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23 Paces To Baker Street23 Paces To Baker Street (1956)
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker
Genuine nail–biter with Van Johnson as a blind writer who has the misfortune to overhear a kidnapping plot, enlisting his two friends he sets…
BacklashBacklash (1956)
Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell
Richard Widmark and Donna Reed play the tough–talkin', rootin–tootin leads in this gritty horse opera, as they both seek vengeance for…
Beyond a Reasonable DoubtBeyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer
This bleak film noir from director Fritz Lang is a triumph of style and mood with a cynical take on fate and the human condition. An impeccably…
Killer is Loose, TheKiller is Loose, The (1956)
Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey
Film noir about a bank robber who escapes prison and sets out on a revenge mission to bring down the cop the killed his wife. Leaning heavily into…
Kiss Before Dying, AKiss Before Dying, A (1956) Recommended
Dir. Gerd Oswald
Feat. Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Joanne Woodward
The first and best version of Ira Levin's (ROSEMARY'S BABY) early novel, in which status–anxious student Wagner plots the murder of his…
Man Escaped, AMan Escaped, A (1956) Recommended
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Francois Leterrier
Bresson's films are all extremely controlled in style: no suspense, no histrionics, flat acting, spare and simple camerawork, yet this is an…
Man in the VaultMan in the Vault (1956)
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. William Campbell, Berry Kroeger, Karen Sharpe
Tommy Dancer is an ordinary man thrust into an extraordinary situation – a locksmith forced into a heist by a ruthless mobster and his…
Man Who Knew Too Much, TheMan Who Knew Too Much, The (1956) Recommended
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, Doris Day
Hitchcock remakes his 1934 film and generally comes up trumps with James Stewart and Doris Day as the innocent victims of international espionage.…
Please Murder MePlease Murder Me (Please Murder Me!) (1956) Recommended
Dir. Peter Godfrey
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran
Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury square off in this tough–minded noir about a lawyers who successfully defends his client only to discover…
Run for the SunRun for the Sun (1956)
Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer
Righteous remake of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME has Widmark and Greer running through some almighty foliage desperate to evade smarmy baddie…

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