Subgenre Sampler
Kanal (1956)- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar - The darkest chapter of dir. Wadja's WWII 'Trilogy', is an unremitting portrayal of the last gasps of the 1944 Warsaw uprising. With desperate…
Killer is Loose, The (1956)- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey - Film noir about a bank robber who escapes prison and sets out on a revenge mission to bring down the cop the killed his wife. Leaning heavily into…
Killing, The (1956)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards - Brilliantly observed caper movie from the early career of Mr. Kubrick about an ex–con who organises a heist from a racetrack. You'll be glued…
King and Four Queens, The (1956)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes… - Wily comedy–western with con man Gable ingratiating himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to…
King and I, The (1956)- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno… - Lush screen adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's broadway show, Anna and the King of Siam. Yul Brynner is unforgettable in the title role.
Kiss Before Dying, A (1956)
- Dir. Gerd Oswald
Feat. Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Joanne Woodward… - The first and best version of Ira Levin's (ROSEMARY'S BABY) early novel, in which status–anxious student Wagner plots the murder of his…
Last Wagon, The (1956)- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner… - Racially charged western with a vengeful Widmark and a wagon full of bigots under siege from Indians.
Lone Ranger, The (1956)- Dir. Stuart Heisler
Feat. Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger… - Modest but proficient movie spinoff from the popular 1950s TV series, with the masked one (Moore) and Tonto (Silverheels) taking on a rancher who is…
Man Escaped, A (1956)- Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Francois Leterrier - Bresson's films are all extremely controlled in style: no suspense, no histrionics, flat acting, spare and simple camerawork, yet this is an…
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (1956)- Dir. Nunnally Johnson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March… - Adapted from the novel by Sloan Wilson, this powerful drama evokes the multiple crises of an Madison Avenue advertising executive (Peck), whose…
©2025 AroVideo | Using the Catalogue | Feedback Opens in a new window | Terms of use Opens in a new window | Privacy Policy Opens in a new window | AroVideo on Twitter AroVideo on Facebook
