Subgenre Sampler
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Giulietta Masina - Giulietta Masina is marvelous as a waifish prostitute dreaming of a rich, wonderful life but always finding sorrow. Tragicomic masterpiece won an…
Paths of Glory (1957)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou… - Kubrick's muscular drama deals frankly with the hypocrisy and inhumanity of military ethics, based on a true incident in WWI France. Following a…
Peyton Place (1957)- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Lee Philips… - A cheesy classic based on the mega–seller, weaving almost any domestic scandal you can think of into a compelling melodrama. Followed by a TV…
Pride and the Passion, The (1957)- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren… - A solemn epic set around Napoleon's campaign in Spain in the early 19th century – the cast doing their sincere best with a fairly passionless…
Raintree County (1957)- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint… - Civil War set romance has Montgomery Clift as a schoolteacher whojoins the Union Army as they march into Georgia in the hope of finding his estranged…
Robbery Under Arms (1957)- Dir. Jack Lee
Feat. Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Laurence Naismith… - Seminal Aussie western with Peter Finch as charismatic outlaw Captain Starlight leading two brothers astray after they join his roving band of…
Saint Joan (1957)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, John Gielgud… - Colourized version of the Joan of Arc story with Jean Seberg in her acting debut.
Sayonara (1957)- Dir. Joshua Logan, Marlon Brando
Feat. Patricia Owens, Ricardo Montalban, Martha Scott… - An effective, well–acted version of James Michener's novel set during the Korean War, in which ace pilot Brando inconveniently falls in love…
Sea Wife (1957)- Dir. Bob McNaught
Feat. Richard Burton, Joan Collins, Basil Sydney… - Melodramatic adventure tale with Burton and Collins adrift on a raft after their ship is sunk by the Japanese. Clunky, but oddly compelling, though…
Seventh Seal, The (1957)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow - The solemn Swede garnered world prominence with this stunning, poetic allegory set in the plague–ridden 16th Century, where a disillusioned…
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