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A Town Like Alice (1956)

A Town Like Alice (1956)

A Town Like Alice (1956)
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117

In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what…

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Spin a Dark Web (1956)

Spin a Dark Web (1956)

Spin a Dark Web (1956)
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76

A boxer and war-time Telephone Engineer (Lee Patterson) is lured into a murder cover-up plot by a scheming woman ( Faith Domergue).

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Private’s Progress (1956)

Private’s Progress (1956)

Private’s Progress (1956)
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97

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends…

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Genre: Comedy, War
Thunderstorm (1956)

Thunderstorm (1956)

Thunderstorm (1956)
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85

A luminously beautiful, provocative young woman is rescued near a small fishing village on the Spanish coast. The scene is set for a drama of dangerous passion that threatens to…

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Genre: Drama
Together (1956)

Together (1956)

Together (1956)
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52

The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London’s East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond of friendship.

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Genre: Drama
Johnny You’re Wanted (1956)

Johnny You’re Wanted (1956)

Johnny You’re Wanted (1956)
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69

Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee, but on returning…

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The March Hare (1956)

The March Hare (1956)

The March Hare (1956)
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85

Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is ‘pulled’, and Sir Charles is forced to sell his…

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Genre: Comedy
Rose Street (1956)

Rose Street (1956)

Rose Street (1956)
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15

The minutiae of daily life on Edinburgh’s Rose Street in the fifties is presented in this impressionistic documentary piece.

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Genre: Documentary
You Can’t Escape (1956)

You Can’t Escape (1956)

You Can’t Escape (1956)
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77

Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a reluctant Kay to help him bury the…

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Genre: Crime
Storm Over the Nile (1955)

Storm Over the Nile (1955)

Storm Over the Nile (1955)
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107

In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer’s commission in order to remain with his…

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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
All for Mary (1955)

All for Mary (1955)

All for Mary (1955)
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79

In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord’s daughter. When the two come down…

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Genre: Comedy
Fun at St. Fanny’s (1955)

Fun at St. Fanny’s (1955)

Fun at St. Fanny’s (1955)
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80

Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny’s School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is…

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Genre: Comedy
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
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85

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Richard III (1955)

Richard III (1955)

Richard III (1955)
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155

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against…

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Genre: Drama, History
The Ladykillers (1955)

The Ladykillers (1955)

The Ladykillers (1955)
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91

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Dial 999 (1955)

Dial 999 (1955)

Dial 999 (1955)
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86

A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Portrait of Alison (1955)

Portrait of Alison (1955)

Portrait of Alison (1955)
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84

An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Oh… Rosalinda!! (1955)

Oh… Rosalinda!! (1955)

Oh… Rosalinda!! (1955)
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104

In post-war Vienna, Rosalinda and her husband become embroiled in a series of complicated escapades that puts their marital bliss at risk.

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Genre: Music
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
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97

During WW2, German ships are “safely” docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

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Genre: War
Simon and Laura (1955)

Simon and Laura (1955)

Simon and Laura (1955)
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91

A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a “Mr. and Mrs.” TV show.

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Genre: Comedy
Timeslip (1955)

Timeslip (1955)

Timeslip (1955)
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93

An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead…

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A Time to Kill (1955)

A Time to Kill (1955)

A Time to Kill (1955)
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65

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist…

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A Prize of Gold (1955)

A Prize of Gold (1955)

A Prize of Gold (1955)
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98

A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee’s war orphans.

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Genre: Drama, War
They Can’t Hang Me (1955)

They Can’t Hang Me (1955)

They Can’t Hang Me (1955)
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75

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
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83

Edward “Teddy” Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he’s hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don’t go…

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Genre: Thriller
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
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90

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Quentin Durward (1955)

Quentin Durward (1955)

Quentin Durward (1955)
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103

During the 15th century reign of France’s King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The plan…

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Geordie (1955)

Geordie (1955)

Geordie (1955)
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95

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as “Wee Geordie” in…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
One Way Out (1955)

One Way Out (1955)

One Way Out (1955)
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61

A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he’s set foot on the path of corruption he is trapped…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
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82

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer’s field, and is found to contain…

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A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)

A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)

A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
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96

Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories….

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Value for Money (1955)

Value for Money (1955)

Value for Money (1955)
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90

A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let…

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Genre: Comedy
I Am a Camera (1955)

I Am a Camera (1955)

I Am a Camera (1955)
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98

Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an unusual friendship is born. As Sally feeds…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Barbados Quest (1955)

Barbados Quest (1955)

Barbados Quest (1955)
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90

Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stamp called the Barbados Overplate. Someone is willing to commit murder to get his or…

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Dead by Morning (1955)

Dead by Morning (1955)

Dead by Morning (1955)
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68

Gorgeous Kate Dax and her crime-writer husband, Andrew, investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip at a remote country cottage.

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Summertime (1955)

Summertime (1955)

Summertime (1955)
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100

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
King’s Rhapsody (1955)

King’s Rhapsody (1955)

King’s Rhapsody (1955)
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93

Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic film.

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Little Red Monkey (1955)

Little Red Monkey (1955)

Little Red Monkey (1955)
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71

Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to…

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Genre: Crime
The Dam Busters (1955)

The Dam Busters (1955)

The Dam Busters (1955)
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124

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron ‘The…

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The Constant Husband (1955)

The Constant Husband (1955)

The Constant Husband (1955)
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88

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life…

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Genre: Comedy