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Hemo the Magnificent (1957) on 20 march 1957
, 1hDirected by Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Actors Richard Carlson, Marvin Miller, Marvin Miller, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Sterling Holloway
Rating75%
Grâce à Hemo — un personnage musclé et transparent — et à ses amis les animaux, le docteur Frank Baxter et Richard Carlson, dans leurs propres rôles, tentent de répondre à diverses questions sur les caractéristiques et la fonction du sang (Hemo = hémoglobine) dans l'organisme humain, telles que « Pourquoi le sang est-il rouge ? », etc.
Men in War (1957) on 19 march 1957
, 1h42Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff, Philip Pine, Vic Morrow
Rating70%
On 6 September 1950, an isolated and exhausted platoon of the 24th Infantry Division is cut off. In addition to losing radio contact, the platoon is harassed by unseen North Korean infiltrators who silently kill the Americans and take their weapons. Platoon commander Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) has only vague instructions to reach a certain hill to link up with American forces.
War Drums (1957) on 21 march 1957
, 1h13Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson, John Colicos, John M. Pickard, Jeanne Carmen
Rating56%
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On the Bowery (1957) on 18 march 1957
, 1h5Directed by Lionel Rogosin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about cities
Rating73%
The film chronicles three desperate days in a then impoverished lower Manhattan neighborhood, New York's skid row: the Bowery. It is the story of Ray (Ray Salyer), a railroad worker, who drifts on to the Bowery to have a drunken spree after a long bout of laying tracks and then falls in with a band of drunks who help him spend his money.
Fear Strikes Out (1957) on 20 march 1957
, 1h31Directed by Robert Mulligan, Bernard McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Adam Williams, Richard Bull, Gary Vinson, Morgan Jones
Rating68%
Based on Piersall's shattering tell-all biography, the film traces Piersall's rise from the sandlots of Waterbury, Connecticut, to the Boston Red Sox professional baseball team. Karl Malden plays his domineering father who pushes him further and further.
The True Story of Jesse James (1957) on 22 march 1957
, 1h32Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Action, Western
Themes Films about families, Jesse James, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Hale Jr., Alan Baxter
Rating61%
Jesse (Robert Wagner) and Frank James (Jeffrey Hunter) ride with their gang into Northfield, Minnesota for a raid. While robbing a bank, gun fighting breaks out and two of the gang are killed. The James brothers and another gang member head out of town and hide out while investigators from the Remington Detective Agency search for James to receive a $30,000 reward. While the three are hiding, the film tells the story of how the James brothers came to be criminals in flashback.