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Subgenre Sampler
Yangtse Incident, The (The Yangtze Incident, Battle Hell) (1957)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Richard Todd - The crew of the HMS Amethyst must escape via the Yangtse river after sauntering into China on the eve of Communist takeover. A riveting dramatization…
23 Paces To Baker Street (1956)- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker… - Genuine nail–biter with Van Johnson as a blind writer who has the misfortune to overhear a kidnapping plot, enlisting his two friends he sets…
A Town Like Alice (1956)- Dir. Jack Lee
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch - Based on Neville Shute's 1950s bestseller, this WWII drama opens with the fall of Singapore and the internment of Virginia McKenna in a Japanese POW…
Alexander the Great (1956)- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom - Earnest epic follows the life and early death of the Greek warrior who conquered the entire known world. This seismic production has Richard Burton…
Anastasia (1956)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner - Refugee peasant Ingrid Bergman is compelled by Yul Brynner to impersonate the legendary 'lost' Russian princess. All–round high production…
And God Created Woman (1956)- Dir. Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Curt Jurgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant - The Bardot movie, set in sleepy St. Tropez where Bridget is the misunderstood town hussy who impulsively marries the brother of a boyfriend. Works…
Aparajito (1956)- Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Pinaki Sengupta… - Sequel to PATHER PANCHALI sees Apu now as an adolescent who abandons his village and travels to Calcutta, where he is inevitably confused with his…
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley Maclaine - Lively spectacle in which David Niven attempts to perform the title feat, while no less than 44 other stars make cameo appearances. Garnered four…
Attack! (1956)- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, Eddie Albert - Departing from the glory–day stories of WW2, Aldrich offers a hard–edged realism to the nightmare of war. Jack Palance, Lee Marvin and…
Baby Doll (1956)- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Carroll Baker - After success with STREETCAR, Kazan tackled another squalid Tennessee Williams tale of sex, jealousy and obsession. Karl Malden, Eli Wallach and…
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