Subgenre Sampler
Rock 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 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…
Searchers, The (1956)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles… - A grand example of what made this such a popular genre. A disturbed John Wayne treks the untamed wilderness in a five–year odyssey to kill the…
Seven Men From Now (1956)- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin… - Revered, obscure Western from iconoclast Budd Boetticher: Randolph Scott plays a lone rider charged with bringing seven ruthless bank robbers to…
Smiley (1956)- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Ralph Richardson, John McCallum, Chips Rafferty… - An iconic, simple depiction of smalltown life in rural 1950s Australia, loosely revolving around the life of a young boy, whose father is a nomadic…
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Paul Newman - Paul Newman laces on the gloves in this round of boxing biography, playing NYC heavyweight Rocky Graziano with true Method–acting guts.…
Spanish Gardener, The (1956)- Dir. Philip Leacock
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sir Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack… - Curious father/son drama with Bogarde in the title role forming a close relationship with a young boy much to his father's envy. Narrative wise…
Star in the Dust (1956)- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. John Agar, Richard Boone, Mamie Van Doren… - Psychological western with Agar as a sheriff caught between farmers and cattlemen who disagree the impending execution of a gunman.
Teahouse of the August Moon, The (1956)- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo… - Dated culture clash comedy with Glenn Ford as an American GI charged with teaching democracy to the inhabitants of a small Japanese…
Ten Commandments, The (1956)- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter… - The director remakes his 1923 silent epic with improved results and Charlton Heston as Moses, who battles the odds to lead the Israelites to the…
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