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Top Secret Affair (1957) on 30 january 1957
, 1h40Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Jim Backus, Paul Stewart, John Cromwell, Roland Winters
Rating61%
Melville A. "Ironpants" Goodwin (Kirk Douglas) is a much-decorated U.S. Army major general who has just been appointed chairman of the Joint Atomic International Commission by the President of the United States. This is upsetting to wealthy Dorothy "Dottie" Peale, a media mogul who wanted a close friend of her father's to get the position.
Five Steps to Danger (1956) on 30 january 1957
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Political films, Road movies
Actors Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Richard Gaines, Werner Klemperer, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Hansen
Rating62%
John Emmett, an American everyman, is on a fishing and hunting trip when his car breaks down. He is offered a ride by a stranger, Ann Nicholson, who is driving to Santa Fe and asks him to take turns behind the wheel.
Pharaoh's Curse (1957) on 1 february 1957
, 1h6Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Diane Brewster, George N. Neise, Ben Wright, Kurt Katch, Terence De Marney
Rating47%
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Five Steps to Danger (1956) on 30 january 1957
, 1h21Directed by Henry S. Kesler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer, Richard Gaines, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Hansen
Rating62%
Sa voiture étant tombée en panne alors qu'il partait pêcher, John Emmett est pris en charge par une inconnue, Ann Nicholson. Il comprend vite que celle-ci est en pleine dépression nerveuse et qu'elle a de surcroît la police à ses trousses. Pourtant, la situation de la jeune femme est encore plus extraordinaire que cela...
Gun for a Coward (1956) on 30 january 1957
, 1h28Directed by Abner Biberman
Genres Western
Actors Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter, Janice Rule, Chill Wills, Dean Stockwell, Josephine Hutchinson
Rating59%
Will Keough est propriétaire d'un ranch avec ses deux petits frères, Bless et Hade. Ils vivent avec leur mère devenue veuve, Hannah. Leur père a été mordu par un serpent à sonnettes quand Bless était un jeune garçon. Depuis ce jour, Hannah est déterminée à protéger Bless de la vie dure de l'Ouest et son tournent.
Wicked as They Come (1956) on 1 february 1957
, 1h34Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey, Herbert Marshall, Michael Goodliffe, David Kossoff, Sid James
Rating65%
Poor girl from the slums Katherine Allenbourg trades on her looks. She enters a beauty contest, then charms the elderly gentleman running it, Sam Lewis, into fixing it so she will win first prize, a trip to Europe. She promptly abandons Sam.
Tomahawk Trail (1957) on 1 february 1957
, 1h36Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Chuck Connors, Susan Cummings, Lisa Janti, George N. Neise, Eddie Little Sky, Harry Dean Stanton
Rating56%
Sgt. Wade McCoy (Chuck Connors) deals with the Apache and an rookie Lieutenant Jonathan Davenport (George N. Neise).
Gun for a Coward (1956) on 30 january 1957
Directed by Abner Biberman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter, Dean Stockwell, Janice Rule, Chill Wills, Josephine Hutchinson
Rating59%
Will Keough is a rancher with two younger brothers, who are called Bless and Hade. They live with their widowed mother, Hannah, whose husband was bitten by a rattlesnake when Bless was a young boy. Ever since that day, Hannah has been determined to shield Bless from the hard life of the West and turn him instead into a refined, gentler soul. In so doing, she sometimes embarrasses Bless in front of the ranch's other men.
Hoofs and Goofs (1957) on 31 january 1957
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Harriette Tarler, Benny Rubin, Tom Mix
Rating52%
Joe cannot stop thinking of his late sister, Bertie. Moe and Larry humour him by making him think that Bertie will meet them the following day downtown, in some form. When the boys trek downtown, they meet up with a horse that turns out to be Bertie reincarnated, much to Moe and Larry's surprise.
Voodoo Island (1957) on 1 february 1957
, 1h16Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films
Actors Boris Karloff, Elisha Cook, Jr., Murvyn Vye, Rhodes Reason, Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln, Adam West
Rating46%
Un riche industriel engage un réputé trouveur de canulars, Philip Knight, afin de prouver que l'ile qu'il vient d'acquérir et qu'il prévoit développer n'est pas hantée par le voodoo. Toutefois, en arrivant sur l'ile, Knight réalise rapidement que le voodoo est bien présent sur l'ile lorsqu'il trouve une plante géante mangeuse d'hommes et une tribu indigènes aux pouvoirs étranges.
The Young Stranger (1957) on 1 february 1957
, 1h24Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors James MacArthur, James Daly, Kim Hunter, James Gregory, Whit Bissell, Jack Mullaney
Rating64%
Teenage Hal Ditmar, the son of a wealthy movie producer, gets into an argument in a theater, which ends with Hal hitting the theater manager. Neither the police nor Hal's father believe his claim that he acted in self-defense.