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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates… - 50's sci–fi masterpiece about alien pods replicating and replacing American townspeople. Whether read as a Communist or McCarthyist parable, it…
It's Great to be Young (1956)- Dir. Cyril Frankel
Feat. John Mills, Cecil Parker, Jeremy Spenser… - A British musical comedy in Eastmancolor, starring John Mills as an inspirational high school music teacher who leads his students in revolt against…
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