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The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) on 14 june 1957
, 1h23Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Harlan Warde, Max Showalter, Mimi Gibson
Rating57%
In the Salton Sea, an underwater earthquake causes a crevice to open, releasing prehistoric giant mollusks. A rescue training parachute jump is conducted, but the patrol boat sent to pick up the jumper finds only a floating parachute. One sailor dives in but disappears. The other sailor screams in terror as something rises from the water.
The Night the World Exploded (1957) on 14 june 1957
, 1h4Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors Kathryn Crosby, Raymond Greenleaf, Tristram "Tris" Coffin, Marshall Reed
Rating53%
The scientific team of Dr. David Conway (William Leslie), Dr. Ellis Morton (Tristram Coffin) and Laura Hutchinson (Kathryn Grant) has built a machine that can predict earthquakes. After predicting one will hit California within the next 24 hours to a uniformly skeptical Gov. Cheney (Raymond Greenleaf) and state-level political and civil defense officials, the earthquake does materialize and does immense damage to northern parts of the state. Now with the support and funding necessary from the reformed skeptics, the team works on further predictions and comes to the conclusion that a wave of earthquakes are pending in and around the southwestern United States. They trace the epicenter of the pending disaster to an area beneath the Carlsbad Caverns and descend to a hitherto unexplored level.
The Forty-First (1956) on 14 june 1957
, 1h33Directed by Grigori Tchoukhraï
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Nikolai Kryuchkov
Rating74%
In 1919, during the Russian Civil War, a small force of Red Army soldiers that survived a crushing defeat by the Whites is forced to flee into the Karakum Desert. Among them is female sniper Maria, who has already claimed thirty-eight enemies dead. When the unit ambushes a camel caravan transporting White soldiers, she kills two of them and tries to shoot their officer, who will be her forty-first, but misses. The man, a lieutenant named Govorukha-Otrok, is carrying a letter from Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak to General Anton Denikin that states he has secret information to be conveyed orally to General Dratsekno. Maria is entrusted with guarding him. Tensions arise between both: the officer is a well-educated aristocrat who is both amused and impressed by the crude attempts of Maria, a fisherman's orphan daughter, to compose Agitprop poetry. When their camels are stolen, their commander decides to send his captive on a boat to their headquarters in Kazalinsk via the Aral Sea. The vessel capsizes in a sudden storm, and only Maria and Otrok remain alive, stranded on an isolated island. The Red soldier treats the White officer when he catches a fever and is slowly charmed by his manners, while he is overcome with gratitude and begins to call her 'Man Friday' with affection. When she demands to know what he means, he tells her the story about Robinson Crusoe. The two fall in love and seem to forget about the war.
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) on 14 june 1957
, 1h29Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Leslie Nielsen, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer, Adam West
Rating68%
Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree (Debbie Reynolds) is a seventeen-year-old girl living in a houseboat in
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) on 13 june 1957
, 1h55Directed by Laurence Olivier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis, Esmond Knight, Jeremy Spenser
Rating63%
The film is set in London in June 1911. George V will be crowned king on 22 June and in the preceding days many of the most important dignitaries arrive. Among those arriving are King Nicholas of Carpathia (Jeremy Spenser) and the regent, Prince Charles (Laurence Olivier).
Guns A Poppin (1957) on 13 june 1957
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Vernon Dent, Frank Sully, Joe Palma
Rating59%
Moe is on trial for assaulting Larry and Joe. Moe appeals to the judge (Vernon Dent), claiming he is a sick man who was instructed by his doctor to maintain peace and quiet. This peace is broken by Larry and Joe who are loudly rehearsing their "The Original Two-Man Quartet" routine to serenade Moe. Moe cracks, and wraps Larry's trombone slides around the quartet's neck. Realizing Moe is in bad shape, Larry and Joe decide to take their ailing leader on a hunting trip to relieve his stress. Moe takes to the idea like ducks to bread, and the Stooges start packing.
Scandal in Sorrento (1955) on 12 june 1957
, 1h46Directed by Dino Risi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Lea Padovani, Tina Pica, Antonio Cifariello, Mario Carotenuto
Rating65%
In this Italian romantic comedy set in the beautiful Bay of Naples, Marshal Antonio Carotenuto arrives back in his home town of Sorrento to take care of the local traffic police. Donna Sofia, an attractive fishmonger,has rented the home from a dashing marshal who now returns to become the town police chief and wants to reclaim his home. The woman refuses to leave and almost accepts marriage to Antonio almost as a joke to make Nicolino, a fisherman who she is genuinely in love with, jealous. She goes along with the marshals wooing and agrees to dump her fiancé and says she will marry him instead. When the marshal realizes what she is doing, he jilts her instead and decides to woo his own landlady instead.
Smiley (1956) on 12 june 1957
, 1h37Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ralph Richardson, Chips Rafferty, John McCallum, Colin Petersen, Bud Tingwell, Leonard Teale
Rating65%
Smiley is a mischievous boy who lives in the small country town of Murrumbilla. His father is an alcoholic drover and he is always getting into trouble with his best friend Joey. He decides to save up enough money to buy a bicycle.
The Vampire (1957) on 14 june 1957
, 1h15Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey, Paul Brinegar, Lydia Reed, James Griffith
Rating58%
The late Dr. Campbell was experimenting with vampire bat blood just before his death. Fellow doctor Beecher finds a bottle of pills among Dr. Campbell's effects and takes them home. Dr. Beecher's daughter accidentally substitutes the vampire blood pills for her father's migraine tablets. As a result, the kindly Dr. Beecher starts having blackouts from the pills, making him change into a bloodthirsty monster by night.
Island in the Sun (1957) on 12 june 1957
, 2hDirected by Robert Rossen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie
Rating61%
The film follows several characters, black, white as well as mixed. Maxwell Fleury (James Mason) is a white plantation owner's son who suffers from an inferiority complex and makes rash decisions to prove his worth. Maxwell is tormented by jealousy of his wife, Sylvia (Patricia Owens) and is envious of his younger sister Jocelyn (Joan Collins), who is being courted by the Oxford-bound Euan Templeton (Stephen Boyd), a war hero visiting the Governor of the island, his father Lord Templeton (Ronald Squire).