Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Sophia Loren Collection (Desire Under the Elms, Heller in Pink Tights, A Breath of Scandal) (1958-1960)
- Feat. Sophia Loren
- Three classic ‘contract’ pictures from Italy’s enduring Sophia Loren, made during the height of her Hollywood fame.
South Pacific (1958)
- Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr…
- Solid screen version of Rogers and Hammerstein's stage spectacle, memorable for its lush location photography and infectious tunes.
Speedway (1958)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra
- Elvis Presley musical set in stock–car racing scene. With Nancy Sinatra in the passenger seat.
Tale of Two Cities, A (1958)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence…
- An intrepid Dirk Bogarde negotiates the rough and tumble of the French Revolution, in this, the version most faithful to the Charles Dickens novel.…
Tarnished Angels, The (1958)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
- WRITTEN ON THE WIND's tawdry trio (Stack, Malone, Hudson) reunite in this soaring melodrama about an exiled, enigmatic WWI pilot whose debonair…
Teacher's Pet (1958)
- Dir. George Seaton
Feat. Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young…
- Self–taught newspaper–man Clark Gable is cynical about journalism school, but becomes enchanted with a teacher (Doris Day) and decides to…
Teenage Caveman (1958)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Robert Vaughn, Sarah Marshall, Leslie Bradley
- Prehistoric drive–in fare boosted by Roger Corman's knack for never letting action drag, and a baby–faced Robert Vaughn (Man from Uncle)…
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
- Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
Feat. Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot
- Eccentric western with Sterling Hayden as a Swedish whaler –armed with harpoon – seeking to exact revenge on the greedy oil baron who…
Thunder Road (1958)
- Dir. Arthur Ripley
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon…
- Effective, gritty road movie about a mountain man moonshiner at war with both authorities and big–city competitors.
An unusually personal…
Touch of Evil, A (1958)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor…
- Declaring its virtuosity right from the famous opening–shot, this late film–noir weaves a tale of murder and blackmail in a Mexican…