Girardot as Extra Marcel Bozzuffi Marcel Bozzuffi as Le chauffeur du camion Françoise Arnoul Françoise Arnoul as Marinette Ardouin
    One Christmas Eve, a carefree young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town. Here, he meets Julien, a bar pianist who is his exact double. Julien is in love with Marinette, a pretty waitress, but he is too shy to make any romantic overtures. Eric decides to give the course of true love a helping hand by pretending to be Julien. Meanwhile, Eric’s fabulously wealthy uncle has sent his minions out to bring him back home, so that he may celebrate Christmas in the bosom of his family.
    Hot Stuff 1956 POSTER

    Hot Stuff

    1956

    English

    6.3

    10

    Action

    Comedy

    Jules White Jules White Director Gene Roth Gene Roth as Anemian Ambassador Hans Schumm Hans Schumm as Col. Klotz Jock Mahoney Jock Mahoney as Guard Connie Cezon Connie Cezon as Uranian Officer
    The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take them to the country of Anemia where they are ordered to produce the rocket fuel or be executed. The boys come up with a concoction they try to pass of as the real stuff, but are exposed when the real professor and his daughter are also kidnapped. The stooges help them escape, using their secret formula to fuel a jeep.
    Merry-Go-Round 1956 POSTER

    Merry-Go-Round

    1956

    Hungarian

    7.7

    3

    Action

    Drama

    Romance

    Zoltán Fábri Zoltán Fábri Director Flóra Kádár Flóra Kádár as Zoltán Makláry Zoltán Makláry as Ervin Kibédi Ervin Kibédi as Mari Töröcsik Mari Töröcsik as Pataki Mari
    In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Her father forbids her from seeing the man she loves. The father, above all preoccupied by work on the fields and prospective wealth, decides to give his daughter in marriage to an old but rich man with whom he does business. Land marries land, he says. This seems to be the unyielding rule of the Hungarian peasantry. But the young lover is ready to stand up to any challenge to keep Maris love.
    All the Memory in the World 1956 POSTER

    All the Memory in the World

    1956

    French

    7.7

    5

    Documentary

    library

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Jacques Dumesnil Jacques Dumesnil as Self - Narrator
    Toute la mémoire du monde is a documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processes of cataloguing and preserving all sorts of printed material, as both a monument of cultural memory and as a monstrous, alien being.
    It's Great to Be Young! 1956 POSTER

    It's Great to Be Young!

    1956

    English

    6.4

    2

    Action

    Comedy

    Family

    musical

    Musical

    Cyril Frankel Cyril Frankel Director Eleanor Summerfield Eleanor Summerfield as Barmaid John Mills John Mills as Dingle Cecil Parker Cecil Parker as Frome, Headmaster Richard O'Sullivan Richard O'Sullivan as Lawson, The Angel Hill Kids
    IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle does his best to stand up for his students, only to be dismissed for his troubles. The kids conspire to not only reinstate their favourite teacher, but to circumvent Frome's refusal to purchase new instruments for an upcoming music festival.
    The Girl Can't Help It 1956 POSTER

    The Girl Can't Help It

    1956

    English

    6.8

    7

    82%

    69%

    Action

    blonde

    broken engagement

    Comedy

    engagement

    gangster

    Music

    pre-code

    satire

    Frank Tashlin Frank Tashlin Director Barry Gordon Barry Gordon as Barry the Paperboy Juanita Moore Juanita Moore as Hilda Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield as Jerri Jordan Tom Ewell Tom Ewell as Tom Miller
    A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
    Francis in the Haunted House 1956 POSTER

    Francis in the Haunted House

    1956

    English

    5.7

    2

    50%

    50%

    Comedy

    dungeon

    Family

    Fantasy

    fireplace

    Horror

    horse

    mule

    police

    sequel

    Charles Lamont Charles Lamont Director Edward Earle Edward Earle as Howard Grisby Timothy Carey Timothy Carey as Hugo Ralph Dumke Ralph Dumke as Mayor Hargrove Forbes Murray Forbes Murray as Party Guest
    A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!
    The Great Locomotive Chase 1956 POSTER

    The Great Locomotive Chase

    1956

    English

    6.8

    2

    59%

    59%

    Action

    Adventure

    civil war

    Drama

    espionage

    Family

    hijacking of train

    railroad

    spy

    train

    War

    Western

    Francis D. Lyon Francis D. Lyon Director Dale Van Sickel Dale Van Sickel as Alonzo Martin Robert Foulk Robert Foulk as Confederate Gen. Ledbetter Eddie Firestone Eddie Firestone as Robert Buffum Frank McGrath Frank McGrath as Soldier
    During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.
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