Subgenre Sampler
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Girls in Prison (1956)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Richard Denning, Joan Taylor
- A seminal women–in–prison movie sure to have packed the kids in at US drive–ins to see 'what happens when a group of deranged,…
Godzilla - King of the Monsters (1956)
- Dir. Inoshiro Honda, Terry O. Morse
Feat. Raymond Burr
- The original US version of ‘Godzilla’ which spawned countless remakes and sequels. Raymond Burr plays a reporter investigating various disasters…
Great Locomotive Chase, The (1956)
- Feat. Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York
- An adventure story based on a true American Civil War mission behind Confederate lines to steal a Union train and destroy some strategically…
Gunslinger (1956)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes
- In this cut–price Roger Corman western, town ain’t big enough for a touch–as–nails lady marshall, and her nemesis, a spiteful…
Harder They Fall, The (1956)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger
- A quality bow–out from the movies for Humphrey Bogart, playing a jaded sports press–agent in the hard world of professional boxing in a…
Helen of Troy (1956)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Rossana Podesta, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Niall MacGinnis…
- Homer's epic of the Trojan War is treated with Hollywood gloves in this above–average adaptation. Centering around the the ambiguous figure of…
Her Bridal Night (Mariée est trop belle, La) (1956)
- Dir. Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
- Light comedy dating from Brigette Bardot's early years in which she plays a country girl who gets 'discovered' by the Parisian fashion industry and…
High Society (1956)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra…
- On the button remake of THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, giving the skewed love–triangle tale a musical treatment. Score by Cole Porter.
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.
Indestructible Man (1956)
- Dir. Jack Pollexfen
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney
- Homicidal maniac Lon Chaney Jnr is revived, post–execution, by a mad scientist, before going on a revenge–spree. Interesting entry for…