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Party Girl (1958): Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb…; Delicious Nicholas Ray–directed potboiler finds bum–legged Robert Taylor trying to cut ties with the mob. A slinky Cyd Charisse (tearing…
Sea 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 Road (1958): 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…
Vertigo (1958): 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 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 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. 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 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 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, 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…

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