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Paul Bunyan (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 17minutesDirected by Les Clark
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Dal McKennon, Thurl Ravenscroft, Parley Baer
Rating68%
Following a violent windstorm on the coast of Maine, lumberjack Carl McNab spots a giant cradle on the beach containing a giant baby boy. The town adopts and raises the boy, giving him the name Paul Bunyan. One Christmas, the town gives Paul a double-bladed axe to help chop down timber. Paul's work clears open land and allows for the town's expansion of buildings. Unfortunately, Paul is too big for it and decides to move out west.
Night of the Blood Beast (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h2Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ed Nelson, Tyler McVey
Rating34%
A rocket-ship carrying astronaut John Corcoran (Michael Emmet) launches and orbits the Earth, marking the United States' first manned space launch. Shortly after taking off, the ship is struck by an unknown object, forcing Corcoran to abort the mission and land. However, the equipment cannot handle the fast descent back into the atmosphere and the ship crash lands in the woods, killing Corcoran. Dave Randall (Ed Nelson) and Donna Bixby (Georgianna Carter), two technicians from a nearby space agency tracking station, locate the crashed ship and recover Corcoran's body. They are baffled, however, by what appears to be a giant tear in the side of the destroyed spacecraft and a mud-like substance covering some of the wreckage. Randall and Bixby are joined by lead scientist Dr. Alex Wyman (Tyler McVey), technician Steve Dunlap (John Baer) and physician Julie Benson (Angela Greene), who was also Corcoran's fiancee. Wyman observes that Corcoran's body exhibits no signs of rigor mortis, and that the blood pooling beside him is not livid as it should be. The team brings the corpse back to their lab to run tests and find further irregularities. Although the body lacks a heartbeat or pulse, it maintains the blood pressure of a living human being. After looking at his blood in a microscope, they find unusual, unidentifiable cells that seem resistant to destruction from human white blood cells.
Wild Heritage (1958) on 1 august 1958
Directed by Charles F. Haas
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Maureen O'Sullivan, Rod McKuen, Troy Donahue, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Birch, Gigi Perreau
Rating56%
The film tells the story of Emma Breslin (Maureen O'Sullivan) and her family, who cross the plains in a covered wagon. They make the fateful decision to pause in a lawless western town where Emma's husband, Jake (Paul Birch), is shot by rustlers Arn (John Beradino)and Jud. But folksy Judge Copeland (Will Rogers, Jr.) persuades them to go on. At Break Wagon Hill, their wagon does just that and they decide to homestead on the spot.
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h18Directed by Harry Joe Brown, Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley, Tol Avery, Peter Whitney, L. Q. Jones
Rating67%
On his way home to West Texas, Tom Buchanan (Randolph Scott) rides into the Californian border town of Agry, and into a feud between several members of the Agry family. In helping out a Mexican seeking revenge on one of them, Buchanan finds himself against the whole family.
A Certain Smile (1958) on 31 july 1958
, 1h44Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Rossano Brazzi, Joan Fontaine, Christine Carrère, Bradford Dillman, Eduard Franz, Katherine Locke
Rating57%
In Paris, beautiful Dominique Vallon is involved with a young man, Bertrand Griot, until suddenly entering into an unwise week-long romance with his wealthy and married uncle, Luc Ferrand.
Tot Watchers (1958) on 1 august 1958
Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Daws Butler, Janet Waldo, Bill Thompson
Rating66%
La maîtresse de maison est sortie pour quelques heures, laissant son bébé aux soins d'une adolescente qui commence immédiatement à appeler ses amis. Tom et Jerry doivent alors faire une trêve à leurs poursuites constantes pour surveiller le bébé qui s’enfuit continuellement. Lorsque le bébé s'échappe par la porte d'entrée, Tom et Jerry le poursuivent sur un chantier de construction, où ils essaient frénétiquement de le protéger des dangers.
She Gods of Shark Reef (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h3Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Don Durant, Lisa Janti, Ed Nelson
Rating28%
A young and reckless criminal, Jim (Don Durant), stows away on his brother Chris Johnston's (Bill Cord) boat after killing two men interrupting his gun running. As they sail out to the Sulu Sea they are caught in a terrible storm and are shipwrecked off a beautiful island that is inhabited by a secretive village of pearl divers. Though the lonely and beautiful women of the island are friendly and flirtatious with the two brothers (the only remaining survivors), the village elder Queen Pua (Jeanne Gearson) is cautious and hostile, wanting the two off the island as soon as possible. Chris falls in love with one of the island beauties, Mahia (Lisa Montell), while Jim, being a wanted man, seeks to escape before the naval ship sent to rescue them arrives. Terrified of being recognized and executed for his crimes, Jim fixes one of the islanders' broken boats and lets his brother and his forbidden love in on his plan. But before they can leave, the black-hearted criminal is overcome by greed and steals the islanders' precious pearls, injuring a native in the process. Once out to sea Chris discovers what his sibling has done and tries to stop him in a fight on some jagged rocks. Jim tries to get away, but he gets tangled in the boats ropes and falls to the sea, where the shark kills him, finally punishing him for his crimes.
The Fiend Who Walked The West (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h41Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Evans, Hugh O'Brian, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal, Stephen McNally, Edward Andrews
Rating63%
Version Western du "Carrefour de la mort" (1947) d'Henry Hathaway servi par la musique de "Le jour où la Terre s’arrêta" (1951) de Robert Wise, ce film tant décrié a néanmoins de nombreux atouts. Synoptique: Daniel, un pilleur de banque, purge sa peine avec pour compagnon de cellule, Felix, criminel et psychopathe. Une fois libre, Felix entreprend de terroriser la famille de Dan et d'assassiner ses amis...
Badman's Country (1958) on 2 august 1958
, 1h8Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Montgomery, Neville Brand, Buster Crabbe, Gregory Walcott, Malcolm Atterbury, Karin Booth
Rating54%
The Gun Runners (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h23Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens, Everett Sloane, Jack Elam, Carlos Romero
Rating62%
Sam Martin (Audie Murphy) runs a charter boat with his alcoholic first mate Harvey (Everett Sloane). He is forced by financial necessity to run guns for some revolutionaries.
Flaming Frontier (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h10Directed by Sam Newfield
Genres Western
Actors Bruce Bennett, Jim Davis, Cec Linder, Larry Solway, Shane Rimmer
Rating49%
The Golden Disc (1958) on 3 august 1958
, 1h18Directed by Don Sharp
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Lee Patterson, Ronald Adam, Peter Dyneley, Marianne Stone, Redmond Phillips, Carol White (actrice anglaise)
Rating53%
Two young kids open a trendy coffee bar and discover a star.
Ghost of the China Sea (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres War
Actors David Brian, Jonathan Haze, Kam Fong Chun
Rating51%
During World War II, Japanese troops over-run a sugar cane plantation in the Philippines. Some survivors take over a small boat called the USS Frankenstein and attempt to sail to safety.
Hot Rod Gang (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h12Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors John Ashley, Doodles Weaver, Dub Taylor, Lester Dorr, Claire Du Brey, Maureen Arthur
Rating53%
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) on 31 july 1958
, 1h8Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Paul Langton
Rating59%
In 1973 a nuclear-powered spaceship is perched on the cratered surface of Mars, sent to rescue the crew of a previous, ill-fated mission. The sole survivor of that crashed ship, Col. Edward Carruthers (Marshall Thompson), is suspected of having murdered the other nine members of his crew for their food and water rations, on the premise that he had no way of knowing if or when an Earth rescue mission would ever arrive. Carruthers denies the allegation, attributing his crew's deaths to a hostile alien life form encountered on Mars.
Tank Force! (1958) on 1 august 1958
, 1h26Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Victor Mature, Leo Genn, Bonar Colleano, Anthony Newley, Alfred Burke, Luciana Paluzzi
Rating57%
In North Africa during World War II, a squadron of British tanks is destroyed in battle by panzers of their German adversaries. A tank commanded by American Sgt. David Thatcher (Victor Mature) is hit and he and driver Trooper "Tiger" Noakes (Anthony Newley) bail out. The squadron's attached reconnaissance vehicle, commanded by Sgt. Kendall (Leo Genn), becomes stuck in the sand and the crew bail out, too.