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A list of American films released in
1956
Around the World in 80 Days won the
Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
7th Cavalry |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Randolph Scott,
Barbara Hale,
Jay C. Flippen |
Western |
Columbia Pictures
|
23 Paces to Baker Street |
Henry Hathaway |
Van Johnson,
Vera Miles,
Cecil Parker |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox. From
Philip MacDonald novel
|
Accused of Murder |
Joseph Kane |
David Brian,
Vera Ralston,
Sidney Blackmer |
Film noir |
Republic
|
Alexander the Great |
Robert Rossen |
Richard Burton,
Claire Bloom,
Fredric March |
Drama |
United Artists
|
The Ambassador's Daughter |
Norman Krasna |
Olivia de Havilland,
John Forsythe,
Adolphe Menjou |
Romantic comedy |
United Artists
|
Anastasia |
Anatole Litvak |
Ingrid Bergman,
Yul Brynner,
Helen Hayes |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; Remade in
1997 film
|
Anything Goes |
Robert Lewis |
Bing Crosby,
Donald O'Connor,
Mitzi Gaynor |
Musical |
Paramount. Based on
1934 play, 1936 film
|
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
|
Back from Eternity |
John Farrow |
Robert Ryan,
Anita Ekberg,
Rod Steiger |
Drama |
RKO. Remake of
Five Came Back
|
Backlash |
John Sturges |
Richard Widmark,
Donna Reed,
William Campbell |
Western |
Universal; Remake of
1947 film
|
The Bad Seed |
John Sturges |
Nancy Kelly,
Patty McCormack,
Henry Jones |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
|
Bandido |
Richard Fleischer |
Robert Mitchum,
Ursula Thiess,
Gilbert Roland |
Western |
United Artists
|
Battle Stations |
Lewis Seiler |
John Lund,
William Bendix,
Richard Boone |
War |
Columbia
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|
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
|
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
|
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
|
Bhowani Junction |
George Cukor |
Ava Gardner,
Stewart Granger,
Bill Travers |
Drama |
MGM. Co-production with UK.
|
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
|
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
|
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado |
Earl Bellamy |
Howard Duff,
Margaret Field,
Angela Stevens |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Bold and the Brave |
Lewis R. Foster |
Mickey Rooney,
Wendell Corey,
Nicole Maurey |
War |
RKO
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
Calling Homicide |
Edward Bernds |
Bill Elliott,
Kathleen Case,
Don Haggerty |
Crime |
Allied Artists
|
Canyon River |
Harmon Jones |
George Montgomery,
Marcia Henderson,
Peter Graves |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers |
Fred F. Sears |
Hugh Marlowe,
Joan Taylor,
Donald Curtis |
Science Fiction |
Columbia
|
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
|
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
|
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.
|
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
|
J-M
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
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
|
N-R
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
|
S-Z
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
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|
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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