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Paris Holiday (1958) on 9 may 1958
, 1h43Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, Preston Sturges, André Morell
Rating57%
Popular American comedian Bob Hunter (Bob Hope), star of stage, movies and television, boards the luxury liner SS Île de France to travel to France, only to find his French counterpart, Fernydel (Fernandel) is on the ship as well. Also on board are elegant blonde diplomat Ann McCall (Martha Hyer), whom Bob would like to get to know better, and stunning Zara Brown (Anita Ekberg), the agent for a French criminal organization which suspects that Bob is carrying an incriminating manuscript. While Bob pursues Ann, with Fernydel's help, Zara repeatedly searches Bob's stateroom, causing problems when Ann sees her leaving after a search.
The Sheepman (1958) on 7 may 1958
, 1h25Directed by Georges Marchal, George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Slim Pickens
Rating67%
Gambler Jason Sweet (Glenn Ford) wins a herd of sheep in a poker game and proceeds to take them by train into the middle of cattle country. It is not long before the townsfolk take notice (and object), but Sweet is more than up to the challenge.
Ballerina (1956) on 9 may 1958
, 1h35Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Willy Birgel, Ivan Desny, Hermann Speelmans, Erich Ponto, Ellen Frank, Johannes Buzalski
Rating65%
Le chorégraphe Kostja Tomkoff écrit un ballet pour la célèbre danseuse Bettina Sanden, et dont il est amoureux. Quand elle se révèle frappée par la polio, elle est remplacée par Irene Gerwig. Bettina se demande si elle sera un jour capable de se remettre à danser et de trouver l'amour.
The Bigamist (1956) on 10 may 1958
, 1h50Directed by Luciano Emmer, Francesco Rosi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio De Sica, Franca Valeri, Memmo Carotenuto, Marisa Merlini, Anita Durante
Rating68%
Mario De Santis est un représentant de commerce qui vend du dentifrice et des brosses à dents, c'est aussi un grand séducteur, il est marié avec Valeria et il est le père de trois enfants. Convoqué au commissariat du quartier il a la surprise de se voir accusé de bigamie, Il est confronté à un certaine Isolina Fornaciari qu'il aurait épousé à Forlimpopoli quelques années plus tôt et qui dit le reconnaître, elle est accompagnée de son avocat et de son père, un individu extrêmement violent et colérique. Mario, furieux de l'accusation en vient aux mains avec le père d'Isolina et se retrouve en état d’arrestation. Personne ne semble croire à l’innocence de Mario et sa famille se déchaîne contre lui.
Thunder Road (1958) on 10 may 1958
, 1h28Directed by Arthur Ripley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Gene Barry, Robert Mitchum, Jacques Aubuchon, Trevor Bardette, James Mitchum, Peter Breck
Rating65%
Korean War veteran Lucas Doolin (Robert Mitchum) works in the family moonshine business— delivering the illegal liquor his father distills to clandestine distribution points throughout the south in his souped-up hot rod. However, Lucas has more problems than evading the U.S. Treasury agents ("revenooers"), led by determined newcomer Troy Barrett (Gene Barry).
Violent Road (1958) on 10 may 1958
, 1h26Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist II, Merry Anders, Sean Garrison, Joanna Barnes
Rating60%
Grip of the Strangler (1958) on 11 may 1958
, 1h20Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson, Antonio Margheriti, Vera Day
Rating61%
In Victorian London, Edward Styles is accused of being the notorious Haymarket Strangler, the brutal killer of five women. Twenty years after he is tried and executed for these crimes James Rankin (Karloff), a novelist and social reformer, launches an investigation to prove that Styles is innocent. His search for clues leads him first to the sleazy Judas Hole music hall, where the Strangler picked his victims from the resident can-can dancers and loose women, and then to the prison cemetery of Newgate where Styles was buried - in order to exhume his body. When the killings start again, Rankin's theory seems to be vindicated. However his growing obsession with the case signals a most unwelcome revelation as to the true identity of the murderer.
The Left Handed Gun (1958) on 7 may 1958
, 1h42Directed by Arthur Penn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Western
Themes Gangster films
Actors Paul Newman, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield, Fiery Lita Milan, James Best, Colin Keith-Johnston
Rating63%
Drifter William Bonney (Paul Newman), known as "Billy the Kid", befriends a cattle boss named John Tunstall, who is known as "The Englishman". Tunstall is murdered by corrupt rival cattlemen led by the local sheriff in the Lincoln County War. Bonney plans to avenge the crime by hunting down those responsible and killing them in provoked gunfights. His violent actions endanger his surviving friends and the territorial amnesty proclaimed by New Mexico Territory governor Lew Wallace. Billy's former friend, Pat Garrett, becomes a sheriff and sets out to hunt him down.
Dracula (1958) on 8 may 1958
, 1h22Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, Miles Malleson
Rating72%
In May 1885, Jonathan Harker arrives at the castle of Count Dracula near Klausenburg (Cluj), to take up his post as librarian. Inside, he is startled by a young woman who claims she is a prisoner and begs for his help. Dracula then appears to greet Harker and guide him to his room, where he locks him in. Jonathan starts to write in his diary, and his true intentions are revealed: he is a vampire hunter and has come to kill Dracula.