Subgenre Sampler
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Thunder Over Hawaii (Naked Paradise) (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Richard Denning, Beverly Garland
- Corman drive–in melodrama exploits a Hawaiian setting and the sensuous Beverly Garland for a tale of savage passion, kidnapping, and robbery of…
Bad Seed, The (1956)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones
- A taut, gripping drama about a spoilt, psychotic child who has murdered her classmate. The juicy dialogue and Patty McCormack's wicked performance…
Female Jungle (1956)
- Dir. Bruno VeSota
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Jayne Mansfield, John Carradine
- Lawrence Tierney, in a rare leading role, plays a hard–drinking cop who puzzles over a nightclub murder encumbered with a 'hangover'. Careful…
Forever Darling (1956)
- Dir. Alexander Hall
Feat. Lucille Ball, James Mason, Desi Arnaz
- The unique talents of Lucille Ball is the strongest aspect of this 'dysfunctional marriage' comedy, starring James Mason as her Guardian Angel. Ball…
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
- Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin try to crash the Hollywood lifestyle, in frenzied style.
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…
Plucking 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…
Violent Years, The (1956)
- Dir. William J Morgan
Feat. Mamie Van Doren
- Scripted by Ed Wood Jnr (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE) this tawdry 50s juvenile–delinquent pic features Mamie Van Doren leading a gang of…
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
- Dir. Charles Lamont
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
- An interesting 'Abbott and Costello' where the duo, circa 1914, take refuge from crooks by hiding in the Mack Sennett studios and end up…
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
- Dir. Charles Lamont
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor
- One of the better films in the 'Abbott and Costello' series, sees the bumbling duo wrapped up in the intrigue surrounding the excavation of The…