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Subgenre Sampler
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.…
Please Murder Me (Please Murder Me!) (1956)- 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…
Run for the Sun (1956)- Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer… - Righteous remake of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME has Widmark and Greer running through some almighty foliage desperate to evade smarmy baddie…
Unguarded Moment, The (1956)- Dir. Harry Keller
Feat. Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon… - Film noir with MGM star Esther Williams playing a High School music teacher and unmarried 'career woman' who is targeted by a stalker. Although…
While the City Sleeps (1956)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders… - Considered a vastly under–rated Fritz Lang noir, this newspaper drama provides plenty of social commentary depicting the story of the "Lipstick…
Wrong Man, The (1956)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Henry Fonda - Henry Fonda plays a New York musician whose personal life is dismantled through being falsely accused of robbery. The documentary style well suits…
Yield to the Night (Blonde Sinner) (1956)- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig - British crime drama film that features a celebrated performance by "blonde bombshell" Diana Dors. Bearing a coincidental resemblance to the Ruth…
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