1957 movies

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Genres: Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Woodward, Joanne | Wayne, David | Cobb, Lee J. | Jerome, Edwin | Murray, Alena | Kulp, Nancy | Spencer, Douglas | Ross, Terry Ann | Scott, Ken | Gibson, Mimi | Cooke, Alistair | Edwards, Vince | Garrick, Richard
Directors: Johnson, Nunnally
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Eve White is a quiet, mousy, unassuming wife and mother who keeps suffering from headaches and occasional black outs. Eventually she is sent to see psychiatrist Dr. Luther, and, while under hypnosis, a whole new personality emerges: the racy, wild, fun-loving Eve Black. Under continued therapy, yet a third personality appears, the relatively stable Jane. This film, based on the true-life case of a multiple personality, chronicles Dr. Luther’s attempts to reconcile the three faces of Eve. multiple personalities.

Night Passage (1957)

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Genres: Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | Murphy, Audie | Duryea, Dan | Foster, Dianne | Stewart, Elaine | De Wilde, Brandon | Flippen, Jay C. | Anderson, Herbert | Wilke, Robert J. | Beaumont, Hugh | Elam, Jack | Cook, Tommy | Fix, Paul | Carey, Olive | Flavin, James
Directors: Neilson, James
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The workers on the railroad haven’t been paid in months — that’s because Whitey and his gang, including fast-shooting, dangerous, but likeable Utica Kid, keep holding up the train for its payroll. Grant McLaine, a former railroad employee who was fired in disgrace, is recruited to take the payroll through under cover. A young boy and a shoebox figure into the plot when Whitey’s gang tries to hold up the train and Grant and the Kid meet again to settle an old score.

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Monday, June 8th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Hopper, William | Taylor, Joan | Puglia, Frank | Zaremba, John | Henry, Thomas Browne | Vuolo, Tito | Arvan, Jan | Space, Arthur | Braverman, Bart | Cassel, Sid | Harryhausen, Ray | Khoury, George | Moriyama, Rollin | Orlando, Don | Pelling, George
Directors: Juran, Nathan
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When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome forcing the military to take drastic action.

Unearthly, The (1957)

Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Carradine, John | Healey, Myron | Hayes, Allison | Buferd, Marilyn | Batanides, Arthur | Todd, Sally | Johnson, Tor | Gordon, Roy | Prescott, Guy | Fleer, Harry | Petroff, Gloria | McWilliams, Paul | Johnson, Karl
Directors: Petroff, Boris
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Professor Charles Conway is a mad scientist attempting to develop the proverbial fountain of youth by creating “the 17th gland”. Ignoring all aspects of scientific ethics, his research subjects are people who have no family and are under the impression that the doctor can cure their depression. However, his research hasn’t been successful and his subjects are turned into grotesque zombies. Some of Conway’s patients begin to catch on to his scheme and intend to stop him.

Designing Woman (1957)

Friday, January 16th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Peck, Gregory | Bacall, Lauren | Gray, Dolores | Levene, Sam | Helmore, Tom | Shaughnessy, Mickey | White, Jesse | Connors, Chuck | Platt, Edward | Moore, Alvy | Veazie, Carol | Cole, Jack | Arvan, Jan | Bell, Rodney | Bigelow, Otis
Directors: Minnelli, Vincente
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On a vacation, sports journalist Mike meets designer Marilla. They fall in love and marry right away. However back at home they realize that they’re living in different worlds and know nothing about each other and exes and angry mobsters get in the way of their happily ever after though.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Genres: Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Lancaster, Burt | Douglas, Kirk | Fleming, Rhonda | Van Fleet, Jo | Ireland, John | Bettger, Lyle | Faylen, Frank | Holliman, Earl | de Corsia, Ted | Hopper, Dennis | Bissell, Whit | Mathews, George | Hudson, John | Kelley, DeForest | Milner, Martin
Directors: Sturges, John
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After the long career of lawman that made him a legend, Wyatt Earp deciedes to quit and join his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. There he would see them in feud with Clantons, local clan of thugs and cattle thieves. When the showdown becomes inevitable, the help will come from Doc Holliday, terminally-ill gambler who happens to be another Wild West legend.

Fire Down Below (1957)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Seagal, Steven | Helgenberger, Marg | Lang, Stephen | Hunt, Brad | Kristofferson, Kris | Stanton, Harry Dean | Helm, Levon | Collie, Mark | Harvey, Alex | Bruce, Ed | Neighbors, Amelia | Masur, Richard | Krawic, Michael | Jeter, Clay | Pollard, Yvonne
Directors: Enríquez Alcalá, Félix
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Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.

Paths of Glory (1957)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Douglas, Kirk | Meeker, Ralph | Menjou, Adolphe | Macready, George | Morris, Wayne | Anderson, Richard | Turkel, Joe | Kubrick, Christiane | Hausner, Jerry | Capell, Peter | Meyer, Emile | Freed, Bert | Dibbs, Kem
Directors: Kubrick, Stanley
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In Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” war is viewed in terms of power. This mesmerizing, urgent film about a true episode in World War I combines the idea that class differences are more important than national differences with the cannon-fodder theory of war, the theory that soldiers are merely pawns in the hands of generals who play at war is if it were a game of chess. The result of this amazing film has been the emergence of one of the great talents in contemporary cinema, the master whose greatest work was yet to come.

12 Angry Men (1957)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Balsam, Martin | Fiedler, John | Cobb, Lee J. | Marshall, E.G. | Klugman, Jack | Binns, Ed | Warden, Jack | Fonda, Henry | Sweeney, Joseph | Begley, Ed | Voskovec, George | Webber, Robert | Bond, Rudy | Kelly, James | Nelson, Billy
Directors: Lumet, Sidney
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Heralded as one of the all-time great theatrical releases, “12 Angry Men” focuses on a jury’s deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis, played by Henry Fonda) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis’ bases his vote moreso for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors’ complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis’ attempts in convincing the other jurors that a “not guilty” verdict might be appropriate.

Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s (1957)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Actors: Terry-Thomas | Cole, George | Grenfell, Joyce | Sim, Alastair | Sabrina | Jeffries, Lionel | Lamble, Lloyd | Rollett, Raymond | Scott, Terry | Mayne, Ferdy | Walters, Thorley | Chamberlain, Cyril | Ibbs, Ronald | Furse, Judith | Ripper, Michael
Directors: Launder, Frank
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The headmistress of St Trinian’s is jailed, and to try and keep order, the army and the police are called in, they don’t stand a chance. This time the hellcats of St. Trinian’s want to get to Italy where a rich playboy wants to select one of them as his wife (little does he know what he’s letting himself in for). To get to Italy in term time they have to win an essay writing competition, it’s easy when you know how. In Europe they run amok and become involved in jewel theft and their normal brand of chaos.