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    Rock, Pretty Baby 1956 POSTER

    Rock, Pretty Baby

    1956

    English

    1

    Comedy

    Drama

    Music

    A high school rock group enters a band contest.
    The Mountain 1956 POSTER

    The Mountain

    1956

    English

    6.8

    10

    Action

    Adventure

    alps mountains

    chamonix

    Drama

    mountain

    mountaineering

    sibling relationship

    technicolor

    Edward Dmytryk Edward Dmytryk Director Robert Wagner Robert Wagner as Christopher 'Chris' Teller William Demarest William Demarest as Father Belacchi Harry Townes Harry Townes as Joseph Claire Trevor Claire Trevor as Marie
    Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.
    While the City Sleeps 1956 POSTER

    While the City Sleeps

    1956

    English

    6.9

    11

    91%

    66%

    Action

    black and white

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    newspaper man

    new york city

    noir

    serial killer

    Thriller

    Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Director Howard Duff Howard Duff as Lt. Burt Kaufman Ida Lupino Ida Lupino as Mildred Donner Carleton Young Carleton Young as Police Interrogator Vincent Price Vincent Price as Walter Kyne
    Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
    The Gamma People 1956 POSTER

    The Gamma People

    1956

    English

    5.3

    8

    12%

    12%

    Comedy

    Drama

    gamma rays

    Horror

    mutant

    Mystery

    Sci-Fi

    Thriller

    John Gilling John Gilling Director Rosalie Crutchley Rosalie Crutchley as Frau Bikstein Leslie Phillips Leslie Phillips as Howard Meade Paul Douglas Paul Douglas as Mike Wilson Leonard Sachs Leonard Sachs as Telegraph Clerk
    An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
    Tiga Dara 1956 POSTER

    Tiga Dara

    1956

    Indonesian

    7.8

    3

    Comedy

    Drama

    Family

    funny

    indonesia

    matchmaking

    musical

    Musical

    romcom

    song and dance

    Usmar Ismail Usmar Ismail Director Siti Zainab Siti Zainab as Bambang Irawan Bambang Irawan as Herman Nya Abbas Akup Nya Abbas Akup as Lieutenant Hardi Chitra Dewi Chitra Dewi as Nunung
    Three sisters—Nunung, Nana and Nenny—are being raised by their grandmother in Jakarta after their mother's death. Though the sisters' father Sukandar lives with them, he is too involved in his own work to pay them heed.
    World Without End 1956 POSTER

    World Without End

    1956

    English

    5.8

    4

    50%

    38%

    Adventure

    cave

    cemetery

    jealousy

    mutant

    planet mars

    post-apocalyptic future

    Romance

    Sci-Fi

    Edward Bernds Edward Bernds Director Lisa Montell Lisa Montell as Deena Rod Taylor Rod Taylor as Herbert Ellis Booth Colman Booth Colman as Mories Paul Brinegar Paul Brinegar as Vida
    Four astronauts returning from man's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. At first unaware where they are, but finding the atmosphere safe to breathe, they start exploring and find themselves in a divided future where disfigured mutants living like cavemen inhabit the surface, while the normals live comfortably below the surface but are dying as a race from lack of natural water, air and sunlight.
    The Forty-First 1956 POSTER

    The Forty-First

    1956

    Russian

    7.5

    4

    Drama

    Romance

    War

    Grigoriy Chukhray Grigoriy Chukhray Director Nikolay Kryuchkov Nikolay Kryuchkov as Commander Ansenti Yevsyukov Anatoli Kokorin Anatoli Kokorin as Soldier Yegorov Kirey Zharkimbayev Kirey Zharkimbayev as Timerkul Vadim Sinitsyn Vadim Sinitsyn as Wounded soldier
    An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.
    Anastasia 1956 POSTER

    Anastasia

    1956

    English

    7.0

    19

    93%

    77%

    Action

    amnesia

    assumed identity

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    exile

    History

    identity

    princess

    Romance

    Anatole Litvak Anatole Litvak Director Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman as Anna Koreff Helen Hayes Helen Hayes as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna Stratford Johns Stratford Johns as Press Photographer John G. Heller John G. Heller as Reporter
    Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.
    The Black Sleep 1956 POSTER

    The Black Sleep

    1956

    English

    6.0

    10

    35%

    35%

    Action

    brain surgeon

    england

    experiment

    Horror

    mad doctor

    Sci-Fi

    suspended animation

    Reginald Le Borg Reginald Le Borg Director John Carradine John Carradine as Borg aka Bohemond Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi as Casimir Herbert Rudley Herbert Rudley as Dr. Gordon Angus Ramsay Patricia Blair Patricia Blair as Laurie Monroe
    In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...
    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956 POSTER

    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

    1956

    English

    6.9

    10

    70%

    57%

    Action

    capital punishment

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    incriminate

    noir

    Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Director Carleton Young Carleton Young as Allan Kirk Edward Binns Edward Binns as Lt. Kennedy John Roy John Roy as Police Officer Joan Fontaine Joan Fontaine as Susan Spencer
    A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.
    D-Day the Sixth of June 1956 POSTER

    D-Day the Sixth of June

    1956

    English

    5.9

    6

    35%

    35%

    Action

    d-day

    Drama

    Romance

    War

    Henry Koster Henry Koster Director John Williams John Williams as Brig. Russell Robert Gist Robert Gist as Dan Stenick Barry Coe Barry Coe as Helmsman Ron Nyman Ron Nyman as Party Guest
    En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
    Hilda Crane 1956 POSTER

    Hilda Crane

    1956

    English

    6.2

    5

    Action

    divorcee

    Drama

    gossip

    homecoming

    parent child relationship

    small town

    Philip Dunne Philip Dunne Director Gregg Palmer Gregg Palmer as Dink Bromley Jean Simmons Jean Simmons as Hilda Crane Burns Jim Hayward Jim Hayward as Mr. Small Peggy Knudsen Peggy Knudsen as Nell Bromley
    After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.
    The Last Hunt 1956 POSTER

    The Last Hunt

    1956

    English

    6.8

    10

    89%

    53%

    Action

    buffalo

    Drama

    Western

    Richard Brooks Richard Brooks Director Dale Van Sickel Dale Van Sickel as Buffalo Hunter Robert Taylor Robert Taylor as Charles Gilson Russ Tamblyn Russ Tamblyn as Jimmy O'Brien Constance Ford Constance Ford as Peg
    A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.
    The Benny Goodman Story 1956 POSTER

    The Benny Goodman Story

    1956

    English

    6.8

    4

    69%

    69%

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    jazz

    Music

    Valentine Davies Valentine Davies Director Steve Allen Steve Allen as Benny Goodman Cynthia Patrick Cynthia Patrick as Jane - Gil Rodin's Date Ben Welden Ben Welden as Sammy - Primo's 1st Henchman Don Gordon Don Gordon as Tough Boy in Gang
    Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
    Nightfall 1956 POSTER

    Nightfall

    1956

    English

    7.1

    12

    100%

    74%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    model

    noir

    Romance

    Thriller

    Jacques Tourneur Jacques Tourneur Director Gene Roth Gene Roth as Bartender Aldo Ray Aldo Ray as James Vanning Brian Keith Brian Keith as John Rudy Bond Rudy Bond as Red
    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
    Lisbon 1956 POSTER

    Lisbon

    1956

    English

    5.9

    4

    25%

    25%

    Action

    Adventure

    Crime

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    portugal

    yacht

    Ray Milland Ray Milland Director Ray Milland Ray Milland as Capt. Robert John Evans Francis Lederer Francis Lederer as Seraphim Robie Lester Robie Lester as Singer Maureen O'Hara Maureen O'Hara as Sylvia Merrill
    For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one day he's hired by Aristides Mavros for a more involved assignment -- sneaking an imprisoned American out of communist-controlled territory. The job seems challenging enough, but when he meets the prisoner's sultry wife, Sylvia, he realizes his mission comes with a startling catch: Not only must he rescue this man, he must bring him back from the dead.
    Alexander the Great 1956 POSTER

    Alexander the Great

    1956

    English

    5.8

    32

    41%

    4th century bc

    Action

    alexander the great

    Biography

    Drama

    empire

    epic

    History

    king

    War

    Robert Rossen Robert Rossen Director Julio Peña Julio Peña as Arsites Ramsay Ames Ramsay Ames as Drunken Woman Peter Cushing Peter Cushing as General Memnon Fredric March Fredric March as Philip of Macedonia
    An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
    The Revolt of Mamie Stover 1956 POSTER

    The Revolt of Mamie Stover

    1956

    English

    6.4

    7

    40%

    56%

    Action

    Drama

    honolulu hawaii

    Music

    pearl harbor

    prostitution

    reputation

    War

    world war ii

    writer

    Raoul Walsh Raoul Walsh Director Agnes Moorehead Agnes Moorehead as Bertha Parchman Michael Pate Michael Pate as Harry Adkins Stubby Kaye Stubby Kaye as Howard Sloan Eddie Firestone Eddie Firestone as Tarzan
    In the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life.
    Gervaise 1956 POSTER

    Gervaise

    1956

    French

    7.4

    6

    80%

    74%

    Action

    Drama

    René Clément René Clément Director Maria Schell Maria Schell as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse Aram Stephan Aram Stephan as Le maire Hélène Tossy Hélène Tossy as Mme Bijard Jacqueline Morane Jacqueline Morane as Mme Gaudron
    An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.
    The Mole People 1956 POSTER

    The Mole People

    1956

    English

    5.0

    11

    43%

    26%

    Action

    Adventure

    earthquake

    expedition

    Fantasy

    glacier

    Horror

    mushroom

    ritual

    sacrifice

    Sci-Fi

    Virgil W. Vogel Virgil W. Vogel Director Cynthia Patrick Cynthia Patrick as Adad John Agar John Agar as Dr. Roger Bentley Patrick Whyte Patrick Whyte as Guard Kay E. Kuter Kay E. Kuter as Priest
    A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a five millennia-old mutant Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopatamia.
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