Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon
- Enchanting romantic comedy adapted from the Broadway play stars Kim Novak as a witch who casts a spell on her neighbour, played by James Stewart.
Big Country, The (1958)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston
- A big Western – where feuding families with rival patriarchs fight it out to the bitter end.
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg
- Ripe for rediscovery is this lush Francoise Sagan adaptation, centred around a tawdry love triangle between a father, daughter and…
Bonnie Parker Story, The (1958)
- Dir. William Witney
Feat. Dorothy Provine, Dick Bakalyan, Jack Hogan
- Dorothy Provine is sensational in this low–budget telling the story of the tommy–gun toting 1930s gangster Bonnie Parker,…
Bravados, The (1958)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Lee Van Cleef…
- Peck sets out on the grim task of annihilating the rapists and killers of his wife in this taut, if occasionally obvious Western. As Peck works his…
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley…
- Randolph Scott plays a loner who finds himself caught up in a violent feud in this taut Budd Boetticher western.
Carry On Forever! Box Set (Carry On Screaming; Carry On Constable; Carry On Cowboy; Carry On Sergeant; Carry On Teacher; Carry On Spying; Carry On Nurse; Carry On Jack; Carry On Cabby; Carry On Regardless; Carry On Cleo; Carry On Cruising) (1958-1966)
- Feat. Sid James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams…
- A 12–disc set containing various 'Carry On' comedies of the 1950–60s. All are also available separately for rental:
Carry On…
Carve Her Name With Pride (1958)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner…
- Brit war–time romance centred on a lady living in London during WW2 who marries and has a child with a French soldier. Upon hearing of his…
Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman
- Compelling melodrama based on Tennessee Williams' play of greed, lust and impotence in a wealthly Southern family. Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor…
Christine (1958)
- Dir. Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Feat. Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Micheline Presle
- Vienna set classic love triangle between an unfaithful man, his current love interest (played by darling French actress Romy Schneider) and an…