Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Cry Terror! (1958)
- Dir. Andrew L. Stone
Feat. James Mason, Inger Stevens, Rod Steiger…
- Crime thriller with Rod Steiger as a mad extortionist who forces a New York shop owner (James Mason) to collect a ransom after threatening to blow up…
Damn Yankees (Whatever Lola Wants) (1958)
- Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Feat. Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston…
- Supremely entertaining musical rom–com that transposes the Faustian legend to the world of American baseball, with Gwen Verdon in the iconic…
Defiant Ones, The (1958)
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
- That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives
- Anthony Perkins and Sophia Loren requite their love over a heated land dispute in this mild star vehicle for the then–wildly popular Loren.…
Dunkirk (1958)
- Dir. Leslie Norman
Feat. Richard Attenborough, John Mills, Bernard Lee…
- British war film set during the 1940 evacuation of French and British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, following the contrasting perspectives of a…
Elevator to the Gallows (Lift to the Scaffold, aka. Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud) (1958)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly…
- A young Jeanne Moreau stars in this elegant thriller about a crime of passion that backfires when the murderer gets trapped in a lift. Ambience par…
Fly, The (1958)
- Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price
- Classic B–movie is a hammy horror tale of an obsessed scientist who unwittingly turns himself into a freak of nature.
Geisha Boy (1958)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Jerry Lewis
- Jerry Lewis plays a clumsy stage–magician touring Japan who leaves multiple havoc in his wake.
Giants and Toys (1958)
- Dir. Yasuzo Masumura
Feat. Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe
- Japanese satirical comedy about an advertising war between three candy production companies, and a teenage girl who becomes a celebrity after one of…
Gigi (1958)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan…
- This cheerful musical odyssey of a Parisian girl trained to be a courtesan was the Oscar–winner of its year.