Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
Stopover Tokyo (1957)
- Dir. Richard L Breen
Feat. Joan Collins, Robert Wagner
- Familiar spy story uses exotic locales to best advantage.
Superstars of Horror - Boris Karloff (Corridors of Blood, The Haunted Strangler, The Sorcerers) (1957-1967)
- Deluxe box–set edition presenting three intriguing curiosities from the career of horror icon, Boris Karloff.
Superstars of Horror - Peter Cushing (Abominable Snowman, Bloodsuckers, Shock Waves) (1957-1977)
- Deluxe box–set edition presenting three tantalizing obscurities from the career of the great Peter Cushing.
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster
- New York–style cynicism reaches its apogee in this bitter pill from the 50s, with press agent Tony Curtis playing self–degrading lapdog…
Tall T, The (1957)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan
- The formidable Budd Boetticher–Randolph Scott alliance delivered this lean, mean stagecoach thriller – probably the finest of the duo’s…
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
- Dir. Joseph Pevney
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan
- Debbie Reynolds shines in this classic rom–com about an unsophisticated woman from backwoods Mississippi who falls in love with a wealthy pilot…
Three Faces of Eve (1957)
- Dir. Nunnally Johnson
Feat. Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb
- Joanne Woodward pulls out all the stops as a southern housewife who suffers multiple personality disorder, and won an Oscar for her portrayals of…
Throne of Blood (1957)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
- Kurosawa transposes MacBeth into a Samurai setting and the result justifies his reputation. Nothing short of an awesome spectacle Shakespeare himself…
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…
Time Without Pity (1957)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Ann Todd…
- Nervy noir has Michael Redgrave in top form as an alcoholic father racing against time to save his son from the gallows.
Somewhat dated thriller…