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Subgenre Sampler

 
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, TheMan in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (1956)
Dir. Nunnally Johnson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March
Adapted from the novel by Sloan Wilson, this powerful drama evokes the multiple crises of an Madison Avenue advertising executive (Peck), whose…
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.…
Man Who Never Was, TheMan Who Never Was, The (1956)
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng
Riveting adaptation of Ewen Montagu's book about the true story of a British Navy commander's involvement in a tricky scheme to fool the Nazis, by…
Moby DickMoby Dick (1956) Recommended
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart
Celebrated version of Herman Melville's classic novel, about a whaler obsessively pursuing the whale that bit off his leg, is flawed but brilliantly…
Mohawk (1956)
Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Scott Brady, Rita Gam
White men playing Indians is typical of this hokey affair, which is about as ethnically sensitive as Adolf Hitler. In retrospect, though, it's a…
Mole People, TheMole People, The (1956)
Dir. Virgil W. Vogel
Feat. John Agar, Hugh Beaumont
Silly sci–fi fun, about a group of archeologists who discover an ancient underground civilisation – some of whose residents bear…
Naughty GirlNaughty Girl (Cette Sacree Gamine) (1956)
Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Francoise Fabian
A con–artist father leaves his devious minx of a daughter in the hands of a performer who discovers the girl is bent on disrupting his life the…
PardnersPardners (1956)
Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Agnes Moorehead
Comic–partners Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis saddle–up for a jaunt in the Old West.
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…

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