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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) on 13 september 1956
, 1h20
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Nichols, Sidney Blackmer, Philip Bourneuf, Arthur Franz
Rating68% 3.448693.448693.448693.448693.44869
Austin Spencer (Sidney Blackmer), a newspaper publisher, wants to prove a point about the inadequacy of circumstantial evidence. He talks his son-in-law, Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews), into participating in a hoax, in an attempt to expose the ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is for Tom to plant clues which will lead to his arrest for the murder of a female nightclub dancer, Patty Gray. Once Tom is found guilty, Spencer is to reveal the setup and humiliate the District Attorney.
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed (1956) on 12 september 1956
, 2h9
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays
Actors Nancy Kelly, William Hopper, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden
Rating73% 3.6971653.6971653.6971653.6971653.697165
On her piano, eight year old Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack) plays the French song "Au clair de la lune", while her father (William Hopper) says his goodbyes to her and his wife, Christine (Nancy Kelly), as he goes away on military duty. Their neighbor and landlord, Monica Breedlove (Evelyn Varden), comes in with a present for Rhoda - a locket. Rhoda, looking pristine and proper in her perfect pinafore dress and long blonde pigtails, thanks Monica for the gift. She then tap dances on the hard floor. Monica notices Rhoda's tap shoes, and Rhoda says that adding the taps to the shoes was her own idea. They then discuss a penmanship medal competition that Rhoda lost to her schoolmate, Claude Daigle; Monica speaks of it as a childish disappointment, but Rhoda's face darkens with fury. Christine and Rhoda leave for the school picnic at a nearby lake.
The Gadfly
The Gadfly (1955) on 15 september 1956
, 1h36
Directed by Alexandre Feinzimmer
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Rouben Simonov, Vladimir Etouch, Irina Skobtseva
Rating67% 3.359673.359673.359673.359673.35967
Arthur Burton, un jeune étudiant, fait ses adieux à son professeur préféré, le père Montanelli, qui s'en va à Rome sur les ordres du pape. Arthur se trouve ensuite enrôlé dans les activités de l'organisation révolutionnaire clandestine Giovine Italia. Il envie le chef de l'organisation Giovanni Bolla, il a peur que sa bien-aimée Gemma finisse par le lui préférer. Il confesse ses sentiments au père Cardi, après quoi plusieurs membres de Giovine Italia sont arrêtés par des gendarmes. Au cours d'une promenade dans la cour de la prison, Arthur raconte son entretien avec le prêtre à Bolla, qui lui reproche aussitôt d'être un traître. Libéré, Arthur cherche à s'expliquer avec Gemma, mais la jeune femme lui donne une gifle et s'enfuit. De retour chez lui, Arthur apprend par son oncle Burton que son vrai père est son professeur Montanelli. En proie à une crise d'identité Arthur se sauve de la maison. Avec le temps tout le monde finit par le considérer comme mort.
Lust for Life
Lust for Life (1956) on 15 september 1956
, 2h2
Directed by George Cukor, Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Historical
Themes Peinture, Vincent van Gogh
Actors Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown, Everett Sloane, Niall MacGinnis
Rating72% 3.647743.647743.647743.647743.64774
Vincent van Gogh's obsessive devotion to his art engulfs, consumes, and finally destroys him. The apostate religious leaders do not like his zeal for God and they frown on his social activism and care for the poor in a coal mining town. He returns home to his father's house where he is rejected by a woman he obsessively loves, takes up with a prostitute who leaves because he is too poor, and discovers painting, which he pursues while agonizing that his vision exceeds his ability to execute. His brother, Theo van Gogh, provides financial and moral support, while Vincent lives off and on with the critical Paul Gauguin. Vincent begins experiencing hallucinations and seizures and voluntarily commits himself to a mental institution. He signs himself out, and with Theo's help, returns to a rural area to paint, where he ultimately shoots himself in despair of never being able to put what he sees on canvas.
The Young Guns
The Young Guns (1956) on 12 september 1956
, 1h24
Directed by Albert Band
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott, Perry Lopez, Scott Gregory Marlowe, Wright King, Walter Coy
Rating56% 2.8246552.8246552.8246552.8246552.824655
Gun Brothers
Gun Brothers (1956) on 15 september 1956

Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Buster Crabbe, Ann Robinson, Neville Brand, Michael Ansara, Walter Sande, Slim Pickens
Rating58% 2.904692.904692.904692.904692.90469
Wyoming, 1879: Chad Santee, a former Cavalry sergeant, is a passenger on a stagecoach bound for Cheyenne, along with saloon singer Rose Fargo and a gambler known as Blackjack Silk.
Fighting Trouble
Fighting Trouble (1956) on 16 september 1956
, 1h1
Directed by George Blair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Queenie Smith, Adele Jergens, John Bleifer
Rating51% 2.5807252.5807252.5807252.5807252.580725
After Danny loses his job working for the New York Morning Blade. Sach and Duke decide to pay the editor a visit in order to get Danny his job back. However, the two instead agree to get a photograph of gangster Frankie Arbo for the newspaper. The Bowery Boys try several disguises in order to catch Arbo in the act before they finally decide to pose as gangsters themselves.