Search results for "1956"
The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story
IMDb: 6.9
123

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Four Bags Full

Four Bags Full

Four Bags Full
IMDb: 7.4
80

Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Ransom!

Ransom!

Ransom!
IMDb: 7
109

A rich man (Glenn Ford) stuns his wife (Donna Reed) and town with a televised threat to his son’s kidnapper.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gun Brothers

Gun Brothers

Gun Brothers
IMDb: 5.9
79

Recently discharged cavalry sergeant Chad Santee (Buster Crabbe) joins his brother, Jubal (Neville Brand), and discovers that Jubal is a wanted outlaw. On the way he meets Rose Fargo and…

Genre: Western
The Boss

The Boss

The Boss
IMDb: 6.4
89

A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.

The Gelignite Gang

The Gelignite Gang

The Gelignite Gang
IMDb: 5.8
74

A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho’s underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to achieve…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Flight to Hong Kong

Flight to Hong Kong

Flight to Hong Kong
IMDb: 5.5
88

On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony (Rory Calhoun), a career crook who deals in stolen diamonds, agonizes over whether he should stick with his girlfriend (Dolores Donlon) or…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm
IMDb: 6.6
85

A luminously beautiful, provocative young woman is rescued near a small fishing village on the Spanish coast. The scene is set for a drama of dangerous passion that threatens to…

Genre: Drama
Private’s Progress

Private’s Progress

Private’s Progress
IMDb: 6.6
97

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends…

Genre: Comedy, War
The Unguarded Moment

The Unguarded Moment

The Unguarded Moment
IMDb: 6.4
95

A high-school music teacher is the victim of a student who writes indecent notes and assaults women.

My Teenage Daughter

My Teenage Daughter

My Teenage Daughter
IMDb: 6.1
100

Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing…

Genre: Drama
Quincannon, Frontier Scout

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

Quincannon, Frontier Scout
IMDb: 5.5
83

A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on a remote fort.

Genre: Action, Western
Storm Center

Storm Center

Storm Center
IMDb: 6.7
85

Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She’s quickly labeled a Communist.

Genre: Drama
The Houston Story

The Houston Story

The Houston Story
IMDb: 6.2
79

A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men
IMDb: 6.5
88

A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he’s fired for suspected Communist beliefs.

Genre: Drama
Smiley

Smiley

Smiley
IMDb: 6.9
97

Smiley Greevins is a cheeky, mischievous, imaginative little boy who lives in the small town of Murrumbilla in the Australian outback. His father Bill is a poor drover who is…

Genre: Comedy
The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive
IMDb: 7.1
89

Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want…

Genre: Drama, Western
Indestructible Man

Indestructible Man

Indestructible Man
IMDb: 4.1
72

A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impervious to harm, allowing him to seek revenge on…

Now and Forever

Now and Forever

Now and Forever
IMDb: 6.5
90

A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Wild Party

The Wild Party

The Wild Party
IMDb: 6.1
91

An ex-football brute (Anthony Quinn) and his beatnik gang take a rich girl (Carol Ohmart) and her boyfriend hostage (Arthur Franz) at a jazz joint.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Tension at Table Rock

Tension at Table Rock

Tension at Table Rock
IMDb: 6.5
93

When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.

Genre: Western
Massacre

Massacre

Massacre
IMDb: 5.6
76

Lawmen and their captured gunrunners take refuge at a deserted mission to fend off attacking Indians. Western.

Genre: Western
The First Texan

The First Texan

The First Texan
IMDb: 6.2
82

After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political…

Genre: History, Western
Serenade

Serenade

Serenade
IMDb: 5.8
121

A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star, but breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where…

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Death of a Scoundrel

Death of a Scoundrel

Death of a Scoundrel
IMDb: 6.9
119

A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Best Things In Life Are Free

The Best Things In Life Are Free

The Best Things In Life Are Free
IMDb: 5.9
104

Director Michael Curtiz’ 1956 showbiz musical, about the careers of the early-20th-century songwriting trio DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, stars Dan Dailey, Gordon MacRae, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North, Tommy Noonan, Larry…

Genre: Music
Uranium Boom

Uranium Boom

Uranium Boom
IMDb: 6.2
67

Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins (Dennis Morgan) and mining engineer Grady Mathews (William Talman) find uranium in the Colorado badlands. While Grady guards the claim, Brad goes to register it in town,…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Full of Life

Full of Life

Full of Life
IMDb: 6.4
91

A father-in-law’s visit makes life even more complicated for a struggling writer and his pregnant wife. Director Richard Quine’s 1956 film stars Judy Holliday, Richard Conte and Salvatore Baccaloni.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Hot Cars

Hot Cars

Hot Cars
IMDb: 6.5
60

Story of a salesman lured into the “hot car” racket.

Genre: Action, Thriller
The Brass Legend

The Brass Legend

The Brass Legend
IMDb: 6.3
79

During a ride with his new pony Sinoya, the young Clay Gibson by chance finds the secret housing of the multiple murderer Tris Hatten. He reports immediately to Sheriff Adams,…

Genre: Action, Western
Comanche

Comanche

Comanche
IMDb: 5.6
87

Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.

Genre: Western
Bandido!

Bandido!

Bandido!
IMDb: 6.2
92

American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the “regulares” in the 1916 Mexican revolution. American mercenary Wilson favors the rebel faction headed by Escobar, and…

Genre: Action, Western
It Conquered the World

It Conquered the World

It Conquered the World
IMDb: 5
71

An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist.

Crime in the Streets

Crime in the Streets

Crime in the Streets
IMDb: 6.6
91

A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Female Jungle

Female Jungle

Female Jungle
IMDb: 5.6
71

A drunk cop investigates the murder of a sexy blonde. The policeman -who can’t remember the night before – starts getting worried when all fingers began pointing at him.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Pardners

Pardners

Pardners
IMDb: 6.3
90

Rich momma’s boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father’s footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son…

Genre: Comedy, Western
A Touch of the Sun

A Touch of the Sun

A Touch of the Sun
IMDb: 5.6
80

A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.

Genre: Comedy
Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks
IMDb: 6.6
85

The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950’s. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School , still hoping to tie the knot…

Genre: Comedy
Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky
IMDb: 7.2
135

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World…

Genre: Drama, History
1984

1984

1984
IMDb: 7
90

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.