Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield…
- Follow–up to the cult hit CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, with poor, harassed Gill Man captured in the Amazon this time round and brought back…
Rififi (1955)
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Jean Servais, Jules Dassin, Magali Noel…
- The French reclaim film noir with this methodical and stylish heist movie, famous for its 35 minute real–time bank robbery, executed in virtual…
Robin Hood: The Movie (1955-1991)
- Dir. Ralph Smart, Terence Fisher
Feat. Richard Greene, Leo McKern
- A feature film colourized and edited in 1991 from episodes 1,2,3,5,8 & 27 of the 1955 TV Series. Notably, Will Scatlock who dies at the end of…
Sergeant Bilko (TV Series) (The Phil Silvers Show) (1955-1959)
- Feat. Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck
- Three–disc compilation of 18 episodes from the classic US sitcom about an irresponsible, gambling conman of a staff sergeant at a US Army base…
Seven Year Itch, The (1955)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell
- Marilyn Monroe gives plenty of dumb blonde for this comedy about a married man (Tom Ewell) who has a fling with you–know–who.
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie…
- Mercenary Clark Gable is recruited to search for Hayward's lost husband in this proficient Hong Kong set thriller. Anti–communist thriller…
Storm Fear (1955)
- Dir. Cornel Wilde
Feat. Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Dan Duryea…
- Crime noir about a gang member who seeks shelter with his brother's family after being wounded during a botched bank robbery. Once there, he…
Summertime (Summer Madness) (1955)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda
- Katharine Hepburn, middle–aged spinster, flees to Venice on vacation, only for the romance of the city – and a dark, handsome Italian catch…
Tall Men, The (1955)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan…
- Effortlessly enjoyable western with Gable as a Confederate who signs up for a grand cattle drive from Texas to Montana, Jane Russell and Robert Ryan…
Tarantula! (1955)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll…
- One of the best B–movie directors of the 1950s crafts an effective tale of a manic scientist (Carroll) whose experiments unleash a gigantic and…