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Anna Lucasta (1958) on 1 november 1958
, 1h37Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Frederick O'Neal, Rex Ingram, Alvin Childress, James Edwards
Rating67%
At the family home in Los Angeles, patriarch Joe Lucasta learns that his friend Otis has sold a farm, distributing the proceeds to his children. Otis' son Rudolph is bringing his share to California, where Otis hopes that Joe can find a wife for Rudolph. Joe's son Stanley and son-in-law Frank hope to get the money by being the ones to find Rudolph a wife. Though uninterested in the money, Joe's wife Theresa suggests youngest daughter Anna, whom Joe put out of the house some time earlier. Theresa believes Anna is good and sees a chance for her to get a fresh start. Stanley, Frank and Frank's wife Stella regard Anna as a "slut", but will try to make her seem respectable to deceive Rudolph. Joe objects to their designs on Rudolph's money and to Anna returning, as he also holds her in low regard. Eventually, Frank browbeats Joe into going to Anna's last known whereabouts, a dockside cafe in San Diego, to bring her home.
The Geisha Boy (1958) on 2 november 1958
, 1h30Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jerry Lewis, Sessue Hayakawa, Marie McDonald, Suzanne Pleshette, Barton MacLane, Nobu McCarthy
Rating63%
The Great Wooley (Jerry Lewis) is a magician who is entertaining GIs in Japan. Upon their arrival, he causes a series of unfortunate mishaps for the headliner, actress Lola Livingston (Marie McDonald), including tearing her dress, knocking her down a flight of stairs, and rolling her up in the red carpet. An orphan, Mitsuo Watanabe (Robert Hirano) witnesses the spectacle and laughs for the first time since his parents died. When his aunt Kimi Sikita (Nobu McCarthy) brings the boy to Wooley to thank him, he and the boy become close, which irritates the aunt's boyfriend, a Japanese baseball player, as well as a USO liaison (Suzanne Pleshette) who has fallen for Wooley.
The Mugger (1958) on 1 november 1958
, 1h14Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Kent Smith, Nan Martin, John Alexander, James Franciscus, Arthur Storch, Dick O'Neill
Rating59%
Party Girl (1958) on 28 october 1958
, 1h39Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly
Rating69%
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending Chicago mobsters in court. At a party for mob boss Rico Angelo, he meets chorus girl Vicki Gaye, who accepted $100 to attend the party and another $400 from another gangster, Louis Canetto, from his gambling winnings.
Ten Days To Tulara (1958) on 29 october 1958
, 1h17Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., Rafael Storm, Rafael Alcayde
Rating51%
This script must be run from the command line
Frontier Gun (1958) on 31 october 1958
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Barton MacLane, Robert Strauss, Lyn Thomas, James Griffith
Rating60%
Tarawa Beachhead (1958) on 2 november 1958
, 1h17Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Ray Danton, Julie Adams, Eddie Ryder, Karen Sharpe, Onslow Stevens
Rating58%
Sgt. Tom Sloan sees his Lieutenant Joel Brady kill one of their own Marines, Johnny Campbell on Guadalcanal after Brady led a disastrous suicidal attack against Japanese entrenched in caves. As the only survivors of the debacle, Sloan doesn't turn Brady in as he assumes no one will believe his word against an officer's. With Brady's recommendation, Sloan is later commissioned and assigned as an aide to a general (Onslow Stevens) back in the 2nd Marine Division headquarters in New Zealand.
Terror from the Year 5000 (1958) on 30 october 1958
, 1h6Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ward Costello, Salome Jens, John Stratton
Rating29%
Working in the privacy of his Florida island estate, nuclear physicist Professor Howard Erling constructs a machine that breaks the time barrier. With his assistant Victor, Howard conducts a number of experiments and successfully transports a small statue from the future. Concerned over the vast amounts of energy needed to conduct the experiments and realizing that their unique work needs formal verification from another professional, Howard calls a halt to the research, despite Victor's protests. The statue is then sent to premiere archeologist Robert Hedges, who runs a carbon dating test on it and discovers it comes from the year 5,000 A. D. Bob also learns that the statue is radioactive and attempts to contact Howard to question him about it. When he is unable to reach Howard by phone, Bob flies to Florida to see him. Upon leaving the airport in a rental car, Bob realizes that he is being followed. After a wild chase, Bob confronts his pursuer only to discover it is Claire Erling, Howard's daughter and Victor's fiancée. Claire is delighted by Bob's arrival and admits to sending the statue in hopes of accelerating the verification of her father's long work. Claire assures Bob that neither the Erlings or Victor were aware of the radiation contamination. As Claire and Bob pilot a small motorized boat out to the island, the motor dies and Claire reveals this is caused by the power drain from her father's lab. Unknown to Claire and Howard, Victor is conducting further experimentation in secret, against Howard's orders. Howard receives Bob at the house graciously, but Victor is resentful, suspecting that the archeologist intends to refute their work. When the guest room is discovered locked and the key missing, Victor offers to share his room with Bob until the handyman, Angelo, can provide a new key. That night, however, Bob hears Victor enter the guest room next door and follows as Victor removes two metal suitcases from the guest room, then takes them outside where he throws them into a pond. The next morning, Bob accepts Claire's swimming invitation and dives at the spot where Victor disposed of the suitcases. Underwater, Bob locates one suitcase, opens it and before he is forced to surface, finds the carcass of a small animal. Later, Howard shows Bob the lab and demonstrates how he and Victor have succeeded in "trading objects with the future." Howard sends a small bottle through the machine and receives a similar object back. Bob then suggests sending something unusual and submits his fraternity key. The men are startled when a coin from the future materializes with the words "save us" in Greek engraved upon it. That night after the others retire for the night, Victor sneaks down to the lab and continues his experiment by increasing the power level. The higher power results in a human form materializing in the machine that then grabs Victor. Meanwhile, Howard and Bob investigate when Claire sees something unusual from her window. Victor manages to return the figure to the future, although he suffers a serious gash on his arm. Howard and Bob discover that Angelo has been voyeuristically watching Claire and after Bob tells Claire, he comes across spots of blood outside of the guest room door. When Bob then reports Victor's unusual behavior to Howard the next morning, Howard demands evidence. Bob goes to the pond to retrieve the suitcases, but Victor intercepts him and tries to stop him. Howard, Angelo and Claire break up the men's fight and when Howard requests an explanation, Bob reveals Victor's radiation burned arm. Despite Victor's objections, Howard, Bob and Claire take him to the hospital, where the doctor asks them to return in a few hours to give him time to examine Victor. While the Erlings take Bob to a movie, Victor flees from the hospital and drinks at a bar until he is thrown out. Bolstered by the drinks, Victor returns to the island, breaks into the lab and resumes working furiously with the machine at high power levels. Meanwhile, Howard, Bob and Claire stop at the bar and Howard is incredulous when the bartender tells them that Victor was there most of the afternoon. When the bar's television reception goes out, however, Howard realizes that Victor has turned on the time machine. As the Erlings and Bob race back to the island, Victor succeeds in bringing a human form from the future, but is knocked out by the mysterious arrival. Later, upon finding Victor dazed, Howard summons a doctor who then orders a nurse to come out and tend to Victor. The time traveler explores the island surroundings, but when confronted by Angelo, it kills him. Unaware of the traveler's presence, Bob succeeds in retrieving one of the metal suitcases from the pond, which contains the cadaver of a four-eyed cat. Returning to the house, Howard and Bob are stunned when they stumble upon Angelo's body. After Victor tells them about the arrival of the time traveler, Howard confronts Victor with the cat, declaring it the likely result of radiation mutation. Meanwhile, the nurse has arrived on the island and is confronted by the traveler, a woman, who addresses the nurse in Greek. When the nurse flees, the traveler attacks and kills her, then uses a device to duplicate the nurse's facial features, allowing her to masquerade as the nurse. After gaining entrance into the Erling house, the traveler sits with Victor while the men don radiation proof gear and search for the time traveler. The traveler hypnotizes Victor to induce him to return with her to the future where his healthy genes are needed to save her people from extinction. Attracted by noises in the lab, Claire is shocked to find Victor and the traveler reviving up the time machine. In an attempt to break the hypnotic spell on Victor, Claire attacks the traveler and pulls the mask from her face, revealing her radiation-scarred features. Having discovered the faceless body of the real nurse, Howard and Bob return to the lab. They find Victor defending Claire from the traveler until he and the traveler tumble against the machine, which electrocutes and kills them both. Afterward, Bob and Claire wonder if one of them should go to the future to help. Howard insists that by changing the present they can battle against an atomic holocaust future.
Sins of Youth (1958) on 31 october 1958
Directed by Louis Duchesne
Origin France
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Madeleine Robinson, Agnès Laurent, Agnès Laurent, René Dary, Georges Baconnet, Luce Fabiole
Résumé du film sur cinema.encyclopedie et sur www.cinema-francais.fr. Paul a deux femmes dans sa vie, Mathilde, sa mère possessive et Catherine, la femme qu'il aime. Un jour Mathilde apprend que Catherine est enceinte de son fils et ne peut l'accepter.
Lovers of Paris (1957) on 27 october 1958
, 1h55Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Dany Carrel, Jane Marken, Jacques Duby, Olivier Hussenot
Rating69%
A young provincial, Octave Mouret, arrives in Paris during the Second Empire. Madame Josserand, a society woman who thinks of little other than marrying off her daughter Berthe, sets her sights on him. But Octave has already turned his attention to the married Madame Hédouin, who runs a large department store, "Au Bonheur des Dames", where he is hired as a salesman. She is beautiful, but remains distant despite Octave's efforts to be noticed. Upset, Madame Josserand forces Berthe, against her will, to marry Auguste Vabre, a shopkeeper with little money. Berthe soon becomes Octave's mistress, and Octave applies his commercial talents to straightening out Auguste's finances. Madame Hédouin, now widowed, then realizes the business and romantic possibilities with her handsome young salesman.
In Love and War (1958) on 31 october 1958
, 1h51Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Robert Wagner, Dana Wynter, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Bradford Dillman, Sheree North
Rating60%
The film traces the progress of three Marines on shore leave during WWII, in the Pacific. One of the men, Nico (Jeffrey Hunter), is a gung-ho patriot; the second, Frankie (Robert Wagner), is a perennial goof-off; and the third, Alan (Bradford Dillman), hopes to prove his worth to his wealthy father.
Born Reckless (1958) on 2 november 1958
, 1h20Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carol Ohmart, Don "Red" Barry, Jeanne Carmen
Rating47%
Kelly Cobb travels and performs in various country rodeos in order to get enough money to buy a patch of land to call his own. One day he picks up Jackie Adams, a saloon singer and trick rider whom he saves from a clutching admirer. The two travel together and Jackie begins to fall in love with Kelly. Kelly however doesn't notice because of his drive to risk his life for the dream of the land he pursues. Jackie sums up that Kelly was just born reckless and she strives to change his free roaming lifestyle.
When Hell Broke Loose (1958) on 1 november 1958
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Charles Bronson, Robert Easton, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Stevenson, Russell Thorson, Joe Conley
Rating56%
Steve Boland (Charles Bronson) is a cynical minor criminal drafted into the US Army during World War II. He has an unspectacular military career with his criminal past getting him into trouble but he comes into his own when his criminal expertise gives him unparalleled opportunities during the American occupation of Germany.
Let's Rock! (1958) on 29 october 1958
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Phyllis Newman, Conrad Janis, Joy Harmon, Paul Anka, Della Reese, Ned Wertimer
Rating49%
This script must be run from the command line