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
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
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.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Battle Taxi

Battle Taxi

Battle Taxi
IMDb: 5.4
82

In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot how important helicopter rescue work is and turn him into a…

Genre: Drama, War
Chicago Syndicate

Chicago Syndicate

Chicago Syndicate
IMDb: 6.5
83

An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Little Red Monkey

Little Red Monkey

Little Red Monkey
IMDb: 5.9
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
Bobby Ware Is Missing

Bobby Ware Is Missing

Bobby Ware Is Missing
IMDb: 7.3
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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
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 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
The Delavine Affair

The Delavine Affair

The Delavine Affair
IMDb: 5.5
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
Target Zero

Target Zero

Target Zero
IMDb: 5.9
92

Drama set during the Korean War, released in 1955.

Genre: War
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
Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali
IMDb: 8.5
125

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her…

Genre: Drama
Picnic

Picnic

Picnic
IMDb: 7.1
109

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Cult of the Cobra

Cult of the Cobra

Cult of the Cobra
IMDb: 5.8
82

While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.’s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered by the cult, the High Lamian Priest…

Genre: Horror
Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin
IMDb: 7.2
99

Claiming that he doesn’t know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can’t remember anything before the…