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The Naked and the Dead (1958) on 6 august 1958
, 2h5Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Barbara Nichols, Richard Jaeckel, James Best
Rating63%
Filled with flashbacks, the film relates the story of Lt Hearn (Cliff Robertson) who is an aide to General Cummings (Raymond Massey), who treats Hearn as a son and a friend. The General believes that commanding officers ought to inspire fear in their subordinates, in order to enforce discipline. Hearn expresses distaste for these views, preferring instead that soldiers should have mutual respect for each other, regardless of rank. Hearn is eventually transferred to lead an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon on a dangerous reconnaissance mission.
Murderers and Thieves (1957) on 4 august 1958
, 1h25Directed by Sacha Guitry
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret, Magali Noël, Darry Cowl, Clément Duhour, Pierre Larquey
Rating68%
Philippe d'Artois, riche oisif, voleur par dandysme, surprend chez lui un cambrioleur, Albert Lecagneux, et lui demande de l'aider à se tuer contre une somme d'argent. Or, il se trouve que ce voleur a été condamné, quelques années auparavant, à la place de Philippe d'Artois pour le meurtre du mari de la maîtresse de ce dernier…
Law and Disorder (1958) on 4 august 1958
, 1h16Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Elizabeth Sellars, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries
Rating63%
Percy Brand is a crook and a veteran of various cons and schemes. His success is tempered by the fact that he is regularly sent away
A Tale of Two Cities (1958) on 4 august 1958
, 1h52Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment, French Revolution films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Paul Guers, Marie Versini, Ian Bannen, Cecil Parker
Rating70%
Sydney Carton, a drunken English lawyer, discovers that Charles Darnay, a man he once defended, is a French aristocrat trying to escape the French Revolution. While he envies the man over the love of a woman, Lucie Manette, his conscience is pricked and he resolves to help him escape the guillotine.
Twilight for the Gods (1958) on 6 august 1958
, 2hDirected by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, John Arthur Kennedy, Leif Erickson, Charles McGraw, Ernest Truex
Rating58%
After being court-martialed and discharged from the Navy, Captain Bell (Rock Hudson) turns to drink. Reduced to skippering a rundown schooner in the South Seas he takes on board a disparate group of passengers and crew; including a prostitute, a show-biz entrepreneur, a missionary, a washed up opera singer, and a couple of refugees. During a storm at sea, the true characters of all on board are revealed.