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Subgenre Sampler
Yangtse Incident, The (The Yangtze Incident, Battle Hell) (1957)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Richard Todd - The crew of the HMS Amethyst must escape via the Yangtse river after sauntering into China on the eve of Communist takeover. A riveting dramatization…
1984 (1956)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling… - The first adaptation of George Orwell's visionary novel is this little known, stark BBC television production. Apparently hated by his widow for the…
23 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…
A Town Like Alice (1956)- Dir. Jack Lee
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch - Based on Neville Shute's 1950s bestseller, this WWII drama opens with the fall of Singapore and the internment of Virginia McKenna in a Japanese POW…
Akasen Chitai (Street of Shame) (1956)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Machiko Kyo - Prostitution and the female plight are the chief concerns of this sympathetic, heartbreaking ensemble piece examining the trade of five headstrong,…
Alexander the Great (1956)- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom - Earnest epic follows the life and early death of the Greek warrior who conquered the entire known world. This seismic production has Richard Burton…
Anastasia (1956)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes… - Refugee peasant Ingrid Bergman is compelled by Yul Brynner to impersonate the legendary 'lost' Russian princess. All–round high production…
And God Created Woman (1956)- Dir. Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Curt Jurgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant - The Bardot movie, set in sleepy St. Tropez where Bridget is the misunderstood town hussy who impulsively marries the brother of a boyfriend. Works…
Aparajito (1956)- Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Pinaki Sengupta… - Sequel to PATHER PANCHALI sees Apu now as an adolescent who abandons his village and travels to Calcutta, where he is inevitably confused with his…
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) (1956-1974)- Dir. Ted Kotcheff, Charles Jarrott, Alan Cooke
Feat. Tom Bell, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Beckinsale… - a British television anthology of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its…
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