Search results for "1955"
Five Guns West

Five Guns West

Five Guns West
IMDb: 5.1
78

During the Civil War, five condemned Southern prisoners are plucked off Death Row and promised pardons on the condition that they undertake a mission to head west and bring back…

Genre: Action, Western
Santa Fe Passage

Santa Fe Passage

Santa Fe Passage
IMDb: 5.9
91

A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.

Geordie

Geordie

Geordie
IMDb: 6.9
95

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as “Wee Geordie” in…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame
IMDb: 6.8
95

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme,…

Genre: Crime, Drama
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo
IMDb: 6.8
102

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and…

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Generation

A Generation

A Generation
IMDb: 7.1
87

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful…

Genre: Drama, War
A Life at Stake

A Life at Stake

A Life at Stake
IMDb: 5.8
78

An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman’s interest in him is not just financial and may…

Genre: Drama
Children, Mother, and the General

Children, Mother, and the General

Children, Mother, and the General
IMDb: 6.8
110

Laslo Benedek interrupted his thriving Hollywood career to return to Europe as director of the German Kinder, Mutter und ein General (Children, Mother and the General). The film is set…

Genre: Drama, War
The Prodigal

The Prodigal

The Prodigal
IMDb: 5.2
112

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

Genre: Drama
Murder Is My Beat

Murder Is My Beat

Murder Is My Beat
IMDb: 6.1
77

Mr. Dean’s body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Eden Lane is convicted of the crime. She is escorted to prison by one of the…

Genre: Crime
I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times
IMDb: 6.4
109

After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three Stripes in the Sun

Three Stripes in the Sun

Three Stripes in the Sun
IMDb: 6.6
93

A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Simba

Simba

Simba
IMDb: 6.2
99

White farmers in Kenya come under siege from the Mau Maus. Some natives try to help them and it’s later discovered that the father of a native doctor is the…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Man in Space

Man in Space

Man in Space
IMDb: 7.9
49

With a combination of documentary footage and animation, the science and history of rockets, and the effects of space travel on man are illustrated.

The African Lion

The African Lion

The African Lion
IMDb: 7.2
75

Part of Disney’s True-Life Adventures series, this film focuses on the lives of lions in Africa.

All for Mary

All for Mary

All for Mary
IMDb: 5.6
79

In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord’s daughter. When the two come down…

French Cancan

French Cancan

French Cancan
IMDb: 7.4
102

Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Gun That Won the West

The Gun That Won the West

The Gun That Won the West
IMDb: 4.7
71

In the late 1880s, Colonel Carrington and his command are assigned the job of constructing a chain of forts in the Sious Indian territory of Wyoming. Carrington recruits former cavalry…

Apache Ambush

Apache Ambush

Apache Ambush
IMDb: 5.5
68

Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.

Genre: Western
To Paris with Love

To Paris with Love

To Paris with Love
IMDb: 5.6
78

A father and son go to Paris to help each other find love.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Magic Fire

Magic Fire

Magic Fire
IMDb: 6
95

Director William Dieterle’s 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, Alan Badel and Valentina Cortese.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Target Zero

Target Zero

Target Zero
IMDb: 5.9
92

Drama set during the Korean War, released in 1955.

Genre: War
The Lyons in Paris

The Lyons in Paris

The Lyons in Paris
IMDb: 6.9
81

The second in the series of films about the Lyon family, based on the BBC radio series Life With the Lyons. Ben Lyon appears to have forgotten his wedding anniversary…

Genre: Comedy
Jungle Moon Men

Jungle Moon Men

Jungle Moon Men
IMDb: 5.7
70

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of “She” or the La of Opar stories from “Tarzan”. The Jungle Jim-type character is played by Weissmuller using his…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Passage Home

Passage Home

Passage Home
IMDb: 6.1
102

Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony…

Genre: Drama
Jupiter’s Darling

Jupiter’s Darling

Jupiter’s Darling
IMDb: 5.8
95

Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal (Howard Keel). While Rome’s ruler, Fabius Maximus (George Sanders), plots a defense against Hannibal’s armies, Fabius’ fiancée, Amytis (Esther Williams),…

Genre: Adventure
A Life in the Balance

A Life in the Balance

A Life in the Balance
IMDb: 6
74

A widower’s young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

Flame of the Islands

Flame of the Islands

Flame of the Islands
IMDb: 6
90

A café singer buys a gambling casino and several men fall in love with her.

Genre: Drama
An Alligator Named Daisy

An Alligator Named Daisy

An Alligator Named Daisy
IMDb: 5.3
85

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Cobweb

The Cobweb

The Cobweb
IMDb: 6.4
124

Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.

Genre: Drama
Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura
IMDb: 6.4
91

Bickering married performers agree to star in a “Mr. and Mrs.” TV show. Director Muriel Box’s 1956 British comedy also stars Muriel Pavlow, Ian Carmichael, Maurice Denham and Richard Wattis.

Genre: Comedy
A Man Called Peter

A Man Called Peter

A Man Called Peter
IMDb: 7.2
119

Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when…

Genre: Drama, Family
Bobby Ware Is Missing

Bobby Ware Is Missing

Bobby Ware Is Missing
IMDb: 7.2
67

This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The police are contacted, and a ransom…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward
IMDb: 6.4
103

During the 15th century reign of France’s King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The plan…

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
IMDb: 6.5
109

Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She marries…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Delavine Affair

The Delavine Affair

The Delavine Affair
IMDb: 5.4
64

Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life’s mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds…

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold
IMDb: 6.2
98

A U.S. sergeant (Richard Widmark), a British sergeant and a British pilot (Nigel Patrick) hijack gold for a German refugee’s (Mai Zetterling) war orphans.

Genre: Drama, War
Tennessee’s Partner

Tennessee’s Partner

Tennessee’s Partner
IMDb: 6.5
87

A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he’s saved from…

Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Trial

Trial

Trial
IMDb: 6.9
105

The story of a murder trial where a Mexican boy is accused of the death of a Caucasian girl. The two-faced attorney (Arthur Kennedy) who takes the boy’s case is…

Genre: Drama
Little Red Monkey

Little Red Monkey

Little Red Monkey
IMDb: 5.8
71

Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to…

Genre: Crime