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Subgenre Sampler

 
Man with the GunMan with the Gun (1955)
Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe
Brawny western with Mitchum typically taciturn as a mercenary hired by frightened citizens to vanquish a pack of murderous gunfighters.
Man Without A StarMan Without A Star (1955)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor
Character–driven Western sees Kirk Douglas plays a laconic gunslinger with a dark–side, who drifts from scrape to scrape while working…
MartyMarty (1955) Recommended
Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Karen Steele
Sweeping the Oscars on its release, Paddy Chayefsky's (NETWORK) well–scripted vernacular lifted Ernest Borgnine to a career best in an…
Mister RobertsMister Roberts (1955) Recommended
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…
Napoleon Napoleon (1955)
Dir. Sacha Guitry
Feat. Daniel Gelin, Raymond Pellegrin, Yves Montand
A somewhat farcical film that suffers from being dubbed into English, over–narration, and the attempt to give a complete account of Napoleon's…
Night My Number Came Up, TheNight My Number Came Up, The (1955)
Dir. Leslie Norman
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox
A prophetic nightmare about an ill–fated plane flight begins to play out as reality for 13 passengers aboard a British military aircraft in…
Night of the Hunter, TheNight of the Hunter, The (1955) Recommended
Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
Not As A StrangerNot As A Stranger (1955)
Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra
Undemanding medical drama notable for being Kramer's directorial debut and for its abundance of big stars in small roles. Mitchum plays against…
Oklahoma!Oklahoma! (1955)
Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson
Ground–breaking Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, includes many classic numbers.
OrdetOrdet (1955) Recommended
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Hailed by many critics as dir. Dreyer's masterpiece, this deep exploration of the true meaning of Christianity, set in rural Denmark, will repay the…

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