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Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
- The first true Hammer gothic horror and number one in the Frankenstein series bringing together the fantastic talents of Cushing (as the Baron) and…
Curse of the Demon (Night of the Demon) (1957)
- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis…
- Classy occult thriller survives its big reputation through an intelligent script and controlled sense of menace. Dana Andrews' cynical professor…
Decision at Sundown (1957)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele…
- Another fruitful Boetticher/Scott collaboration is the grimmest of the lot with Scott on the trail of the man who drove his wife to suicide.
Delicate Delinquent, The (1957)
- Dir. Don McGuire
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer…
- Comedian Lewis plays a janitor who is mistakenly picked–up by police as a juvenile delinquent and forced into the police training himself. This…
Delinquents, The (1957)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Dick Bakalyan
- Future luminary Robert Altman's debut feature, an "expose" of juvenile delinquency in the rock'n'roll era.
Filmed in Kansas City in a…
Desk Set (His Other Woman) (1957)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young…
- Screwball Tracy–Hepburn vehicle makes good use of their excellent chemistry. Tracy is an efficiency expert come to computerise a New York firm…
Dragstrip Girl (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Fay Spain, Steve Terrell, John Ashley…
- For the thrill of it, young blonde thing Fay Spain sets up a race between her two boyfriends, one being a good–guy garage mechanic, and the…
Enemy Below, The (1957)
- Dir. Dick Powell
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens, Theodore Bikel…
- Naval thriller with Mitchum as a U.S. destroyer captain caught in a cat–and–mouse battle with German U–boat commander Jurgens he…
Face in the Crowd, A (1957)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau…
- Pungent social commentary on American mass culture outlays the rags–to–riches trajectory of a hick nobody (Griffith) whose rapid rise to…
Famous Five, The: Five on a Treasure Island (1957)
- Dir. Gerald Landau
Feat. Rel Grainer, Richard Palmer, Gillian Harrison…
- Ginger beer and picnics are put on hold as the five set out in search of hidden treasure, and in pursuit the requisite dastardly villains.…