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Looking for Danger (1957) on 6 october 1957
, 1h2Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Lili Kardell, Dick Elliott, Richard Avonde
Rating54%
Duke recounts the days of when he and the rest of the Bowery Boys served in World War II. During the war, the boys' sergeant, who gets fed up with Duke and Sach, gladly gives them the duties of a suicide mission. The duo go under cover as German soldiers to deliver a message to a sultan.
The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) on 1 october 1957
, 1h11Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller, Ken Terrell
Rating52%
Surpris de détecter une radioactivité anormale en provenance des montagnes de la mort deux jeunes chercheurs, Steve et Dan se rendent sur place. Ils ne tardent pas à découvrir un extraterrestre très évolué nommé Gor. Celui-ci tue Dan et s'empare du cerveau de Steve. Il dévoile alors ses intentions : dominer la Terre entière. Vol, un autre extraterrestre cherche à le traquer, pour cela il obtient la complicité de Sally, la fiancée de Steve, du père de celle-ci et du chien George dont il contrôle le cerveau. Steve fait la démonstration de son pouvoir, destruction d'avion, destruction d'un site devant une assemblée de militaires médusés, puis convocation des représentants des principales puissances terrestres. Il n'existe qu'un seul moyen de neutraliser Gor, s'attaquer à sa fissure de Rolando, dans son cerveau pendant les rares moments où il quitte l'esprit de Steve pour se ressourcer en oxygène.
Hell Bound (1957) on 1 october 1957
, 1h9Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Russell, Stuart Whitman, Stanley Adams, Frank Fenton (Moran), Dehl Berti, Chet Brandenburg
Rating62%
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The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) on 1 october 1957
, 1h10Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller, Ken Terrell
Rating52%
An outer-space terrorist from a planet named Arous - a brain-shaped creature named Gor - arrives on Earth and possesses young scientist Steve March. Gor then proceeds to use his vast, destructive powers to bend the world to his will, threatening to wipe out the capital city of any nation that defies him.
The Devil's Hairpin (1957) on 4 october 1957
Directed by Cornel Wilde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Mary Astor, Arthur Franz, Morgan Jones, Larry Pennell
Rating60%
Nick Jargin retired from auto racing undefeated. He is continually goaded by Mike Houston, a sportswriter, to come out of retirement and challenge the top racer of the day, Tony Botari, particularly after egotistically saying in an interview that Botari has no real competition now that he's out of the sport.
The Baby and the Battleship (1956) on 30 september 1957
, 1h36Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Mills, Richard Attenborough, André Morell, Bryan Forbes, Michael Hordern, Ernest Clark
Rating53%
When a group of Royal Navy sailors go ashore on shore leave to Naples, they are forced to care for a baby, separated from its mother. During a brawl, Puncher Roberts is knocked unconscious and finds the square empty, except for the baby. Unable to find his friend Knocker, or the child's mother, he smuggles the baby aboard their ship in the midst of a series of joint operations with Allied navies off the coast of Italy.
Sorority Girl (1957) on 1 october 1957
, 1h1Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, Fay Baker
Rating54%
Les Girls (1957) on 3 october 1957
, 1h49Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Mitzi Gaynor, Taina Elg, Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips
Rating65%
En Angleterre, Lady Sybil Wren - épouse de Sir Gerald Wren - publie ses mémoires : avant son mariage, elle faisait partie d'une troupe de « Girls » dirigée par le chorégraphe Barry Nichols. Une autre ancienne membre de cette troupe, Angèle Ducros, lui intente un procès en diffamation. Lors des débats, chacune expose sa version des faits. Retour en arrière : Sybil et Angèle sont, avec Joy Henderson, les vedettes d'un spectacle en tournée de Nichols…
Ghost Diver (1957) on 30 september 1957
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors James Craig, Audrey Totter, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr.
Rating58%
En Amérique du Sud, Rico un plongeur à la recherche du trésor perdu des Paracas, trouve une idole Paracan avec ses yeux du soleil et de la lune. Il se rend compte qu'il a trouvé la clé pour une fortune. Il le dit à Manco l'amant de sa fille Pelé, mais abject et ignoble coupe la bouée de sauvetage pour les engins de plongée de Rico et regarde le vieil homme couler au fond de l'océan.
Carib Gold (1957) on 30 september 1957
, 1h2Directed by Harold Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ethel Waters, Cicely Tyson, Richard Ward, Geoffrey Holder, Diana Sands
Rating60%
The movie starts with Neely, a shrimping boat's skipper, calling in to shore with news of a good catch. Subsequent conversations with Barb, his mate/deckhand and Cap, his boss on shore, reveals that this boat (the Capt. Geech) has snagged and torn several nets recently due to something on the sea floor, despite the charts showing nothing in the area. Cap and Neely decide that despite the financial strain of losing their expensive nets, they can afford one more trip to investigate the source of the snags.
The Abominable Snowman (1957) on 1 october 1957
, 1h31Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Sports films
Actors Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown, Wolfe Morris
Rating63%
Dr. John Rollason (Peter Cushing), his wife, Helen (Maureen Connell), and assistant, Peter Fox (Richard Wattis), are guests of the Lama (Arnold Marlé) of the monastery of Rong-buk while on a botanical expedition to the Himalayas. A second expedition, led by Dr. Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker) accompanied by trapper Ed Shelley (Robert Brown), photographer Andrew McNee (Michael Brill) and Sherpa guide Kusang (Wolfe Morris), arrives at the monastery in search of the legendary Yeti or Abominable Snowman. Rollason, despite the objections of his wife and the Lama, decides to join Friend's expedition. Whereas Rollason is motivated by scientific curiosity to learn more about the creature, Friend seeks fame and fortune and wants to capture a live Yeti and present it to the world's press.
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) on 5 october 1957
, 1h58Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson, Gene Evans, Alan King, Cara Williams
Rating62%
Helen Morgan begins her career as a Chicago carnival dancer. She catches the eye of fast-talking, double-dealing Larry Maddux, whose promotion catapults her to fame as a Broadway performer in Show Boat and a headliner in her own nightclub.
Affair in Havana (1957) on 1 october 1957
, 1h17Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Cassavetes, Raymond Burr, Sara Shane
Rating55%
Mallabee is a millionaire sugar-cane grower in Cuba who blames his wife, Lorna, for an accident that has left him in a wheelchair.
Sins of Casanova (1954) on 6 october 1957
Directed by Steno
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about writers
Actors Gabriele Ferzetti, Corinne Calvet, Marina Vlady, Irène Galter, Nadia Gray, Carlo Campanini
Rating60%
Hear Me Good (1957) on 1 october 1957
, 1h20Directed by Don McGuire
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Hal March, Joe E. Ross, Merry Anders, Jean Willes, Milton Frome, Richard Bakalyan
Rating56%