The love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his lover, a wealthy and unbalanced forty. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1956
The Spanish Gardener (1956) Philip Leacock, Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern
Rather undiplomatic British diplomat Harrington Brande (Sir Michael Hordern) Read More »
Passionate Summer AKA Les possédées (1956) Charles Brabant, Madeleine Robinson, Raf Vallone, Magali Noël
Story of the effect on three women living on an isolated farm when a man comes to live there. Read More »
High Society (1956) Charles Walters, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra
C.K. Dexter-Haven, a successful popular jazz musician, lives in a mansion near his ex-wife’s Tracy Lord’s family estate. Read More »
The Gelignite Gang (1956) Francis Searle, Terence Fisher, Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne, James Kenney
Insurance investigator Jimmy Baxter searches for a gang of jewel robbers. Read More »
The Power and the Prize (1956) Henry Koster, Robert Taylor, Elisabeth Müller, Burl Ives
Cliff Barton, an American business executive working in England Read More »
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) Frank Tashlin, Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O’Brien
The inimitable writer-director Frank Tashlin once more aims his satiric barbs at modern culture Read More »
Man in the Vault (1956) Andrew V. McLaglen, William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg
There’s $200,000 in a Los Angeles safety-deposit box that mobster Willis Trent Read More »
The Mole People (1956) Virgil W. Vogel, John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont
On an archaeological dig in Asia, Dr. Roger Bentley finds a cuneiform tablet referring Read More »
Her Bridal Night AKA La mariée est trop belle (1956) Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine and becomes a top model. Read More »
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) Nunnally Johnson, Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March
Tom Rath lives in Connecticut and commutes to work every day in Manhattan. Read More »
The Wages of Sin AKA Le salaire du péché (1956) Denys de La Patellière, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jeanne Moreau
Isabelle, the daughter of multimillionaire Frank Lindstrom, chooses to marry Read More »
That Is the Dawn AKA Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956) Luis Buñuel, Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosé, Julien Bertheau
The wife of a physician who diligently cares for the poor, grows weary of their dull South France factory town Read More »
Savage Fury (1956) Lew Landers, Noah Beery Jr., Dorothy Short, Harry Woods
Separately released feature version of the 1935 Serial, Call of the Savage. Read More »
The Sword and the Cross AKA Le schiave di Cartagine (1956) Guido Brignone, Gianna Maria Canale, Jorge Mistral, Marisa Allasio
Tarsus, in the Roman province of Cilicia, AD 120. Two Carthaginian sisters, Lea and Esther Read More »