1956

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The Revolt of Mamie Stover
6.4

The Revolt of Mamie Stover

In the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii, hoping ...
Reprisal!
6.6

Reprisal!

Nov. 02, 1956

Reprisal!

New ranch owner Frank Madden, half Indian but posing as white, arrives just as an all white jury finds the three white Shipley brothers who ...
Red Sundown
6.5

Red Sundown

Mar. 01, 1956

Red Sundown

When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. ...
Rebel in Town
6.8

Rebel in Town

Jul. 30, 1956

Rebel in Town

Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious “click,” Wes ...
Reach for the Sky
7.2

Reach for the Sky

Jul. 05, 1956

Reach for the Sky

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 ...
The Rawhide Years
6.1

The Rawhide Years

Jul. 01, 1956

The Rawhide Years

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But ...
Raw Edge
6

Raw Edge

Mar. 24, 1956

Raw Edge

A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother
Ransom!
6.9

Ransom!

Jan. 24, 1956

Ransom!

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son’s kidnappers.
The Rainmaker
6.9

The Rainmaker

Dec. 13, 1956

The Rainmaker

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can’t make up for the fact ...
The Rack
6.8

The Rack

Nov. 02, 1956

The Rack

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the ...
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
5.5

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on a remote fort.
The Proud Ones
6.9

The Proud Ones

May. 15, 1956

The Proud Ones

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild ...
Private’s Progress
6.4

Private’s Progress

Feb. 17, 1956

Private’s Progress

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 ...
The Price of Fear
6.3

The Price of Fear

Mar. 13, 1956

The Price of Fear

A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn’t have at the track.
The Power and the Prize
6.1

The Power and the Prize

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.
Pillars of the Sky
6.2

Pillars of the Sky

Sep. 14, 1956

Pillars of the Sky

First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and ...
The Country I Come From
6.1

The Country I Come From

One Christmas Eve, a carefree young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town. Here, he meets Julien, a bar pianist who is his exact double. ...
Patterns
7.7

Patterns

Mar. 27, 1956

Patterns

Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a ...
Pardners
6.1

Pardners

Aug. 01, 1956

Pardners

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 ...
Over-Exposed
6.1

Over-Exposed

Apr. 01, 1956

Over-Exposed

This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of “B” films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays ...
The Opposite Sex
6.1

The Opposite Sex

Nov. 15, 1956

The Opposite Sex

Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay ...
Odongo
5.3

Odongo

Sep. 21, 1956

Odongo

Steve Stratton (Macdonald Carey) is a hardboiled hunter who catches and keeps wild animals in an African sanctuary in order to sell them to zoos ...
Bridge of Japan
6.7

Bridge of Japan

Oct. 01, 1956

Bridge of Japan

Ichikawa’s 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic ...
Nightfall
7.1

Nightfall

Nov. 09, 1956

Nightfall

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Never Say Goodbye
6.1

Never Say Goodbye

Mar. 10, 1956

Never Say Goodbye

In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an ...
Flowing
7.5

Flowing

Nov. 20, 1956

Flowing

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn’t see any future in her ...
The Mystery of Picasso
7.6

The Mystery of Picasso

Using a specially designed transparent ‘canvas’ to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera rolls. He begins with ...
My Teenage Daughter
5.6

My Teenage Daughter

Jun. 20, 1956

My Teenage Daughter

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 Mountain
6.8

The Mountain

May. 31, 1956

The Mountain

Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane ...
Death in the Garden
6.7

Death in the Garden

Sep. 21, 1956

Death in the Garden

In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.