Adventure Movies
Moby Dick (1956)
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian…
Safari (1956)
Wealthy eccentric Sir Vincent Brampton and his fiancée Linda Latham hire Ken Duffield to lead them on a jungle hunt. Duffield is looking for the murderer of his son; he…
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things…
The Mountain (1956)
Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.
Bhowani Junction (1956)
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
Alexander the Great (1956)
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way…
The Conqueror (1956)
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
World Without End (1956)
Four astronauts returning from man’s first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. At first unaware where they are,…
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship “Bellerophon,” a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by…
Uranium Boom (1956)
Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins (Dennis Morgan) and mining engineer Grady Mathews (William Talman) find uranium in the Colorado badlands. While Grady guards the claim, Brad goes to register it in town,…
Helen of Troy (1956)
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal…
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He’s sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan’s most powerful clan leader. He’s also challenged to…
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
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…
The Court Jester (1955)
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
Little Pablito is the ten year old son of a cruel horse trainer. The trainer is responsible for training a Mexican General’s horse to jump for the grand race. The…
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old…
Kismet (1955)
A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed “King of the Beggars” searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned…
Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of…
Blood Alley (1955)
An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is “shanghaied” into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
The Tall Men (1955)
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad…
Quentin Durward (1955)
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…
The Left Hand of God (1955)
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O’Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his…
The Gun That Won the West (1955)
In the late 1880s, Colonel Carrington and his command are assigned the job of constructing a chain of forts in the Sious Indian territory of Wyoming. Carrington recruits former cavalry…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955)
This made-for-TV production originally aired on the “Climax!” show and opened up its second season. Huck and his buddy Tom Sawyer become blood brothers right before Huck takes off down…
Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.
The King’s Thief (1955)
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
The Scarlet Coat (1955)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
King Dinosaur (1955)
In 1960, four American scientists travel to a planet that has just entered Earth’s solar system to see if it’s able to support an Earth colony. They find an oxygen…
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge…
Barbados Quest (1955)
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…
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.
King of the Carnival (1955)
Treasury agents go after a ring of counterfeiters operating out of a traveling carnival.
Moonfleet (1955)
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his…
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.
The Purple Mask (1955)
France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’, the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon’s officials for…
Son of Sinbad (1955)
Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful women and a substance called Greek Fire–an early version of gunpowder.
This Island Earth (1955)
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in…
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to…