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Subgenre Sampler

 
Sea of SandSea of Sand (Desert Patrol) (1958)
Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Vincent Ball, Michael Craig
Brit war thriller about an army team sent to destroy a German petrol dump in preparation for an attack who are confronted by their enemies in the…
Thunder RoadThunder Road (1958) Recommended
Dir. Arthur Ripley
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon
Effective, gritty road movie about a mountain man moonshiner at war with both authorities and big–city competitors. An unusually personal…
VertigoVertigo (1958) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Hitchcock at his most daring and surreal weaves a complex tale of neurosis when Jimmy Stewart's detective begins trailing a mysterious woman (Novak).…
Across the BridgeAcross the Bridge (1957)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Rod Steiger, Marla Landi, Noel Willman
An underrated and little–known thriller with Steiger playing a shady accountant on the run from the FBI and Scotland Yard, who tries to make…
Fiend Without a FaceFiend Without a Face (1957)
Dir. Arthur Crabtree
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker
Noteworthy 'alien invader' thriller in which creatures resembling the human brain run amok in a small town. Macabre proceedings are resolved in a…
Heaven Knows, Mr. AllisonHeaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
Kerr and Mitchum play a nun and Marine sergeant respectively, who are stranded on a desert island during WWII – the island happens to also be…
Hell DriversHell Drivers (Hard Drivers) (1957)
Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Patrick McGoohan, Sir Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom
Stanley Baker plays a hard–nosed trucker forced to take on a dangerous long haul, through which a bitter rivalry develops with a fellow driver…
Night PassageNight Passage (1957)
Dir. James Neilson
Feat. James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea
A 'railroad western' with good guy Stewart defending the tracks against a gang of desperados led by Duryea. Tough cast give some distinction to a…
One That Got Away, TheOne That Got Away, The (Einer Kam Durch) (1957)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon, Terence Alexander
Sturdy war thriller centred on the true story of German airman Franz von Werra – the only German POW to successfully escape from allied custody…
Perry Mason (TV Series)Perry Mason (TV Series) (1957-1966) Recommended
Feat. Raymond Burr, William Hopper, William Talman
Benchmark legal drama series which turned star Raymond Burr into a television institution as the near–invincible criminal lawyer, Perry…

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