Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration

Cinema releases by week

My Gun Is Quick
My Gun Is Quick (1957) on 1 august 1957
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph, Fred Essler, Pamela Duncan, Booth Colman
Rating60% 3.04453.04453.04453.04453.0445
Private investigator Mike Hammer, by assisting a prostitute being assaulted, cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. When she later is found murdered that ring is nowhere to be found. From here the story goes to a cache of jewelry stolen by the Nazis during World War II and smuggled out of France after the war by an American army colonel, who, together with Mike Hammer, tries to find the ring and recover all the other jewels. However many parties are on the lookout and the private eye runs into big troubles.
Lady of Vengeance
Lady of Vengeance (1957) on 1 august 1957
, 1h13
Directed by Burt Balaban
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Ann Sears, Anton Diffring, Patrick Barr, Frederick Schiller, G. H. Mulcaster
Rating56% 2.8165252.8165252.8165252.8165252.816525
When 21-year-old Melissa Collins (Eileen Elton) commits suicide, her guardian, the domineering American newspaper publisher William T. Marshall (Dennis O'Keefe), searches (in flashback) for a reason. He finds it in a letter he receives from Melissa, after her death. In this she asks Marshall to take revenge on her lover, philandering musician Larry Shaw (Vernon Greeves), who caused her such pain he made life not worth living. Marshall hires criminal mastermind, Karnak (Anton Diffring), an avid philatelist. He promises him a rare stamp in exchange for planning the torturous murder of Larry Shaw. Meanwhile, Marshall's loyal secretary, Katie Whiteside (Ann Sears), attempts to calm her boss's obsessive desires for vengeance. Matters become additionally complicated however, when Karnak targets the wrong man.
Value for Money
Value for Money (1955) on 31 july 1957
, 1h30
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors John Gregson, Diana Dors, Susan Stephen, Derek Farr, Frank Pettingell, Charles Victor
Rating59% 2.958032.958032.958032.958032.95803
A wealthy young man (Gregson) from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer (Dors). She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
Band of Angels
Band of Angels (1957) on 3 august 1957
, 2h5
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist II, Patric Knowles, Rex Reason
Rating64% 3.2462853.2462853.2462853.2462853.246285
Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) is raised as the privileged white daughter of a Kentucky plantation owner. However, after he dies, a shocking secret is revealed: unbeknownst to Amantha, her mother had been one of her father's black slaves. Legally now property, she is taken by a slave trader to New Orleans to be sold. On the riverboat ride there, he makes it clear that he intends to sleep with her, but desists when she tries to hang herself; as a beautiful, cultured young woman who can pass for white, she is far too valuable to risk losing.
Reform School Girl
Reform School Girl (1957) on 1 august 1957
, 1h11
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Gloria Castillo, Edd Byrnes, Luana Anders, Diana Darrin, Jack Kruschen, Claire Carleton
Rating55% 2.760792.760792.760792.760792.76079
Donna Price (Gloria Castillo) is picked up on a double date by Vince (Edward Byrnes). During the course of the evening she discovers that the car they are riding in is stolen. As the night unfolds, an argument ensues in the car and Vince tells the others to get out, leaving Donna as his only passenger. When she asks him if he is worried about the other couple notifying the police, Vince tells her that he would murder anybody who ever turned on him. Subsequently, the police attempt to pull Vince over for speeding. During the high speed chase, Vince strikes a pedestrian and kills him. He flees the scene leaving Donna alone in the car. Fearing for her life, she refuses to identify Vince as the car’s driver. Considered a juvenile delinquent, Donna is sent to a state school for girls.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) on 29 july 1957
, 1h33
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Tony Randall, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, Mickey Hargitay, Groucho Marx
Rating68% 3.44623.44623.44623.44623.4462
In lieu of a theme song and opening of the movie, Tashlin instead over laid traditional opening credits to faux television commercials for products that failed to deliver what they promise.
The Tommy Steele Story
The Tommy Steele Story (1957) on 1 august 1957
, 1h10
Directed by Gerard Bryant
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Tommy Steele, Tommy Eytle, Hilda Fenemore, Cyril Chamberlain, Bryan Coleman, Lisa Daniely
Rating55% 2.7708852.7708852.7708852.7708852.770885
Tommy Steele lives with his mother and father in their London home. He works with a bellboy until he injures his spine doing judo. In hospital he is given a guitar to help with his therapy and he starts to play to entertain patients and staff. He works on an ocean liner, performing in his spare time, and gets a job playing in a coffee bar. He is popular with audiences and gets a recording contract.
Town on Trial
Town on Trial (1957) on 1 august 1957
, 1h35
Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton
Rating64% 3.2466153.2466153.2466153.2466153.246615
While playing tennis at a posh club in a town near London called Oakley Park, young and flirty Molly Stevens attracts considerable interest. The men ogle her and the women detest her. She is later found dead, strangled with a stocking. The local police chief requests the help of Scotland Yard, so Detective Superintendent Mike Halloran is sent to investigate. The locals, however, resent having an outsider poking into their affairs.
Out of the Clouds
Out of the Clouds (1955) on 31 july 1957
, 1h28
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, James Robertson Justice, Eunyce Gayson, Isabel Dean, Gordon Harker
Rating56% 2.814272.814272.814272.814272.81427
During a day at an airport in London, many complications arise, involving both passengers and airline crew members. Pilot Gus Randall (Anthony Steel) is a compulsive gambler who is caught up in a smuggling ring as well as a love triangle; Nick Millbourne (Robert Beatty) is the chief duty officer who wants to get back in the sky and vies with Gus for the attention of stewardess Penny Henson (Eunice Gayson); and passengers Bill Steiner (David Knight) and German Leah Rosch (Margo Lorenz) cross paths on opposite journeys; after their flights are grounded by bad weather, they fall in love. Nick and Penny also find happiness together.
Valerie
Valerie (1957) on 1 august 1957
, 1h24
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel, Stanley Adams, Malcolm Atterbury, John Dierkes
Rating58% 2.9366052.9366052.9366052.9366052.936605
Rancher John Garth is arrested for critically wounding his wife Valerie and killing her parents. During the trial, we flashback to the lead up to the incident.
Jeanne Eagels
Jeanne Eagels (1957) on 2 august 1957
, 1h48
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey
Rating61% 3.098893.098893.098893.098893.09889
Jeanne Eagels is a Kansas City waitress. After losing a carnival's beauty contest, she asks carny owner Sal Satori for a job. Her dancing in a skimpy costume is accused of being obscene. Sal decides to join his brother in New York and invites Jeanne to join them in an amusement park at Coney Island.
Naked Africa
Naked Africa (1957) on 1 august 1957

Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Quentin Reynolds
Rating58% 2.927992.927992.927992.927992.92799