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Marty (1955)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Karen Steele… - Sweeping the Oscars on its release, Paddy Chayefsky's (NETWORK) well–scripted vernacular lifted Ernest Borgnine to a career best in an…
Mister Roberts (1955)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon - Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…
My Sister Eileen (1955)- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh - Charming if not modest retread of the "brains vs. beauty" dilemma sees on–screen sisters Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett jostle for the affection…
Napoleon (1955)- Dir. Sacha Guitry
Feat. Daniel Gelin, Raymond Pellegrin, Yves Montand… - A somewhat farcical film that suffers from being dubbed into English, over–narration, and the attempt to give a complete account of Napoleon's…
Night My Number Came Up, The (1955)- Dir. Leslie Norman
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox… - A prophetic nightmare about an ill–fated plane flight begins to play out as reality for 13 passengers aboard a British military aircraft in…
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish - A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
Not As A Stranger (1955)- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra… - Undemanding medical drama notable for being Kramer's directorial debut and for its abundance of big stars in small roles. Mitchum plays against…
Nuit et Broulliard (Night and Fog) (1955)- Dir. Alain Resnais
- Haunting, influential doco on the Nazi concentration camps investigates the ways in which images of past events cause guilt for those in the present,…
Oklahoma! (1955)- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson… - Ground–breaking Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, includes many classic numbers.
One Desire (1955)- Dir. Jerry Hopper
Feat. Anne Baxter, Rock Hudson, Julie Adams - Old–fashioned romantic melodrama set in the early 1900's, following the fate of a star–crosses Oklahoma gambler–casino dealer and a…
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