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Teahouse of the August Moon, TheTeahouse 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, TheTen Commandments, The (1956) Recommended
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…
The BuccaneersThe Buccaneers (1956)
Dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards
Feat. Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Paul Hansard
Frisky frolics on the high seas with Robert Shaw as a former pirate pardoned by the English King and now given to policing the Caribbean
There's Always TomorrowThere's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Bennett
Resolute Sirk melodrama tugs at the heartstrings of a disenchanted family man whose chance encounter with an old–flame compels his children to…
Three Worlds of Jacques Cousteau, TheThree Worlds of Jacques Cousteau, The (The Silent World, World Without Sun, Voyage to the Edge of the World) (1956-1976) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Cousteau, Louis Malle
A trilogy of award–winning documentary feature films from famed oceanogragher, Jacques Cousteau. The Silent World (1956) won the Palm D'Or…
TrapezeTrapeze (1956)
Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida
Surprisingly well–realised drama, which sets a love–triangle (Lancaster, Curtis, Lollobrigida) in the world of European circus…
Unguarded Moment, TheUnguarded Moment, The (1956)
Dir. Harry Keller
Feat. Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon
Film noir with MGM star Esther Williams playing a High School music teacher and unmarried 'career woman' who is targeted by a stalker. Although…
Walk the Proud LandWalk the Proud Land (1956)
Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Charles Drake
Considered one of Audie Murphy's best Westerns, based on the true story of an Indian agent who is sent to try a new approach to peace with the…
War and PeaceWar and Peace (1956)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda
In treating Tolstoy's literary sprawl, Hollywood pinned its hopes on a high–profile cast and extravagant battle sequences to redeem a…
While the City SleepsWhile the City Sleeps (1956) Recommended
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders
Considered a vastly under–rated Fritz Lang noir, this newspaper drama provides plenty of social commentary depicting the story of the "Lipstick…

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