1956

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Hungry Soul, Part II
6.9

Hungry Soul, Part II

Nov. 28, 1956

Hungry Soul, Part II

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with ...
Season of the Sun
6.4

Season of the Sun

May. 17, 1956

Season of the Sun

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more ...
You Can’t Escape
6.6

You Can’t Escape

Jan. 01, 1956

You Can’t Escape

Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a ...
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
7.4

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job ...
The Kreutzer Sonata
6.1

The Kreutzer Sonata

Jan. 01, 1956

The Kreutzer Sonata

Some time after marrying a sensual girl, Pozdnychev realizes the only link to his spouse is that of physical love. When a violinist with whom his ...
Not So Dusty
5.1

Not So Dusty

Feb. 16, 1956

Not So Dusty

Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it. Meanwhile ...
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
6.3

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric ...
Crazed Fruit
7.2

Crazed Fruit

Jul. 12, 1956

Crazed Fruit

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.
Woodpecker from Mars
6.5

Woodpecker from Mars

Jul. 01, 1956

Woodpecker from Mars

Woody Woodpecker is a guest at a television show and walks off with a space helmet and a space gun as souvenirs. He pretends to be a man from ...
The Bitter Stems
7.6

The Bitter Stems

Nov. 04, 1956

The Bitter Stems

Buenos Aires, Argentina. A failed reporter teams up with a Hungarian immigrant to set up a fake correspondence journalism school.
Guilty?
5.9

Guilty?

Apr. 10, 1956

Guilty?

Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France ...
The Thick-Walled Room
7.1

The Thick-Walled Room

Oct. 31, 1956

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as ...
I Will Buy You
6.9

I Will Buy You

Nov. 21, 1956

I Will Buy You

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
Zarak
5.5

Zarak

Dec. 01, 1956

Zarak

A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
The Wrong Man
7.4

The Wrong Man

Dec. 22, 1956

The Wrong Man

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel “Manny” Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
The Weapon
6.2

The Weapon

Sep. 01, 1956

The Weapon

A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old ...
Deadlier Than the Male
7.5

Deadlier Than the Male

In the heart of Paris, a restaurateur’s mundane life is disrupted by the arrival of his ex-wife’s daughter, who claims to be in need ...
Three Brave Men
6.8

Three Brave Men

Dec. 01, 1956

Three Brave Men

A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he’s fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
The She-Creature
3.8

The She-Creature

Aug. 01, 1956

The She-Creature

A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
On the Bowery
7.4

On the Bowery

Mar. 18, 1957

On the Bowery

A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City’s skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6.6

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other ...
The Green Man
7.1

The Green Man

Dec. 21, 1956

The Green Man

Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for ...
The Feminine Touch
5.8

The Feminine Touch

Jun. 19, 1956

The Feminine Touch

Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s ...
Crime of Passion
6.4

Crime of Passion

Dec. 28, 1956

Crime of Passion

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the ...
5 Steps to Danger
6.3

5 Steps to Danger

Nov. 05, 1956

5 Steps to Danger

Can a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies?
X the Unknown
6.1

X the Unknown

Sep. 21, 1956

X the Unknown

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. ...
Written on the Wind
7.3

Written on the Wind

Oct. 04, 1956

Written on the Wind

Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family ...
World in My Corner
6.3

World in My Corner

Mar. 01, 1956

World in My Corner

A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea — “born in a dump, educated in an alley” — catches the eye of wealthy ...
World Without End
5.8

World Without End

Mar. 25, 1956

World Without End

Four astronauts returning from man’s first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. At ...