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American films released in 1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
A list of American films released in 1956
Around the World in 80 Days won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Title
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Director
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Cast
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Genre
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Notes
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7th Cavalry |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen |
Western |
Columbia Pictures
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23 Paces to Baker Street |
Henry Hathaway |
Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox. From Philip MacDonald novel
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Accused of Murder |
Joseph Kane |
David Brian, Vera Ralston, Sidney Blackmer |
Film noir |
Republic
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Alexander the Great |
Robert Rossen |
Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Fredric March |
Drama |
United Artists
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The Ambassador's Daughter |
Norman Krasna |
Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Adolphe Menjou |
Romantic comedy |
United Artists
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Anastasia |
Anatole Litvak |
Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; Remade in 1997 film
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Anything Goes |
Robert Lewis |
Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor |
Musical |
Paramount. Based on 1934 play, 1936 film
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Around the World in 80 Days |
Michael Anderson, John Farrow |
David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine |
Adventure |
United Artists. Winner of 5 Oscars, Best Picture; based on a novel by Jules Verne
|
Attack |
Robert Aldrich |
Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin |
War |
United Artists
|
Autumn Leaves |
Robert Aldrich |
Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Away All Boats |
Joseph Pevney |
Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Julie Adams |
War |
Universal
|
Baby Doll |
Elia Kazan |
Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach |
Drama |
Warner Bros. Written by Tennessee Williams; 4 Oscar nominations
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Back from Eternity |
John Farrow |
Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger |
Drama |
RKO. Remake of Five Came Back
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Backlash |
John Sturges |
Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell |
Western |
Universal; Remake of 1947 film
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The Bad Seed |
John Sturges |
Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
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Bandido |
Richard Fleischer |
Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess, Gilbert Roland |
Western |
United Artists
|
Battle Stations |
Lewis Seiler |
John Lund, William Bendix, Richard Boone |
War |
Columbia[1]
|
The Beast of Hollow Mountain |
Edward Nassour |
Guy Madison, Patricia Medina, Carlos Rivas |
Horror |
United Artists
|
Behind the High Wall |
Abner Biberman |
Tom Tully, Sylvia Sidney, Betty Lynn |
Film noir |
Universal
|
The Benny Goodman Story |
Valentine Davies |
Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson |
Musical |
Universal Pictures
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Michael Curtiz |
Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Sheree North |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
Between Heaven and Hell |
Richard Fleischer |
Robert Wagner, Buddy Ebsen, Broderick Crawford |
War |
20th Century Fox
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Beyond Mombasa |
George Marshall |
Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn |
Adventure |
United Artists. Co-production with UK.
|
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt |
Fritz Lang |
Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures; remade in 2009
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Bhowani Junction |
George Cukor |
Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers |
Drama |
MGM. Co-production with UK.
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Bigger Than Life |
Nicholas Ray |
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Birds and the Bees |
Norman Taurog |
George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven |
Musical |
Paramount
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The Black Sleep |
Reginald Le Borg |
Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr. |
Horror |
United Artists
|
The Black Whip |
Charles Marquis Warren |
Hugh Marlowe, Coleen Gray, Adele Mara |
Western |
20th Century Fox
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Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado |
Earl Bellamy |
Howard Duff, Margaret Field, Angela Stevens |
Western |
Columbia
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The Bold and the Brave |
Lewis R. Foster |
Mickey Rooney, Wendell Corey, Nicole Maurey |
War |
RKO
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The Boss |
Byron Haskin |
John Payne, William Bishop, Gloria McGehee |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
The Bottom of the Bottle |
Henry Hathaway |
Joseph Cotten, Van Johnson, Ruth Roman |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
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The Brass Legend |
Gerd Oswald |
Hugh O'Brian, Nancy Gates, Raymond Burr |
Western |
United Artists
|
The Brave One |
Irving Rapper |
Michel Ray, Elsa Cárdenas, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. |
Drama |
RKO. Oscar for writer Dalton Trumbo
|
The Broken Star |
Lesley Selander |
Howard Duff, Lita Baron, Douglas Fowley |
Western |
United Artists
|
Bundle of Joy |
Norman Taurog |
Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Adolphe Menjou |
Comedy |
RKO
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The Burning Hills |
Stuart Heisler |
Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Skip Homeier |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
Bus Stop |
Joshua Logan |
Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Betty Field |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; based on two plays by William Inge
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Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
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Calling Homicide |
Edward Bernds |
Bill Elliott, Kathleen Case, Don Haggerty |
Crime |
Allied Artists
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Canyon River |
Harmon Jones |
George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson, Peter Graves |
Western |
Allied Artists
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Carousel |
Henry King |
Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Cameron Mitchell |
Musical |
20th Century Fox; based on play
|
The Catered Affair |
Richard Brooks |
Bette Davis, Debbie Reynolds, Ernest Borgnine |
Drama |
MGM; from teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky
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Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! |
Fred F. Sears |
Stephen Dunne, Helen Grayco, Mary Kaye |
Musical |
Columbia
|
Comanche |
George Sherman |
Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva |
Western |
United Artists
|
Come Next Spring |
R. G. Springsteen |
Ann Sheridan, Steve Cochran, Walter Brennan |
Drama |
Republic
|
The Come On |
Russell Birdwell |
Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden, John Hoyt |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Congo Crossing |
Joseph Pevney |
Virginia Mayo, George Nader, Peter Lorre |
Film noir |
Universal
|
The Conqueror |
Dick Powell |
John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz |
Adventure |
RKO
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The Court Jester |
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Crashing Las Vegas |
Jean Yarbrough |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mary Castle |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
The Creature Walks Among Us |
John Sherwood |
Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden |
Science fiction |
Universal
|
Crime Against Joe |
Lee Sholem |
Julie London, John Bromfield, Patricia Blair |
Crime drama |
United Artists
|
Crime in the Streets |
Don Siegel |
James Whitmore, John Cassavetes, Virginia Gregg |
Crime drama |
Allied Artists
|
Crowded Paradise |
Fred Pressburger |
Hume Cronyn, Nancy Kelly, Frank Silvera |
Drama |
Independent
|
A Cry in the Night |
Frank Tuttle |
Natalie Wood, Edmond O'Brien, Raymond Burr |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
|
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon |
Curt Siodmak |
John Bromfield, Beverly Garland, Tom Payne |
Adventure |
Universal
|
A Day of Fury |
Harmon Jones |
Dale Robertson, Mara Corday, Jock Mahoney |
Western |
Universal
|
D-Day the Sixth of June |
Henry Koster |
Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Dana Wynter |
War |
20th Century Fox
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Dakota Incident |
Lewis R. Foster |
Dale Robertson, Linda Darnell, John Lund |
Western |
Republic
|
Dance with Me, Henry |
Charles Barton |
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Gigi Perreau |
Comedy |
United Artists; final Abbott and Costello film
|
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer |
Ismael Rodríguez |
Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., Jacqueline Evans |
Adventure |
Republic
|
Death of a Scoundrel |
Charles Martin |
George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Drama |
RKO
|
The Desperados Are in Town |
Kurt Neumann |
Robert Arthur, Kathleen Nolan, Rhys Williams |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Diane |
David Miller |
Lana Turner, Roger Moore, Pedro Armendáriz |
Drama |
MGM
|
Dig That Uranium |
Edward Bernds |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mary Beth Hughes |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Don't Knock the Rock |
Fred F. Sears |
Alan Dale, Fay Baker, Patricia Hardy |
Musical |
Columbia
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers |
Fred F. Sears |
Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis |
Science Fiction |
Columbia
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The Eddy Duchin Story |
George Sidney |
Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw |
Biography |
Columbia
|
Edge of Hell |
Hugo Haas |
Hugo Haas, Jeffrey Stone, Tracey Roberts |
Film noir |
Universal[2]
|
Emergency Hospital |
Lee Sholem |
Walter Reed, Margaret Lindsay, John Archer |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Everything but the Truth |
Jerry Hopper |
Maureen O'Hara, John Forsythe, Tim Hovey |
Comedy |
Universal
|
The Fastest Gun Alive |
Russell Rouse |
Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford |
Western |
MGM
|
Fighting Trouble |
George Blair |
Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Adele Jergens |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
The First Texan |
Byron Haskin |
Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
The First Traveling Saleslady |
Arthur Lubin |
Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing, Barry Nelson |
Western comedy |
RKO
|
Flame of the Islands |
Edward Ludwig |
Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Zachary Scott |
Film noir |
Republic
|
Flesh and the Spur |
Edward L. Cahn |
Marla English, Mike Connors, Raymond Hatton |
Western |
AIP
|
Flight to Hong Kong |
Joseph M. Newman |
Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
Forbidden Planet |
Fred M. Wilcox |
Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis |
Science Fiction |
MGM
|
Foreign Intrigue |
Sheldon Reynolds |
Robert Mitchum, Geneviève Page, Ingrid Thulin |
Thriller |
United Artists
|
Forever, Darling |
Alexander Hall |
Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason |
Romantic comedy |
MGM
|
Friendly Persuasion |
William Wyler |
Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins |
Drama |
Allied Artists. Set in American Civil War; 6 Oscar nominations
|
Frontier Gambler |
Sam Newfield |
John Bromfield, Coleen Gray, Kent Taylor |
Western |
Independent
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Frontier Woman |
Ron Ormond |
Cindy Carson, Lance Fuller, Rance Howard |
Western |
Independent
|
Full of Life |
Richard Quine |
Judy Holliday, Richard Conte, Salvatore Baccaloni |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Fury at Gunsight Pass |
Fred F. Sears |
David Brian, Neville Brand, Lisa Davis |
Western |
Columbia
|
Gaby |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke |
Drama |
MGM
|
Ghost Town |
Allen H. Miner |
Kent Taylor, John Smith, Marian Carr |
Western |
United Artists
|
Giant |
George Stevens |
Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean |
Drama |
Warner Bros. Based on Edna Ferber novel; 10 Oscar nominations;
|
The Girl Can't Help It |
Frank Tashlin |
Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O'Brien |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
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The Girl He Left Behind |
David Butler |
Natalie Wood, Tab Hunter, Jessie Royce Landis |
Romance |
Warner Bros.
|
Girls in Prison |
Edward L. Cahn |
Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Mae Marsh |
Sexploitation |
A.I.P.
|
Glory |
David Butler |
Margaret O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood |
Musical |
RKO
|
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! |
Ishirō Honda |
Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kōchi |
Science Fiction |
Embassy
|
Good-bye, My Lady |
William A. Wellman |
Brandon deWilde, Walter Brennan, Phil Harris |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Great Day in the Morning |
Jacques Tourneur |
Robert Stack, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman |
Drama |
RKO
|
The Great Locomotive Chase |
Francis D. Lyon |
Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lupton |
Action |
Disney
|
The Great American Pastime |
Herman Hoffman |
Tom Ewell, Ann Miller, Anne Francis |
Comedy |
MGM
|
The Great Man |
José Ferrer |
José Ferrer, Julie London, Ed Wynn |
Drama |
Universal
|
Gun Brothers |
Sidney Salkow |
Buster Crabbe, Ann Robinson, Neville Brand |
Western |
United Artists
|
Gun the Man Down |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
James Arness, Angie Dickinson, Emile Meyer |
Western |
United Artists
|
Gunslinger |
Roger Corman |
John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes |
Western |
AIP
|
The Harder They Fall |
Mark Robson |
Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling |
Drama |
Columboa
|
He Laughed Last |
Blake Edwards |
Frankie Laine, Anthony Dexter, Lucy Marlow |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Helen of Troy |
Robert Wise |
Rossana Podestà, Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke |
Epic |
Warner Bros.
|
Hell on Frisco Bay |
Frank Tuttle |
Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru |
Film noir |
Warner Bros.
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Hidden Guns |
Albert C. Gannaway |
Bruce Bennett, Richard Arlen, Angie Dickinson |
Western |
Republic
|
High Society |
Charles Walters |
Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra |
Musical comedy |
MGM; remake of The Philadelphia Story
|
Hilda Crane |
Philip Dunne |
Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Hold Back the Night |
Allan Dwan |
John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Graves |
War drama |
Allied Artists
|
Hollywood or Bust |
Frank Tashlin |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Anita Ekberg |
Comedy |
Paramount; 16th & final Martin and Lewis film
|
Hot Blood |
Nicholas Ray |
Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Joseph Calleia |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Hot Cars |
Don McDougall |
John Bromfield, Joi Lansing, Ralph Clanton |
Crime |
United Artists
|
Hot Rod Girl |
Leslie Martinson |
Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors, Roxanne Arlen |
Action |
AIP
|
Hot Shots |
Jean Yarbrough |
Bowery Boys, Joi Lansing, Queenie Smith |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
The Houston Story |
William Castle |
Barbara Hale, Gene Barry, Edward Arnold |
Crime |
Columbia
|
Huk! |
John Barnwell |
George Montgomery, Mona Freeman, John Baer |
Drama |
United Artists
|
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok |
Richard Talmadge |
Johnny Carpenter, Tom Brown, Virginia Gibson |
Western |
|
Indestructible Man |
Jack Pollexfen |
Lon Chaney Jr., Ross Elliott, Marian Carr |
Horror |
Allied Artists
|
The Indian Fighter |
André de Toth |
Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau |
Western |
United Artists
|
Inside Detroit |
Fred F. Sears |
Pat O'Brien, Dennis O'Keefe, Tina Carver |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
Don Siegel |
Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones |
Science Fiction |
Allied Artists; based on Jack Finney novel; remade in 1978
|
Invitation to the Dance |
Gene Kelly |
Gene Kelly, Tamara Toumanova, Belita |
Musical |
MGM
|
It Conquered the World |
Roger Corman |
Peter Graves, Beverly Garland, Lee Van Cleef |
Science Fiction |
AIP
|
I've Lived Before |
Richard Bartlett |
Jock Mahoney, Leigh Snowden, Ann Harding |
Drama |
Universal
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
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Jaguar |
George Blair |
Sabu, Barton MacLane, Jonathan Hale |
Adventure |
Republic
|
Johnny Concho |
Don McGuire |
Frank Sinatra, Keenan Wynn, Phyllis Kirk |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Jubal |
Delmer Daves |
Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger |
Western |
Columbia
|
Julie |
Andrew L. Stone |
Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Frank Lovejoy |
Thriller |
MGM
|
The Kettles in the Ozarks |
Charles Lamont |
Marjorie Main, Arthur Hunnicutt, Una Merkel |
Comedy |
Universal
|
The Killer Is Loose |
Budd Boetticher |
Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
The Killing |
Stanley Kubrick |
Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
The King and Four Queens |
Raoul Walsh |
Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Barbara Nichols |
Western |
United Artists
|
The King and I |
Walter Lang |
Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno |
Musical |
20th Century Fox. Winner of 5 Academy Awards
|
A Kiss Before Dying |
Gerd Oswald |
Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward, Virginia Leith |
Thriller |
United Artists
|
The Last Hunt |
Richard Brooks |
Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Debra Paget |
Western |
MGM
|
The Last Wagon |
Delmer Daves |
Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
The Leather Saint |
Alvin Ganzer |
Paul Douglas, John Derek, Jody Lawrance |
Drama |
Paramount
|
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts |
Frank Tashlin |
Tom Ewell, Sheree North, Rita Moreno |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Lisbon |
Ray Milland |
Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne Furneaux |
Crime |
Republic
|
The Lone Ranger |
Stuart Heisler |
Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Bonita Granville |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
Love Me Tender |
Robert D. Webb |
Elvis Presley, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, |
Western |
20th Century Fox. Presley's first film
|
Lust for Life |
Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor |
Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Pamela Brown |
Biography |
MGM. Story of Vincent van Gogh; Oscar for Quinn
|
Magnificent Roughnecks |
Sherman A. Rose |
Jack Carson, Mickey Rooney, Nancy Gates |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Man from Del Rio |
Harry Horner |
Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Douglas Fowley |
Western |
United Artists
|
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit |
Nunnally Johnson |
Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Frederic March |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. Based on Sloan Wilson novel
|
Man in the Vault |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
William Campbell, Anita Ekberg, Karen Sharpe |
Crime |
RKO
|
The Man Is Armed |
Franklin Adreon |
Dane Clark, William Talman, May Wynn |
Crime |
Republic
|
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Doris Day, James Stewart, Bernard Miles |
Film noir |
Paramount. Remake of 1934 film; Oscar for Best Song
|
The Man Who Never Was |
Ronald Neame |
Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng |
War thriller |
20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK.
|
Manfish |
W. Lee Wilder |
John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Barbara Nichols |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Massacre |
Louis King |
Dane Clark, James Craig, Martha Roth |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
The Maverick Queen |
Joseph Kane |
Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady |
Western |
Republic
|
Meet Me in Las Vegas |
Roy Rowland |
Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Agnes Moorehead |
Musical |
MGM
|
Miami Exposé |
Fred F. Sears |
Lee J. Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Miracle in the Rain |
Rudolph Maté |
Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle |
Romance |
Warner Bros.
|
Moby Dick |
John Huston |
Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, James Robertson Justice |
Adventure |
Warner Bros. Based on Herman Melville novel
|
Mohawk |
Kurt Neumann |
Scott Brady, Lori Nelson, Rita Gam |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
The Mole People |
Virgil W. Vogel |
John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier |
Science fiction |
Universal
|
The Mountain |
Edward Dmytryk |
Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Naked Gun |
Eddie Dew |
Willard Parker, Mara Corday, Barton MacLane |
Western |
Independent[3]
|
Navy Wife |
Edward Bernds |
Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, Shirley Yamaguchi |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Never Say Goodbye |
Jerry Hopper |
Rock Hudson, Cornell Borchers, George Sanders |
Drama |
Universal; Remake of 1946 film
|
Nightmare |
Maxwell Shane |
Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell |
Film noir |
United Artists; Remake of 1942 film
|
The Oklahoma Woman |
Roger Corman |
Peggie Castle, Richard Denning, Cathy Downs |
Western |
AIP
|
On the Threshold of Space |
Robert D. Webb |
Guy Madison, Virginia Leith, John Hodiak |
Science fiction |
20th Century Fox; Hodiak's final film
|
The Opposite Sex |
David Miller |
June Allyson, Joan Collins, Ann Sheridan |
Musical |
MGM; remake of The Women
|
Our Miss Brooks |
Al Lewis |
Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Robert Rockwell |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.; film version and series finale of TV series
|
Outside the Law |
Jack Arnold |
Ray Danton, Leigh Snowden, Grant Williams |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Over-Exposed |
Lewis Seiler |
Cleo Moore, Richard Crenna, Raymond Greenleaf |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Pardners |
Norman Taurog |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson |
Western comedy |
Paramount. 15th Martin and Lewis film
|
Patterns |
Fielder Cook |
Van Heflin, Everett Sloane,Beatrice Straight |
Drama |
United Artists
|
The Peacemaker |
Ted Post |
James Mitchell, Rosemarie Bowe, Jan Merlin |
Western |
United Artists
|
Pillars of the Sky |
George Marshall |
Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond |
Western |
Universal
|
Please Murder Me |
Peter Godfrey |
Raymond Burr, Angela Lansbury, Dick Foran |
Film noir |
Independent
|
The Power and the Prize |
Henry Koster |
Robert Taylor, Mary Astor, Cedric Hardwicke |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Price of Fear |
Abner Biberman |
Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, Gia Scala |
Film noir |
Universal
|
The Proud and Profane |
George Seaton |
William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter |
Drama |
Paramount; 2 Oscar nominations
|
The Proud Ones |
Robert D. Webb |
Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Quincannon, Frontier Scout |
Lesley Selander |
Tony Martin, Peggie Castle, John Bromfield |
Western |
United Artists
|
The Rack |
Arnold Laven |
Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Anne Francis |
War drama |
MGM. From a teleplay by Rod Serling
|
The Rainmaker |
Joseph Anthony |
Katharine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey |
Drama |
Paramount; 2 Oscar nominations
|
Ransom! |
Alex Segal |
Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen |
Crime drama |
MGM; remade in 1996
|
Raw Edge |
John Sherwood |
Rory Calhoun, Yvonne De Carlo, Mara Corday |
Western |
Universal
|
The Rawhide Years |
Rudolph Maté |
Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Arthur Kennedy |
Western |
Universal
|
Rebel in Town |
Alfred L. Werker |
Ruth Roman, John Payne, J. Carrol Naish |
Western |
United Artists
|
Red Sundown |
Jack Arnold |
Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer, Dean Jagger |
Western |
Universal
|
Reprisal! |
George Sherman |
Guy Madison, Felicia Farr, Kathryn Grant |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Revolt of Mamie Stover |
Raoul Walsh |
Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Ride the High Iron |
Don Weis |
Don Taylor, Sally Forrest, Raymond Burr |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Rock Around the Clock |
Fred F. Sears |
Bill Haley, Alix Talton, Lisa Gaye |
Musical |
Columbia; inspired by song
|
Rock, Pretty Baby |
Richard Bartlett |
Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Rock, Rock, Rock |
Will Price |
Chuck Berry, Tuesday Weld, Teddy Randazzo |
Musical |
Independent
|
Rumble on the Docks |
Fred F. Sears |
James Darren, Michael Granger, Robert Blake |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Runaway Daughters |
Edward L. Cahn |
Marla English, Mary Ellen Kay, Anna Sten |
Drama |
AIP
|
Running Target |
Marvin R. Weinstein |
Doris Dowling, Arthur Franz, Richard Reeves |
Western |
United Artists
|
Run for the Sun |
Roy Boulting |
Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer |
Thriller |
United Artists
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Safari |
Terence Young |
Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin |
Adventure |
Columbia. Co-production with the UK.
|
Santiago |
Gordon Douglas |
Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
|
Scandal Incorporated |
Edward Mann |
Robert Hutton, Patricia Wright, Paul Richards |
Crime |
Republic
|
The Scarlet Hour |
Michael Curtiz |
Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, Jody Lawrence |
Film noir |
Paramount
|
Screaming Eagles |
Charles F. Haas |
Tom Tryon, Martin Milner, Jacqueline Beer |
War |
Allied Artists
|
The Search for Bridey Murphy |
Noel Langley |
Teresa Wright, Louis Hayward, Nancy Gates |
Drama |
Paramount
|
The Searchers |
John Ford |
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles |
Western |
Warner Bros. Voted best American Western
|
Secret of Treasure Mountain |
Seymour Friedman |
Valerie French, Raymond Burr, William Prince |
Western |
Columbia
|
Serenade |
Anthony Mann |
Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel |
Musical |
Warner Bros.
|
Seven Men from Now |
Budd Boetticher |
Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
Shake, Rattle & Rock! |
Edward L. Cahn |
Mike Connors, Lisa Gaye, Sterling Holloway |
Musical |
AIP
|
The Sharkfighters |
Jerry Hopper |
Victor Mature, Karen Steele, James Olson |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
The She-Creature |
Edward L. Cahn |
Marla English, Chester Morris, Cathy Downs |
Science fiction |
AIP
|
Showdown at Abilene |
Charles F. Haas |
Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger |
Western |
Universal[4]
|
Singing in the Dark |
Max Nosseck |
Moishe Oysher, Phyllis Hill, Joey Adams |
Drama |
Independent
|
Slightly Scarlet |
Allan Dwan |
John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl |
Film noir |
RKO
|
The Solid Gold Cadillac |
Richard Quine |
Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Somebody Up There Likes Me |
Robert Wise |
Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Sal Mineo |
Biography |
MGM. Story of Rocky Graziano; won two Oscars
|
Stagecoach to Fury |
William F. Claxton |
Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Star in the Dust |
Charles F. Haas |
John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Boone |
Western |
Universal
|
The Steel Jungle |
Walter Doniger |
Perry Lopez, Beverly Garland, Walter Abel |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
Storm Center |
Daniel Taradash |
Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter |
Drama |
Columbia
|
A Strange Adventure |
William Witney |
Joan Evans, Ben Cooper, Marla English |
Drama |
Republic
|
Strange Intruder |
Irving Rapper |
Ida Lupino, Edmund Purdom, Ann Harding |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Stranger at My Door |
William Witney |
Macdonald Carey, Patricia Medina, Skip Homeier |
Western |
Republic
|
The Swan |
Charles Vidor |
Grace Kelly, Louis Jourdan, Alec Guinness |
Romance |
MGM; remake of 1925 film
|
Tea and Sympathy |
Vincente Minnelli |
Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson |
Drama |
MGM; based on the play
|
The Teahouse of the August Moon |
Daniel Mann |
Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyō |
Comedy |
MGM; based on the play
|
Teenage Rebel |
Edmund Goulding |
Ginger Rogers, Michael Rennie, Mildred Natwick |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. 2 Oscar nominations
|
The Ten Commandments |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson |
Drama |
Paramount. Remake of 1923 film; 7 Oscar nominations; DeMille's final film
|
Tension at Table Rock |
Charles Marquis Warren |
Dorothy Malone, Richard Egan, Cameron Mitchell |
Western |
RKO
|
Terror at Midnight |
Franklin Adreon |
Scott Brady, Joan Vohs, Frank Faylen |
Crime |
Republic
|
That Certain Feeling |
Melvin Frank |
Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Pearl Bailey |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
There's Always Tomorrow |
Douglas Sirk |
Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett |
Drama |
Universal. Remake of 1934 film
|
These Wilder Years |
Roy Rowland |
James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon |
Drama |
MGM
|
Three Bad Sisters |
Gilbert Kay |
Marla English, John Bromfield, Kathleen Hughes |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Three Brave Men |
Philip Dunne |
Ray Milland, Ernest Borgnine, Nina Foch |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Three Outlaws |
Sam Newfield |
Neville Brand, Alan Hale Jr., Bruce Bennett |
Western |
Independent
|
Thunder Over Arizona |
Joseph Kane |
Skip Homeier, Kristine Miller, George Macready |
Western |
Republic
|
Time Table |
Mark Stevens |
Mark Stevens, Felicia Farr, Marianne Stewart |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
Toward the Unknown |
Mervyn LeRoy |
William Holden, Virginia Leith, Lloyd Nolan |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
The Toy Tiger |
Jerry Hopper |
Laraine Day, Jeff Chandler, Cecil Kellaway |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Trapeze |
Carol Reed |
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida |
Drama |
United Artists; Silver Bear award for Lancaster
|
Tribute to a Bad Man |
Robert Wise |
James Cagney, Stephen McNally, Don Dubbins |
Western |
MGM
|
The Unguarded Moment |
Harry Keller |
Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Uranium Boom |
William Castle |
Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina, William Talman |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
The Vagabond King |
Michael Curtiz |
Kathryn Grayson, Rita Moreno, Oreste Kirkop |
Musical |
Paramount; Grayson's final film
|
The Violent Years |
William Morgan |
Jean Moorhead, Barbara Weeks, I. Stanford Jolley |
Crime |
Independent
|
Walk the Proud Land |
Jesse Hibbs |
Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley |
Western |
Universal
|
War and Peace |
King Vidor |
Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer |
Historical |
Paramount. Based on Leo Tolstoy novel; 3 Oscar nominations
|
The Werewolf |
Fred F. Sears |
Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Harry Lauter |
Horror |
Columbia
|
Westward Ho the Wagons! |
William Beaudine |
Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, John War Eagle |
Western |
Disney
|
Wetbacks |
Hank McCune |
Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane |
Crime |
Independent
|
When Gangland Strikes |
R. G. Springsteen |
Raymond Greenleaf, Marjie Millar, John Hudson |
Crime |
Republic
|
While the City Sleeps |
Fritz Lang |
Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Ida Lupino |
Film noir |
RKO
|
The White Squaw |
Ray Nazarro |
David Brian, May Wynn, William Bishop |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Wild Party |
Harry Horner |
Anthony Quinn, Carol Ohmart, Arthur Franz |
Film Noir |
United Artists
|
A Woman's Devotion |
Paul Henreid |
Janice Rule, Ralph Meeker, Rosenda Monteros |
Film noir |
Republic
|
The Women of Pitcairn Island |
Jean Yarbrough |
James Craig, Lynn Bari, Sue England |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
World in My Corner |
Jesse Hibbs |
Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow |
Sports |
Universal
|
World Without End |
Edward Bernds |
Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod Taylor |
Science fiction |
Allied Artists
|
Written on the Wind |
Douglas Sirk |
Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone |
Drama |
Universal. Oscar for Malone
|
The Wrong Man |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle |
Film noir |
Warner Bros.
|
Yaqui Drums |
Jean Yarbrough |
Rod Cameron, Mary Castle, J. Carrol Naish |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
You Can't Run Away from It |
Dick Powell |
June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford |
Musical |
Columbia
|
The Young Guns |
Albert Band |
Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott, Perry Lopez |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
Documentaries and serials
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