Subgenre Sampler
Vicious Circle, The (Circle) (1957)- Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. John Mills, Derek Farr, Lionel Jeffries - Neatly convoluted mystery has John Mills play an eminent medical specialist who is implicated in a murder when the body of a German actress turns up…
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton… - Tense courtroom thriller, with Tyrone Power in the dock, defended by Charles Laughton, and consoled by wife Marlene Dietrich. Agatha Christie's story…
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…
Backlash (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 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, 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, A (1956)- 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, A (1956)- 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 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, The (1956)- 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.…
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