List of American films of 1957
A list of American films released in 1957. The Bridge on the River Kwai won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Title
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Director
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Cast
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Genre
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Notes
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3:10 to Yuma |
Delmer Daves |
Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana |
Western |
Columbia; based on Three-Ten to Yuma and story by Elmore Leonard; remade in 2007
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5 Steps to Danger |
Henry S. Kesler |
Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer |
Film noir |
United Artists
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12 Angry Men |
Sidney Lumet |
Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden |
Drama |
United Artists
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20 Million Miles to Earth |
Nathan H. Juran |
William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia |
Science fiction |
Columbia
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The 27th Day |
William Asher |
Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec |
Science fiction |
Columbia
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The Abductors |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
Victor McLaglen, George Macready, Fay Spain |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox
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Action of the Tiger |
Terence Young |
Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom |
Adventure |
MGM
|
Affair in Havana |
László Benedek |
John Cassavetes, Sara Shane, Raymond Burr |
Film noir |
Allied Artists
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Affair in Reno |
R. G. Springsteen |
John Lund, Doris Singleton, John Archer |
Comedy |
Republic
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An Affair to Remember |
Leo McCarey |
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Cathleen Nesbitt, Richard Denning |
Romance |
20th Century Fox
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All Mine to Give |
Allen Reisner |
Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Patty McCormack |
Drama |
RKO
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The Amazing Colossal Man |
Bert I. Gordon |
Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson |
Science fiction |
A.I.P.
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Apache Warrior |
Elmo Williams |
Keith Larsen, Jim Davis, Rodolfo Acosta |
Western |
20th Century Fox
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Appointment with a Shadow |
Richard Carlson |
George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith, Virginia Field |
Film noir |
Universal
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April Love |
Henry Levin |
Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Arthur O'Connell |
Romance |
20th Century Fox
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The Astounding She-Monster |
Ronald V. Ashcroft |
Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Ewing Miles Brown |
Science Fiction |
A.I.P.
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Attack of the Crab Monsters |
Roger Corman |
Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson |
Science fiction |
Allied Artists
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Baby Face Nelson |
Don Siegel |
Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke |
Biography, crime |
United Artists
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The Bachelor Party |
Delbert Mann |
Don Murray, Eddie Albert, Carolyn Jones |
Comedy |
United Artists
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Back from the Dead |
Charles Warren |
Peggie Castle, Arthur Franz, Marsha Hunt |
Horror |
20th Century Fox
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Badlands of Montana |
Daniel B. Ullman |
Rex Reason, Margia Dean, Beverly Garland |
Western |
20th Century Fox
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Bailout at 43,000 |
Francis D. Lyon |
John Payne, Karen Steele, Paul Kelly |
War |
United Artists
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Band of Angels |
Raoul Walsh |
Clark Gable, Sidney Poitier, Yvonne De Carlo |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
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Battle Hymn |
Douglas Sirk |
Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea |
War |
Universal
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Bayou |
Harold Daniels |
Peter Graves, Lita Milan, Douglas Fowley |
Drama |
United Artists
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Beau James |
Melville Shavelson |
Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Alexis Smith |
Biography |
Paramount
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Beginning of the End |
Bert I. Gordon |
Peter Graves, Peggie Castle, Morris Ankrum |
Science fiction |
Republic
|
Bernardine |
Henry Levin |
Pat Boone, Terry Moore, Dean Jagger |
Romantic comedy |
20th Century Fox
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The Big Boodle |
Richard Wilson |
Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Rossana Rory, Gia Scala |
Film noir |
United Artists
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The Big Caper |
Robert Stevens |
Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory |
Film noir |
United Artists
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The Big Land |
Gordon Douglas |
Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien |
Western |
Warner Bros.
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Bitter Victory |
Nicholas Ray |
Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman |
War |
Columbia
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Black Patch |
Allen H. Miner |
George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Tom Pittman |
Western |
Warner Bros.
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The Black Scorpion |
Edward Ludwig |
Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas |
Science fiction |
Warner Bros.
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Bombers B-52 |
Gordon Douglas |
Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
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Bop Girl Goes Calypso |
Howard W. Koch |
Judy Tyler, Bobby Troup, Margo Woode |
Musical |
United Artists
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Boy on a Dolphin |
Jean Negulesco |
Alan Ladd, Sophia Loren, Clifton Webb |
Drama |
Fox
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The Brain from Planet Arous |
Nathan H. Juran |
John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller |
Science fiction |
Howco
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The Brothers Rico |
Phil Karlson |
Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, James Darren |
Film noir |
Columbia
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The Buckskin Lady |
Carl K. Hittleman |
Patricia Medina, Richard Denning, Gerald Mohr |
Western |
United Artists
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The Burglar |
Paul Wendkos |
Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers |
Crime |
Columbia
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The Buster Keaton Story |
Sidney Sheldon |
Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre |
Biography |
Paramount
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Title
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Director
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Cast
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Genre
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Notes
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Calypso Heat Wave |
Fred F. Sears |
Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Meg Myles |
Musical |
Columbia
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The Careless Years |
Arthur Hiller |
Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch |
Romance |
United Artists
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Chain of Evidence |
Paul Landres |
Bill Elliott, Jimmy Lydon, Claudia Barrett |
Crime |
Allied Artists
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Chicago Confidential |
Sidney Salkow |
Brian Keith, Beverly Garland, Dick Foran |
Crime |
United Artists
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China Gate |
Samuel Fuller |
Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat King Cole |
War drama |
20th Century Fox
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Copper Sky |
Charles Marquis Warren |
Jeff Morrow, Coleen Gray, Strother Martin |
Western |
20th Century Fox
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Crime of Passion |
Gerd Oswald |
Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr |
Film noir |
United Artists
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The Crooked Circle |
Joseph Kane |
Fay Spain, Steve Brodie, John Smith |
Drama |
Republic
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The Cyclops |
Bert I. Gordon |
James Craig, Gloria Talbott, Lon Chaney Jr. |
Science fiction |
Allied Artists
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The D.I. |
Jack Webb |
Jack Webb, Jackie Loughery, Lin McCarthy |
War |
Warner Bros.
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The Dalton Girls |
Reginald Le Borg |
Merry Anders, Lisa Davis, Penny Edwards |
Western |
United Artists
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The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
John Agar, Gloria Talbott, Arthur Shields |
Science fiction |
Allied Artists
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The Deadly Mantis |
Nathan Juran |
Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton |
Science fiction |
Universal
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Death in Small Doses |
Joseph M. Newman |
Peter Graves, Mala Powers, Merry Anders |
Film Noir |
Allied Artists
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Decision at Sundown |
Budd Boetticher |
Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele |
Western |
Columbia
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The Deerslayer |
Kurt Neumann |
Rita Moreno, Lex Barker, Cathy O'Donnell |
Western |
20th Century Fox. Based on book by James Fenimore Cooper
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The Delicate Delinquent |
Don McGuire |
Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer |
Comedy |
Paramount
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The Delinquents |
Robert Altman |
Tom Laughlin, Richard Bakalyan, Lotus Corelli |
Drama |
United Artists
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Designing Woman |
Vincente Minnelli |
Lauren Bacall, Gregory Peck, Dolores Gray |
Romantic comedy |
MGM; Academy Award for screenplay
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Desk Set |
Walter Lang |
Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Joan Blondell |
Romantic comedy |
Fox; based on William Marchant play
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The Devil's Hairpin |
Cornel Wilde |
Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Arthur Franz |
Sports drama |
Paramount
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Dino |
Thomas Carr |
Sal Mineo, Brian Keith, Susan Kohner |
Drama |
Allied Artists
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Domino Kid |
Ray Nazarro |
Rory Calhoun, Kristine Miller, Yvette Dugay |
Western |
Columbia
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Don't Go Near the Water |
Charles Walters |
Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Anne Francis |
Comedy |
MGM
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Dragoon Wells Massacre |
Harold D. Schuster |
Mona Freeman, Barry Sullivan, John War Eagle |
Western |
Allied Artists
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Drango |
Hall Bartlett |
Jeff Chandler, Joanne Dru, Julie London |
Western |
United Artists
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Duel at Apache Wells |
Joseph Kane |
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis |
Western |
Republic
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Edge of the City |
Martin Ritt |
John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden |
Drama |
MGM
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Eighteen and Anxious |
Joe Parker |
Martha Scott, Jackie Loughery, William Campbell |
Drama |
Republic
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The Enemy Below |
Dick Powell |
Robert Mitchum, Curt Jürgens, Theodore Bikel |
War |
20th Century Fox
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Escapade in Japan |
Arthur Lubin |
Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost |
Adventure |
Universal
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Escape from Red Rock |
Edward Bernds |
Brian Donlevy, Eilene Janssen, Jay C. Flippen |
Western |
20th Century Fox
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Escape from San Quentin |
Fred F. Sears |
Merry Anders, Johnny Desmond, Richard Devon |
Crime |
Columbia
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A Face in the Crowd |
Elia Kazan |
Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Lee Remick |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
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A Farewell to Arms |
Charles Vidor |
Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica |
War |
20th Century Fox. From Ernest Hemingway novel
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Fear Strikes Out |
Robert Mulligan |
Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Adam Williams |
Sports |
Paramount Pictures. Life of Jimmy Piersall
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Fire Down Below |
Robert Parrish |
Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Rita Hayworth |
Adventure |
Columbia
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Flesh and the Spur |
Edward L. Cahn |
John Agar, Marla English, Raymond Hatton |
Western |
A.I.P.
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Footsteps in the Night |
Jean Yarbrough |
Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty, Douglas Dick |
Mystery |
Allied Artists
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Forty Guns |
Samuel Fuller |
Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Gene Barry |
Western |
20th Century Fox
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Four Boys and a Gun |
William Berke |
Frank Sutton, James Franciscus, Otto Hulett |
Crime |
United Artists
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Four Girls in Town |
Jack Sher |
Julie Adams, Marianne Koch, Elsa Martinelli |
Romantic comedy |
Universal
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From Hell It Came |
Dan Milner |
Tod Andrews, Linda Watkins, Tina Carver |
Science fiction |
Allied Artists
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Funny Face |
Stanley Donen |
Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson |
Musical comedy |
Paramount; 4 Oscar nominations
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Fury at Showdown |
Gerd Oswald |
John Derek, Carolyn Craig, John Smith |
Western |
United Artists
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The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown |
Norman Taurog |
Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker |
Comedy |
United Artists
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The Garment Jungle |
Vincent Sherman |
Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala |
Film noir |
Columbia
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Ghost Diver |
Merrill G. White |
James Craig, Audrey Totter, Nico Minardos |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
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The Giant Claw |
Fred F. Sears |
Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum |
Science fiction |
Columbia
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The Girl in Black Stockings |
Howard W. Koch |
Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren |
Mystery |
United Artists
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The Girl in the Kremlin |
Russell Birdwell |
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lex Barker, Jeffrey Stone |
Thriller |
Universal
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God Is My Partner |
William F. Claxton |
Walter Brennan, Marion Ross, John Hoyt |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
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The Green-Eyed Blonde |
Bernard Girard |
Susan Oliver, Beverly Long, Melinda Plowman |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
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Gun Battle at Monterey |
Sidney Franklin, Carl K. Hittleman |
Sterling Hayden, Pamela Duncan, Mary Beth Hughes |
Western |
Allied Artists
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Gun Duel in Durango |
Sidney Salkow |
George Montgomery, Ann Robinson, Steve Brodie |
Western |
United Artists
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Gun for a Coward |
Abner Biberman |
Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter, Janice Rule |
Western |
Universal
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
John Sturges |
Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Rhonda Fleming, |
Western |
Paramount. Story of Wyatt Earp; 2 Oscar nominations
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Gunfire at Indian Gap |
Joseph Kane |
Vera Ralston, Anthony George, George Macready |
Western |
Republic
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Gun Glory |
Roy Rowland |
Stewart Granger, Rhonda Fleming, James Gregory |
Western |
MGM
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Gunsight Ridge |
Francis D. Lyon |
Joel McCrea, Joan Weldon, Mark Stevens |
Western |
United Artists
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The Guns of Fort Petticoat |
George Marshall |
Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant, Jeff Donnell |
Western |
Columbia
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The Halliday Brand |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Joseph Cotten, Viveca Lindfors, Betsy Blair |
Western |
United Artists
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The Happy Road |
Gene Kelly |
Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave |
Comedy |
MGM
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The Hard Man |
George Sherman |
Guy Madison, Valerie French, Lorne Greene |
Western |
Columbia
|
A Hatful of Rain |
Fred Zinnemann |
Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Tony Franciosa |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
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Hear Me Good |
Don McGuire |
Hal March, Merry Anders, Jean Willes |
Comedy |
Paramount
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison |
John Huston |
Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. 2 Oscar nominations
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The Helen Morgan Story |
Michael Curtiz |
Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson |
Biography |
Warner Bros.
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Hell Bound |
William J. Hole Jr. |
John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman |
Crime |
United Artists
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Hell Canyon Outlaws |
Paul Landres |
Dale Robertson, Brian Keith, Rossana Rory |
Western |
Republic
|
Hellcats of the Navy |
Nathan Juran |
Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis, Arthur Franz |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Hell on Devil's Island |
Christian Nyby |
William Talman, Helmut Dantine, Donna Martell |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
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Hell's Crossroads |
Franklin Adreon |
Peggie Castle, Robert Vaughn, Stephen McNally |
Western |
Republic
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Hell Ship Mutiny |
Lee Sholem |
Jon Hall, Roberta Haynes, Peter Lorre |
Adventure |
Republic
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Hidden Fear |
André de Toth |
John Payne, Conrad Nagel, Alexander Knox |
Crime |
United Artists
|
The Hired Gun |
Ray Nazarro |
Rory Calhoun, Anne Francis, Chuck Connors |
Western |
MGM
|
Hit and Run |
Hugo Haas |
Cleo Moore, Vince Edwards, Hugo Haas |
Crime |
United Artists
|
Hold That Hypnotist |
Austen Jewell |
Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Jane Nigh |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Hot Rod Rumble |
Leslie H. Martinson |
Leigh Snowden, Wright King, Joey Forman |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Hot Summer Night |
David Friedkin |
Leslie Nielsen, Colleen Miller, Jay C. Flippen |
Crime |
MGM
|
House of Numbers |
Russell Rouse |
Jack Palance, Barbara Lang, Harold J. Stone |
Crime |
MGM. Based on Jack Finney story
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Title
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Director
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Cast
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Genre
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Notes
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein |
Herbert L. Strock |
Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton |
Science fiction |
AIP
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I Was a Teenage Werewolf |
Gene Fowler Jr. |
Michael Landon, Whit Bissell, Yvonne Lime |
Science fiction |
AIP
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The Incredible Petrified World |
Jerry Warren |
John Considine, Phyllis Coates, Robert Clarke |
Science fiction |
Independent
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The Incredible Shrinking Man |
Jack Arnold |
Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, Paul Langton |
Science fiction |
Universal; from Richard Matheson novel[1]
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Interlude |
Douglas Sirk |
June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, Marianne Koch |
Drama |
Universal
|
Invasion of the Saucer Men |
Edward Cahn |
Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin, Steve Terrell |
Science fiction |
AIP
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The Invisible Boy |
Herman Hoffman |
Richard Eyer, Diane Brewster, Philip Abbott |
Science fiction |
MGM
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The Iron Sheriff |
Sidney Salkow |
Sterling Hayden, Constance Ford, Kent Taylor |
Western |
United Artists
|
Island in the Sun |
Robert Rossen |
James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Harry Belafonte |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Istanbul |
Joseph Pevney |
Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley |
Film noir |
Universal
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Jailhouse Rock |
Richard Thorpe |
Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy |
Musical drama |
MGM
|
Jamboree |
Roy Lockwood |
Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis |
Musical |
Warner Bros.
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Jeanne Eagels |
George Sidney |
Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake |
Biography |
Columbia
|
Jet Pilot |
Josef von Sternberg |
John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen |
War |
RKO
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Joe Butterfly |
Jesse Hibbs |
Audie Murphy, Keenan Wynn, George Nader |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Joe Dakota |
Richard Bartlett |
Jock Mahoney, Luana Patten, Charles McGraw |
Western |
Universal[2]
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Johnny Trouble |
John H. Auer |
Ethel Barrymore, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Johnny Tremain |
Robert Stevenson |
Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Sebastian Cabot |
Adventure |
Disney
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The Joker Is Wild |
Charles Vidor |
Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain |
Biography |
Paramount. Story of Joe E. Lewis
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Jungle Heat |
Howard W. Koch |
Lex Barker, Mari Blanchard, Glenn Langan |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Kelly and Me |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Van Johnson, Piper Laurie, Martha Hyer |
Musical comedy |
Universal[3]
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The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm |
Virgil Vogel |
Marjorie Main, Parker Fennelly, Gloria Talbott |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Kiss Them for Me |
Stanley Donen |
Cary Grant, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox. Based on the Broadway play
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Kronos |
Kurt Neumann |
Jeff Morrow, Barbara Lawrence, George O'Hanlon |
Science fiction |
20th Century Fox
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The Land Unknown |
Virgil W. Vogel |
Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds |
Science fiction |
Universal
|
Last of the Badmen |
Paul Landres |
George Montgomery, Keith Larsen, James Best |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
The Last Stagecoach West |
Joseph Kane |
Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Victor Jory |
Western |
Republic
|
The Lawless Eighties |
Joseph Kane |
Buster Crabbe, John Smith, Ted de Corsia |
Western |
Republic
|
Legend of the Lost |
Henry Hathaway |
John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Les Girls |
George Cukor |
Mitzi Gaynor, Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall |
Musical |
MGM; 2 Golden Globes; 3 Oscar nominations
|
The Little Hut |
Mark Robson |
Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, David Niven |
Romantic comedy |
MGM
|
The Living Idol |
Albert Lewin |
Steve Forrest, Liliane Montevecchi, James Robertson Justice |
Horror |
MGM
|
Lizzie |
Hugo Haas |
Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell |
Film noir |
MGM
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The Lonely Man |
Henry Levin |
Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand |
Western |
Paramount
|
Looking for Danger |
Austen Jewell |
Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Michael Granger |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Love in the Afternoon |
Billy Wilder |
Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier |
Romance |
Allied Artists
|
Love Slaves of the Amazons |
Curt Siodmak |
Don Taylor, Eduardo Ciannelli, John Herbert |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Loving You |
Hal Kanter |
Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey |
Musical drama |
Paramount
|
Lure of the Swamp |
Hubert Cornfield |
Marshall Thompson, Joan Vohs, Willard Parker |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
Man Afraid |
Harry Keller |
George Nader, Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Man of a Thousand Faces |
Joseph Pevney |
James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer |
Biography |
Universal; life of Lon Chaney
|
Man on Fire |
Ranald MacDougall |
Bing Crosby, Inger Stevens, Mary Fickett |
Drama |
MGM
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Man on the Prowl |
Art Napoleon |
Mala Powers, James Best, Ted de Corsia |
Crime |
United Artists
|
The Man Who Turned to Stone |
László Kardos |
Victor Jory, Ann Doran, Paul Cavanagh |
Horror, |
Columbia
|
Men in War |
Anthony Mann |
Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Vic Morrow |
War |
United Artists
|
The Midnight Story |
Joseph Pevney |
Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Mister Cory |
Blake Edwards |
Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Kathryn Grant |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Mister Rock and Roll |
Charles S. Dubin |
Alan Freed, Teddy Randazzo, Rocky Graziano |
Musical |
Paramount
|
Monkey on My Back |
André de Toth |
Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards |
Biography |
United Artists
|
The Monolith Monsters |
John Sherwood |
Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Trevor Bardette |
Science fiction |
Universal
|
Monster from Green Hell |
Kenneth G. Crane |
Jim Davis, Barbara Turner, Robert Griffin |
Science fiction |
Independent
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The Monster That Challenged the World |
Arnold Laven |
Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried |
Science fiction |
United Artists
|
My Gun Is Quick |
Victor Saville |
Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph |
Film noir |
United Artists; story by Mickey Spillane
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My Man Godfrey |
Henry Koster |
June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis |
Comedy |
Universal; remake of 1936 film
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Naked Paradise |
Roger Corman |
Beverly Garland, Richard Denning, Leslie Bradley |
Drama |
A.I.P.
|
Night Passage |
James Neilson |
James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea |
Western |
Universal
|
Nightfall |
Jacques Tourneur |
Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
The Night Runner |
Abner Biberman |
Colleen Miller, Ray Danton, Merry Anders |
Film noir |
Universal
|
The Night the World Exploded |
Fred F. Sears |
Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Raymond Greenleaf |
Science fiction |
Columbia
|
No Down Payment |
Martin Ritt |
Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
No Time to Be Young |
David Lowell Rich |
Robert Vaughn, Dorothy Green, Roger Smith |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Not of This Earth |
Roger Corman |
Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones |
Science fiction |
Allied Artists
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Title
|
Director
|
Cast
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Genre
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Notes
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Oh, Men! Oh, Women! |
Nunnally Johnson |
Ginger Rogers, Dan Dailey, David Niven |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
The Oklahoman |
Francis D. Lyon |
Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
Old Yeller |
Robert Stevenson |
Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk |
Western drama |
Disney
|
Omar Khayyam |
William Dieterle |
Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget |
Historical |
Paramount
|
Operation Mad Ball |
Richard Quine |
Jack Lemmon, Kathryn Grant, Mickey Rooney |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Oregon Passage |
Paul Landres |
Lola Albright, John Ericson, Rachel Ames |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
Outlaw Queen |
Herbert S. Greene |
Andrea King, Harry James, Robert Clarke |
Western |
Independent
|
Outlaw's Son |
Lesley Selander |
Dane Clark, Lori Nelson, Ellen Drew |
Western |
United Artists
|
The Pajama Game |
Stanley Donen |
Doris Day, John Raitt, Eddie Foy Jr. |
Musical |
Warner Bros.
|
Pal Joey |
George Sidney |
Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak |
Musical |
Columbia; based on the stage musical; 4 Oscar nominations
|
Panama Sal |
William Witney |
Elena Verdugo, Ed Kemmer, Carlos Rivas |
Comedy |
Republic
|
The Parson and the Outlaw |
Oliver Drake |
Anthony Dexter, Sonny Tufts, Jean Parker |
Western |
Columbia
|
Paths of Glory |
Stanley Kubrick |
Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou |
War |
United Artists
|
Pawnee |
George Waggner |
George Montgomery, Bill Williams, Lola Albright |
Western |
Republic
|
The Persuader |
Dick Ross |
William Talman, Kristine Miller, James Craig |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
Peyton Place |
Mark Robson |
Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Phantom Stagecoach |
Ray Nazarro |
William Bishop, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Webb |
Western |
Columbia
|
Pharaoh's Curse |
Lee Sholem |
Ziva Rodann, Diane Brewster, George N. Neise |
Horror |
United Artists
|
Plunder Road |
Hubert Cornfield |
Gene Raymond, Jeanne Cooper, Wayne Morris |
Crime |
20th Century Fox
|
Portland Exposé |
Harold D. Schuster |
Carolyn Craig, Edward Binns, Virginia Gregg |
Film noir |
Allied Artists
|
The Pride and the Passion |
Stanley Kramer |
Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Public Pigeon No. 1 |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Vivian Blaine |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Quantez |
Harry Keller |
Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone |
Western |
Universal
|
The Quiet Gun |
William F. Claxton |
Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis, James Barton |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
R-T
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Raiders of Old California |
Albert C. Gannaway |
Jim Davis, Arleen Whelan, Faron Young |
Western |
Republic
|
Raintree County |
Edward Dmytryk |
Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Elizabeth Taylor |
Drama |
MGM; based on the novel; 4 Oscar nominations
|
Reform School Girl |
Edward Bernds |
Gloria Castillo, Edd Byrnes, Yvette Vickers |
Drama |
AIP
|
The Restless Breed |
Allan Dwan |
Scott Brady, Anne Bancroft, Jay C. Flippen |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Revolt at Fort Laramie |
Lesley Selander |
John Dehner, Gregg Palmer, Frances Helm |
Western |
United Artists
|
The Ride Back |
Allen H. Miner |
Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan |
Western |
United Artists
|
Ride Out for Revenge |
Bernard Girard |
Rory Calhoun, Lloyd Bridges, Gloria Grahame |
Western |
United Artists
|
Ride a Violent Mile |
Charles Warren |
John Agar, Penny Edwards, Bing Russell |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
The River's Edge |
Allan Dwan |
Anthony Quinn, Ray Milland, Debra Paget |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Rockabilly Baby |
William F. Claxton |
Virginia Field, Douglas Kennedy, Les Brown |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Rock All Night |
Roger Corman |
Abby Dalton, Russell Johnson, Dick Miller |
Crime |
AIP
|
Run of the Arrow |
Samuel Fuller |
Rod Steiger, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker |
Western |
Universal
|
Sabu and the Magic Ring |
George Blair |
Sabu, William Marshall, Peter Mamakos |
Adventure |
Allied Artists
|
The Sad Sack |
George Marshall |
Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Peter Lorre |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Saint Joan |
Otto Preminger |
Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd |
Historical |
United Artists; story of Joan of Arc
|
Sayonara |
Joshua Logan |
Marlon Brando, Miyoshi Umeki, Patricia Owens |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; based on James Michener novel; won 4 Oscars
|
The Seventh Sin |
Ronald Neame |
Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers, George Sanders |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Shadow on the Window |
William Asher |
Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore |
Crime |
Columbia
|
She Devil |
Kurt Neumann |
Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, John Archer |
Horror |
20th Century Fox
|
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend |
Richard L. Bare |
Randolph Scott, Angie Dickinson, James Craig |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
Short Cut to Hell |
James Cagney |
Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, William Bishop |
Crime drama |
Paramount
|
Sierra Stranger |
Lee Sholem |
Howard Duff, Dick Foran, Gloria McGehee |
Western |
Columbia
|
Silk Stockings |
Rouben Mamoulian |
Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige |
Musical |
MGM. Based on 1939's Ninotchka and the stage musical
|
Slander |
Roy Rowland |
Van Johnson, Ann Blyth, Steve Cochran |
Drama |
MGM
|
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue |
Arnold Laven |
Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Slim Carter |
Richard Bartlett |
Jock Mahoney, Julie Adams, Tim Hovey |
Western |
Universal[4]
|
Something of Value |
Richard Brooks |
Rock Hudson, Sidney Poitier, Dana Wynter |
Drama |
MGM
|
Sorority Girl |
Roger Corman |
Susan Cabot, June Kenney, Barboura Morris |
Drama |
AIP
|
Spanish Affair |
Don Siegel |
Carmen Sevilla, Richard Kiley, Jesús Tordesillas |
Drama |
Paramount
|
The Spirit of St. Louis |
Billy Wilder |
James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith |
Biography |
Warner Bros.; story of Charles Lindbergh
|
Spoilers of the Forest |
Joseph Kane |
Vera Ralston, Rod Cameron, Hillary Brooke |
Drama |
Republic
|
Spook Chasers |
George Blair |
Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Percy Helton |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Spring Reunion |
Robert Pirosh |
Betty Hutton, Dana Andrews, Jean Hagen |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Stopover Tokyo |
Richard L. Breen |
Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox
|
Street of Sinners |
William Berke |
George Montgomery, Geraldine Brooks, Nehemiah Persoff |
Crime |
United Artists
|
The Storm Rider |
Edward Bernds |
Scott Brady, Mala Powers, Bill Williams |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Story of Mankind |
Irwin Allen |
Ronald Colman, Vincent Price, Hedy Lamarr |
Fantasy |
Warner Bros.
|
The Strange One |
Jack Garfein |
Ben Gazzara, George Peppard, Arthur Storch |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Sun Also Rises |
Henry King |
Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Sweet Smell of Success |
Alexander MacKendrick |
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner |
Drama |
United Artists
|
The Tall Stranger |
Thomas Carr |
Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
The Tall T |
Budd Boetticher |
Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan |
Western |
Columbia
|
Taming Sutton's Gal |
Lesley Selander |
John Lupton, Gloria Talbott, May Wynn |
Drama |
Republic
|
Tammy and the Bachelor |
Joseph Pevney |
Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Leslie Nielsen |
Romantic comedy |
Universal
|
The Tarnished Angels |
Douglas Sirk |
Robert Stack, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone |
Drama |
Universal
|
Tarzan and the Lost Safari |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Gordon Scott, Betta St. John, Yolande Donlan |
Adventure |
MGM
|
The Tattered Dress |
Jack Arnold |
Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Elaine Stewart |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Teenage Doll |
Roger Corman |
June Kenney, Fay Spain, Barboura Morris |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Ten Thousand Bedrooms |
Richard Thorpe |
Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Eva Bartok |
Romantic comedy |
MGM
|
That Night! |
John Newland |
John Beal, Augusta Dabney, Shepperd Strudwick |
Drama |
Universal
|
This Angry Age |
René Clément |
Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Richard Conte |
Drama |
Columbia; Co-production with Italy
|
This Could Be the Night |
Robert Wise |
Jean Simmons, Tony Franciosa, Paul Douglas |
Romantic comedy |
MGM
|
The Three Faces of Eve |
Nunnally Johnson |
Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb, David Wayne |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; Academy Award for Woodward
|
Three Violent People |
Rudolph Mate |
Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland |
Western |
Paramount
|
The Tijuana Story |
Leslie Kardos |
James Darren, Rodolfo Acosta, Jean Willes |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Time Limit |
Karl Malden |
Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Rip Torn |
Drama |
United Artists
|
The Tin Star |
Anthony Mann |
Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer |
Western |
Paramount
|
Tip on a Dead Jockey |
Richard Thorpe |
Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Gia Scala |
Film Noir |
MGM
|
Tomahawk Trail |
Lesley Selander |
Chuck Connors, Susan Cummings, John Smith |
Western |
United Artists
|
Top Secret Affair |
H. C. Potter |
Kirk Douglas, Susan Hayward, Jim Backus |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Trooper Hook |
Charles Marquis Warren |
Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman |
Western |
United Artists
|
The True Story of Jesse James |
Nicholas Ray |
Robert Wagner, Hope Lange, Jeffrey Hunter |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
U-Z
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
The Undead |
Roger Corman |
Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes |
Horror |
AIP
|
Under Fire |
James B. Clark |
Rex Reason, Harry Morgan, Steve Brodie |
War |
20th Century Fox
|
The Unearthly |
Boris Petroff |
John Carradine, Allison Hayes, Marilyn Buferd |
Science fiction |
Republic
|
The Unholy Wife |
John Farrow |
Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon |
Film noir |
RKO
|
The Unknown Terror |
Charles Warren |
John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards |
Horror |
20th Century Fox
|
Untamed Youth |
Howard W. Koch |
Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, John Russell |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Until They Sail |
Robert Wise |
Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman |
Drama |
MGM
|
Up in Smoke |
William Beaudine |
Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Byron Foulger |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Utah Blaine |
Fred F. Sears |
Rory Calhoun, Susan Cummings, Angela Stevens |
Western |
Columbia
|
Valerie |
Gerd Oswald |
Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel |
Western |
United Artists
|
The Vampire |
Paul Landres |
John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey |
Horror |
United Artists
|
The Vintage |
Jeffrey Hayden |
Pier Angeli, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Violators |
John Newland |
Arthur O'Connell, Nancy Malone, Fred Beir |
Crime |
Universal
|
Voodoo Island |
Reginald Le Borg |
Boris Karloff, Jean Engstrom, Beverly Tyler |
Science fiction |
United Artists
|
Voodoo Woman |
Edward L. Cahn |
Tom Conway, Marla English, Mike Connors |
Science fiction |
AIP
|
War Drums |
Reginald Le Borg |
Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson |
Western |
United Artists
|
The Way to the Gold |
Robert D. Webb |
Jeffrey Hunter, Sheree North, Barry Sullivan |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Wayward Bus |
Victor Vicas |
Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Wayward Girl |
Lesley Selander |
Marcia Henderson, Whit Bissell, Peter Walker |
Drama |
Republic
|
Wild Is the Wind |
George Cukor |
Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? |
Frank Tashlin |
Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
The Wings of Eagles |
John Ford |
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Dan Dailey |
Drama |
MGM
|
Witness for the Prosecution |
Billy Wilder |
Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich |
Mystery |
Story by Agatha Christie; nominated for 6 Oscars
|
Woman and the Hunter |
George Breakston |
Ann Sheridan, David Farrar, John Loder |
Drama |
Independent
|
Young and Dangerous |
William F. Claxton |
Lili Gentle, Mark Damon, Edward Binns |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Young Don't Cry |
Alfred L. Werker |
Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Zero Hour! |
Hall Bartlett |
Dana Andrews, Sterling Hayden, Linda Darnell |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Zombies of Mora Tau |
Edward L. Cahn |
Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Morris Ankrum |
Horror |
Columbia
|
Documentary
See also
References
External links
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