Subgenre Sampler
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. John Gavin, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore…
- Bittersweet WWII melodrama finds Douglas Sirk at his gravest; John Gavin plays a returning German solider who falls in love under the shadow of war.…
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Glynis Johns…
- Though a vehicle for Lana Turner, this enjoyable romantic melodrama is remembered for introducing Sean Connery to a wider audience, as a married BBC…
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzanowksa
- Set on the day after WWII, the striking–looking Zbigniew Cybulski plays a Polish freedom fighter torn between wartime duties and peacetime…
Astounding She-Monster, The (1958)
- Dir. Ronnie Ashcroft
Feat. Robert Clarke
- Cheap drive–in fodder has a deadly female alien crash–land near the hideout of a band of kidnappers. Some fun to be had with the cheesy…
Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958)
- Dir. Nathan Hertz
Feat. Allison Hayes, William Hudson
- After a close–encounter, Allison Hayes starts growin' while her sleazeball husband philanders the town hussy. Bad special FX, charismatic…
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
- Dir. Bert I. Gordon
Feat. John Agar, John Hoyt, June Kenney…
- One of the earliest depictions of the creepy puppet master, this low budget sci–fi horror follows a doll maker with abandonment issues who…
Auntie Mame (1958)
- Dir. Morton DaCosta
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Peggy Cass, Coral Browne
- Classic Oscar–nominated showcase for Rosalind Russell, as a colourful, high–living rouser who educates her 10yr old nephew in the ways of…
Ballad of Narayama, The (Narayama bushiko) (1958)
- Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka
- Sombre but stylised retelling of a Japanese legend, about a poverty–stricken village and its eldest resident who, in accordance with tradition,…
Barbarian and the Geisha, The (1958)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. John Wayne, Sam Jaffe, Eiko Ando
- Uncharacteristic John Wayne vehicle has the big lug play an ambassador to Japan following the US intervention in 1863. Eiko Ando plays the titular…
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon
- Enchanting romantic comedy adapted from the Broadway play stars Kim Novak as a witch who casts a spell on her neighbour, played by James Stewart.