The rich young man Teddy Anker invests his money in the theater at the beginning of the 1920s. Whatever he does becomes a success. He falls in love with a dancer, Karin. He decides to put up a show with Karin as the leading lady, but for the first time one of his shows becomes an economic disaster.

The Horse's Mouth

1958

English

6.9

♡ 6

89%

76%

Comedy

Ronald Neame Director

Michael Gough as Abel

Timothy Bateson as Clerk to Borough Surveyor

Ernest Thesiger as Hickson

Robert Coote as Sir William Beeder

Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor. Jimson's next project is an even larger wall in an abandoned church.

The Magician

1958

Swedish

7.5

♡ 21

100%

Ingmar Bergman Director

Max von Sydow as Albert Emanuel Vogler

Gunnar Björnstrand as Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health

Bengt Ekerot as Johan Spegel

Bibi Andersson as Sara Lindqvist

A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in 19th century Sweden. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.

The Crawling Eye

1958

English

5.2

♡ 7

67%

Quentin Lawrence Director

Forrest Tucker as Alan Brooks

Warren Mitchell as Crevett

Colin Douglas as Hans

Jennifer Jayne as Sarah Pilgrim

A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.

Tom Thumb

1958

English

6.5

♡ 7

George Pal Director

Peter Butterworth as Kapellmeister

Alan Young as The Lover: Woody

Jessie Matthews as The Parent: Anne

Russ Tamblyn as Tom Thumb

A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.

Veronica and Her Dunce

1958

French

6.4

♡ 4

Action

Comedy

short film

Éric Rohmer Director

Stella Dassas as Madame

Alain Delrieu as Madame's son

Nicole Berger as Véronique

Véronique gives a mathematics lesson to a dunce who answers the prepared questions with disconcertingly sound answers.

My Uncle

1958

French

7.6

♡ 17

94%

parent child relationship

paris, france

Jacques Tati Director

Jean-Pierre Zola as Charles Arpel

Adrienne Servantie as Madame Arpel

Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot

Lucien Frégis as Monsieur Pichard

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.

Night of the Blood Beast

1958

English

3.6

♡ 4

13%

Bernard L. Kowalski Director

Ed Nelson as Dave Randall

Tyler McVey as Dr. Alex Wyman

Angela Greene as Dr. Julie Benson

John Baer as Steve Dunlap

An astronaut returns to Earth as the no-pulse host of an alien monster's embryos; he is discovered by a loony farmer who find ways to feed his new critter.

The Spider

1958

English

4.7

♡ 2

Bert I. Gordon Director

Hank Patterson as Hugo the Janitor

Troy Patterson as Joe

Sally Fraser as Mrs. Helen Kingman

Gene Roth as Sheriff Cagle

Teenagers from a small town and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider, living in a cave nearby and getting hungry.

Never Love a Stranger

1958

English

5.4

♡ 7

36%

Crime

Drama

Romance

Robert Stevens Director

R.G. Armstrong as Flix

John Drew Barrymore as Francis 'Frankie' Kane

Walter Burke as Jimmy Keough

Milo O'Shea as Off-Screen Narrator

Robert Bray as 'Silk' Fennelli

Orphan turns bad, finds redemption with some help from boyhood pal. This movie is of interest because of the presence of a young Steve McQueen, the leading man being John Drew Barrymore, father of the more famous Drew, and for being based on a novel by Harold Robbins, famous for steamy writing in his day.

Big Deal on Madonna Street

1958

Italian

7.9

♡ 5

89%

Mario Monicelli Director

Claudia Cardinale as Carmelina Nicosia

Mario Feliciani as Ispettore di polizia

Nino Marchetti as Luigi

Carlo Pisacane as Pierluigi 'Capannelle'

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.

Elevator to the Gallows

1958

French

7.9

♡ 27

93%

Louis Malle Director

Jeanne Moreau as Florence Carala

Maurice Ronet as Julien Tavernier

Charles Denner as L'adjoint du commissaire Cherrier

Lino Ventura as Le commissaire Cherrier

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

D-ale carnavalului

1958

English

8.1

♡ 1

Comedy

Aurel Miheles Director

Ion Manu as Conu Leonida

Maria Voluntaru as Efimita

Remus Ionascu as Ipistatul

Aida Muga-Ionescu as Refrene vocale

Nae Girimea, a barber from a late 19th-century Bucharest neighborhood, finds a new mistress, Didina. This event sparks the insane jealousy of his 'soulmate' mistress, Mita Baston, as well as that of the violent Pampon, Didina's official lover. Caught in this whirlwind of pursuit and punishment of the daring barber, all taking place during a carnival, is also Crăcănel, Mita’s official benefactor.

The Saga of Hemp Brown

1958

English

6.1

♡ 1

Richard Carlson Director

Victor Sen Yung as Chang

Addison Richards as Col. Ford

John Larch as Jed Givens

Trevor Bardette as Judge Rawlins

Ex-army sergeant Jed Givens and his gang rob an army payroll shipment led by Lt. Hemp Brown. Givens kills a civilian woman and all the soldiers, leaving Brown alive to face a military tribunal in which he is branded a coward, stripped of all insignia and drummed out of the army. Brown sets out to track down Givens in an effort to clear his name.

Inspector Maigret

1958

French

7.2

♡ 10

90%

Jean Delannoy Director

Jeanne Boitel as Louise Maigret

Daniel Emilfork as Manic

Jean Desailly as Marcel Maurin

Annie Girardot as Yvonne Maurin

Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.

Room 43

1958

English

6.5

♡ 5

Alvin Rakoff Director

Michael Caine as Bridegroom

Jackie Collins as English Girl

Joan Sims as Miriam - Phone Operator in Taxi Office

Cyril Shaps as Willie

British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958

English

6.6

♡ 16

63%

Frank Tashlin Director

Marilyn Maxwell as Carla Naples

Jack Benny as Carlos, the matador

Barbara Pepper as Mrs. Oberholt

Mary Treen as Nurse

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.

The Geisha Boy

1958

English

6.4

♡ 4

66%

Comedy

geisha

magician

Frank Tashlin Director

Douglas Fowley as GI in Korea

Murray Alper as GI in Korea

Barton MacLane as Maj. Ridgley

Suzanne Pleshette as Sgt. Pearson

Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.