Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened.

The Iron Petticoat

1956

English

5.1

♡ 2

25%

Comedy

communism

Ralph Thomas Director

James Robertson Justice as Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff

Alf Dean as Russian Strongarm Man

Maria Antippas as Sklarnoff's Secretary

Sandra Dorne as Tityana

Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.

Storm Center

1956

English

6.6

♡ 5

33%

communist

Drama

Daniel Taradash Director

Bette Davis as Alicia Hull

Malcolm Atterbury as Frank

Brian Keith as Paul Duncan

Howard Wendell as Sen. Bascomb

Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.

Private's Progress

1956

English

6.4

♡ 3

79%

John Boulting Director

Dennis Price as Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel

Brian Oulton as M.O. at Gravestone Camp

Ian Bannen as Private Horrocks

John Le Mesurier as Psychiatrist

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.

Walk the Proud Land

1956

English

6.6

♡ 3

Jesse Hibbs Director

Anthony Caruso as Disalin

Addison Richards as Gov. Safford

Harold Goodwin as Telegrapher

Anne Bancroft as Tianay

Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apache based on respect for autonomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to autonomy. Conflicts arise between Apache widow and Eastern wife but latter has a lot to learn.

Red Sundown

1956

English

6.5

♡ 3

Jack Arnold Director

Martha Hyer as Caroline Murphy

Chuck Hayward as Cowpuncher

Leo Gordon as Rod Zellman

Trevor Bardette as Sam Baldwin

When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding into town he finds the only job available is deputy to sheriff Jade Murphy, an honest man caught between small farmers and a local cattle baron. And he has a pretty daughter. So Longmire decides to stay and see if he can use his expertise with firearms for good.

The King and I

1956

English

7.4

♡ 41

93%

Walter Lang Director

Dale Ishimoto as Crewman

William Yip as High Priest

Leonard Strong as Interpreter

Alan Mowbray as Sir John Hay

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.

Hungry Soul, Part II

1956

Japanese

6.9

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Romance

Yûzô Kawashima Director

Ryôji Hayama as

Miyuki Kuwano as Akiko Ajioka

Yumi Takano as MIchiyo Ajioka

Nobuo Kaneko as Reiji Ajioka

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.

Three Violent People

1956

English

6.3

♡ 3

56%

Rudolph Maté Director

Forrest Tucker as Deputy Commissioner Cable

Robert Blake as Rafael Ortega

Elaine Stritch as Ruby LaSalle

Barton MacLane as Yates

A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.

Gun for a Coward

1956

English

6.0

♡ 3

25%

Abner Biberman Director

Forbes Murray as Barfly

Dean Stockwell as Hade Keough

Chuck Hayward as Nester

John Larch as Stringer

A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion to violence after his elder brother unjustly censures him for not joining in a foolhardy gunfight in which their youngest brother is killed.

The Thick-Walled Room

1956

Japanese

7.1

♡ 4

60%

Action

based on memoir or autobiography

crime against humanity

Masaki Kobayashi Director

Takeshi Katô as

Shinichirô Minami as

Unpei Yokoyama as

Kô Mishima as Yokota

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Patterns

1956

English

7.7

♡ 8

89%

Fielder Cook Director

Edward Binns as Elevator Starter

Van Heflin as Fred Staples

Everett Sloane as Mr. Ramsey

Beatrice Straight as Nancy Staples

To eliminate internal opposition, a cruel CEO sabotages and humiliates a good-natured executive in an effort to force his resignation — and make the reticent new hire his new yes man.

Three Men in a Boat

1956

English

5.3

♡ 2

33%

Ken Annakin Director

Ernest Thesiger as 3rd Old Gentleman

Jill Ireland as Bluebell

Laurence Harvey as George

Shirley Eaton as Sophie

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956

English

6.6

♡ 14

66%

Norman Foster Director

William Bakewell as

Paul Newlan as Big Harpe

Frank Richards as Little Harpe

Douglass Dumbrille as Saloon owner

Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass themselves off as Native Americans.

The Last Wagon

1956

English

7.0

♡ 12

70%

Delmer Daves Director

Ray Stricklyn as Clint

Timothy Carey as Cole Harper

Douglas Kennedy as Col. Normand

John Bose as Townsman

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.

The Burmese Harp

1956

Japanese

8.0

♡ 18

90%

Kon Ichikawa Director

Kô Nishimura as Baba

Rentarô Mikuni as Captain Inouye

Toshiaki Itô as Hashimoto

Kunitarô Sawamura as Old man

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956

English

5.9

♡ 4

80%

Frank Tashlin Director

Tom Ewell as Gregory Whitcomb

Sheree North as Lt. Katy Whitcomb

Gregory Walcott as Lt. Sweeney

Ron Nyman as Recruit in Line

TV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday life with a young wife, Katy. A letter from the war department arrives that Katy believes is calling Greg back to active duty from the Air Force reserve, but she hides it during a party celebrating their wedding anniversary.

Night and Fog

1956

French

8.6

♡ 13

Action

auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

destruction of a civilization

Alain Resnais Director

Michel Bouquet as Narrator

Adolf Hitler as Self

Heinrich Himmler as Self

Julius Streicher as Self

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

The Proud and Profane

1956

English

6.2

♡ 4

86%

Drama

Romance

War

George Seaton Director

Ray Stricklyn as Casualty

Marion Ross as Joan

Thelma Ritter as Kate Connors

Joe Turkel as Patient with Cards

In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband, Howard, in the Battle of Guadalcanal. There, Ashley falls for the gruff, seductive Marine Lt. Col. Colin Buck, but struggle and tragedy follow when the widow learns about the reality of Buck's life back home.

Helen of Troy

1956

English

6.1

♡ 11

Raoul Walsh Director

Ronald Lewis as Aeneas / Enea

Sheb Wooley as A Trojan soldier / Un soldato troiano

Janette Scott as Cassandra

Riccardo Garrone as Undetermined Supporting Role

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.

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Patterns

Three Men in a Boat

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

The Last Wagon

The Burmese Harp

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

Night and Fog

The Proud and Profane

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