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Subgenre Sampler

 
Mohawk (1956)
Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Scott Brady, Rita Gam
White men playing Indians is typical of this hokey affair, which is about as ethnically sensitive as Adolf Hitler. In retrospect, though, it's a…
Naughty GirlNaughty Girl (Cette Sacree Gamine) (1956)
Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Francoise Fabian
A con–artist father leaves his devious minx of a daughter in the hands of a performer who discovers the girl is bent on disrupting his life the…
PardnersPardners (1956)
Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Agnes Moorehead
Comic–partners Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis saddle–up for a jaunt in the Old West.
Please Murder MePlease Murder Me (Please Murder Me!) (1956) Recommended
Dir. Peter Godfrey
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran
Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury square off in this tough–minded noir about a lawyers who successfully defends his client only to discover…
Plucking the DaisyPlucking the Daisy (Mademoiselle Striptease) (1956)
Dir. Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Roger Vadim
One of the Brigitte Bardot/Roger Vadim light comedies that relies on Bardot's charms rather more than the simple story of a smalltown woman who is…
Private's ProgressPrivate's Progress (1956)
Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas
Popular Ealing war satire finds Ian Carmichael, as the film’s spotty college freshman, conscripted to military service where he’s whipped into…
Reach for the SkyReach for the Sky (1956)
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Kenneth More
British WW2 favourite tells the courageous true story of pilot Douglas Bader who overcame the amputation of both legs to miraculously continue his…
Red Balloon, TheRed Balloon, The (Ballon Rouge, Le) (1956) Aro Favourite
Dir. Albert Lamorisse
Classic French short that still manages to captivate audiences with its simple premise of a young Parisian boy who discovers a red balloon with a…
Rock Around the ClockRock Around the Clock (1956)
Dir. Fred F. Sears
This upbeat, toe–tapping 'advertorial' for rock & roll was intially brushed off as a show–reel for live performance, yet remains a lively…
Run for the SunRun for the Sun (1956)
Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer
Righteous remake of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME has Widmark and Greer running through some almighty foliage desperate to evade smarmy baddie…

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