1956

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The Wild Party
5.7

The Wild Party

Dec. 21, 1956

The Wild Party

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.
Who Done It?
5.7

Who Done It?

Mar. 20, 1956

Who Done It?

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private ...
The White Squaw
6

The White Squaw

Nov. 01, 1956

The White Squaw

A Swedish settler starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.
While the City Sleeps
6.9

While the City Sleeps

Apr. 19, 1956

While the City Sleeps

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed “The Lipstick Killer”.
When Gangland Strikes
5.9

When Gangland Strikes

Mar. 15, 1956

When Gangland Strikes

In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to get them put into prison. The desperate ...
The Werewolf
5.8

The Werewolf

Jul. 01, 1956

The Werewolf

The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor ...
War and Peace
6.7

War and Peace

Aug. 21, 1956

War and Peace

Napoleon’s tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of ...
Walk the Proud Land
6.6

Walk the Proud Land

Sep. 01, 1956

Walk the Proud Land

Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation ...
Walk Into Paradise
6.8

Walk Into Paradise

Sep. 08, 1957

Walk Into Paradise

Steve McAllister, an Australian official for The New Guinea Administration, gets orders to investigate an oil discovery by Ned ...
The Violent Years
3.6

The Violent Years

Jan. 01, 1956

The Violent Years

A newspaper publisher’s daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up ...
Spring on Zarechnaya Street
7.4

Spring on Zarechnaya Street

An idealistic, sophisticated young woman meets a rough-around-the-edges, blue collar man and rejects him, only to find out later that they are ...
Uranium Boom
5.8

Uranium Boom

Mar. 02, 1956

Uranium Boom

Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins (Dennis Morgan) and mining engineer Grady Mathews (William Talman) find uranium in the Colorado badlands. While Grady ...
A Man Escaped
8.2

A Man Escaped

Nov. 11, 1956

A Man Escaped

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Warning from Space
4.8

Warning from Space

Jan. 27, 1956

Warning from Space

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one ...
La Traversée de Paris
7.3

La Traversée de Paris

Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.
Trapeze
6.8

Trapeze

May. 30, 1956

Trapeze

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous “triple” in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following ...
A Town Like Alice
7.2

A Town Like Alice

Mar. 01, 1956

A Town Like Alice

In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they ...
Toward the Unknown
6.5

Toward the Unknown

Sep. 27, 1956

Toward the Unknown

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his ...
All the World’s Memory
7.7

All the World’s Memory

Toute la mémoire du monde is a documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processes of cataloguing ...
A Touch of the Sun
5.4

A Touch of the Sun

Oct. 01, 1956

A Touch of the Sun

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.
Totò Double or Nothing?
6.6

Totò Double or Nothing?

The penniless Duke decides to participate in “Lascia o raddoppia”, a TV quiz show, in order to win five million lira. Then two ...
Three Violent People
6.3

Three Violent People

Dec. 01, 1956

Three Violent People

A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.
Three Men in a Boat
5.3

Three Men in a Boat

Dec. 23, 1956

Three Men in a Boat

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
The Long Arm
7

The Long Arm

Jun. 01, 1956

The Long Arm

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. ...
There’s Always Tomorrow
7.4

There’s Always Tomorrow

When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes ...
The Roof
7.4

The Roof

Sep. 29, 1956

The Roof

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the ...
Tension at Table Rock
6.4

Tension at Table Rock

Oct. 03, 1956

Tension at Table Rock

When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.
The Ten Commandments
7.9

The Ten Commandments

Oct. 05, 1956

The Ten Commandments

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a ...
The Teahouse of the August Moon
6.6

The Teahouse of the August Moon

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.