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Farewell to Arms, AFarewell to Arms, A (1957)
Dir. Charles Vidor, John Huston
Feat. Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica
Expensive, though wooden adaptation of the Hemingway classic set around a love story on the Italian Front in WWI. Despite a Ben Hecht script, the…
Fiend Without a FaceFiend Without a Face (1957)
Dir. Arthur Crabtree
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker
Noteworthy 'alien invader' thriller in which creatures resembling the human brain run amok in a small town. Macabre proceedings are resolved in a…
Fire Down BelowFire Down Below (1957)
Dir. Robert Parrish
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon
Adventure drama set in the Caribbean, with Jack Lemmon and Robert Mitchum playing U.S. expatriates who eke out a meager subsistence transporting…
Forty GunsForty Guns (1957)
Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger
A surreal, somewhat lurid Western set in Tombstone, Arizona pits voluptuous land–baroness Stanwyck against the new, world–weary marshall…
Green Man, The / School for ScoundrelsGreen Man, The / School for Scoundrels (1957-1960)
Dir. Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
Feat. Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas
A double feature of comedies starring Alastair Sim. The Green Man (1957) Dir. Basil Dearden – One of Sim's best films, playing an apparently…
Gun for a CowardGun for a Coward (1957)
Dir. Abner Biberman
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter, Janice Rule
Character driven western with the tragic Jeffrey Hunter as a peaceful cowboy whose non–violent manner saddles him with a reputation for…
Gunfight at the O.K. CorralGunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) Recommended
Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
The legendary Doc Holliday–Wyatt Earp clash with the Clayton gang with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in the leading spurs. A textbook Western.
Hancock's Half HourHancock's Half Hour (1957-1961)
Feat. Tony Hancock, Sid James, Dick Emery
Tony Hancock's hilarious and influential 50s/ 60s sitcom: On DVD, two compilations. On Vol 1, the earliest surviving episodes, all from 1957:…
Haunted Strangler, TheHaunted Strangler, The (1957)
Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Boris Karloff
Jekyll–and–Hyde variation with criminologist Boris Karloff delving into a serial–murder case for which he suspects the wrong man…
Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series)Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) (1957)
Feat. Richard Boone, Hal Needham
Popular classic Western series about the adventures of professional gunfighter Paladin and his manservant Hey Boy.

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