Subgenre Sampler
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins - Another rousing, grand scale production from director Lean, about a group of British POW's employed by the Japanese to build a bridge, while their…
China Gate (1957)- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson - In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy…
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming - The legendary Doc Holliday–Wyatt Earp clash with the Clayton gang with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in the leading spurs. A textbook Western.
Paths of Glory (1957)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou… - Kubrick's muscular drama deals frankly with the hypocrisy and inhumanity of military ethics, based on a true incident in WWI France. Following a…
Eddy Duchin Story, The (1956)- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore - Tearjerking, CinemaScope biopic of the beloved but short–lived pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin. Nominated for four Academy Awards.
Forbidden Planet (1956)- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen - Pre–eminent sci–fi film of the 50's with a story and special effects well beyond its time. This fascinating film launched the careers of…
Conquest Of Space (1955)- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy - Technicolor space adventure that redeems some of its contrived script with whimsical special effects.
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish - A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
Desiree (1954)- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons - Marlon Brando plays a young Napoleon whose first romance, with Desiree Clay (Jean Simmons), is strained when he is swept into the cut–throat…
Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (1953)- Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata - Tragic story of unrequited love set during the Heiji Rebellion in 1159, where a samurai warrior falls in love with a married…
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