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Movies produced in year 1957
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Drama |
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Martin Balsam |
John Fiedler |
Lee J. Cobb |
E.G. Marshall |
Jack Klugman |
Ed Binns |
Jack Warden |
Henry Fonda |
Joseph Sweeney |
Ed Begley |
George Voskovec |
Robert Webber |
Rudy Bond |
James Kelly |
Billy Nelson |
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Sidney Lumet |
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Plot Summary:
Heralded as one of the all-time great theatrical releases, "12 Angry Men" focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis, played by Henry Fonda) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis' bases his vote moreso for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors' complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis' attempts in convincing the other jurors that a "not guilty" verdict might be appropriate.
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Comedy |
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Terry-Thomas |
George Cole |
Joyce Grenfell |
Alastair Sim |
Sabrina |
Lionel Jeffries |
Lloyd Lamble |
Raymond Rollett |
Terry Scott |
Ferdy Mayne |
Thorley Walters |
Cyril Chamberlain |
Ronald Ibbs |
Judith Furse |
Michael Ripper |
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Frank Launder |
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Plot Summary:
The headmistress of St Trinian's is jailed, and to try and keep order, the army and the police are called in, they don't stand a chance. This time the hellcats of St. Trinian's want to get to Italy where a rich playboy wants to select one of them as his wife (little does he know what he's letting himself in for). To get to Italy in term time they have to win an essay writing competition, it's easy when you know how. In Europe they run amok and become involved in jewel theft and their normal brand of chaos.
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Adventure |
Drama |
War |
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William Holden |
Jack Hawkins |
Alec Guinness |
Sessue Hayakawa |
James Donald |
Geoffrey Horne |
André Morell |
Peter Williams |
John Boxer |
Percy Herbert |
Harold Goodwin |
Ann Sears |
Heihachiro Okawa |
Keiichiro Katsumoto |
M.R.B. Chakrabandhu |
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David Lean |
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Plot Summary:
The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Shears (William Holden), to blow up the bridge.
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Adventure |
Drama |
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Rita Hayworth |
Robert Mitchum |
Jack Lemmon |
Herbert Lom |
Bonar Colleano |
Bernard Lee |
Peter Illing |
Edric Connor |
Anthony Newley |
Eric Pohlmann |
Lionel Murton |
Vivian Matalon |
Gordon Tanner |
Maurice Kaufmann |
Joan Miller |
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Robert Parrish |
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Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
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Funny Face
[1957,
USA] from $1.99
Presenting a Real New Dimension in Motion Picture Entertainment.
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Comedy |
Musical |
Romance |
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Audrey Hepburn |
Fred Astaire |
Kay Thompson |
Michel Auclair |
Robert Flemyng |
Dovima |
Suzy Parker |
Sunny Hartnett |
Jean Del Val |
Virginia Gibson |
Sue England |
Ruta Lee |
Alex Gerry |
Iphigenie Castiglioni |
Nesdon Booth |
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Stanley Donen |
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Plot Summary:
Fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire), in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton's (Audrey Hepburn) dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean up. Later, he examines the photos taken there and sees Jo in the background of one shot. He is intrigued by her unique appearance, as is Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson), the editor of a leading fashion magazine. They offer Jo a modeling contract, which she reluctantly accepts only because it includes a trip to Paris. Eventually, her snobbish attitude toward the job softens, and Jo begins to enjoy the work and the company of her handsome photographer.
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Western |
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Burt Lancaster |
Kirk Douglas |
Rhonda Fleming |
Jo Van Fleet |
John Ireland |
Lyle Bettger |
Frank Faylen |
Earl Holliman |
Ted de Corsia |
Dennis Hopper |
Whit Bissell |
George Mathews |
John Hudson |
DeForest Kelley |
Martin Milner |
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John Sturges |
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Plot Summary:
After the long career of lawman that made him a legend, Wyatt Earp deciedes to quit and join his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. There he would see them in feud with Clantons, local clan of thugs and cattle thieves. When the showdown becomes inevitable, the help will come from Doc Holliday, terminally-ill gambler who happens to be another Wild West legend.
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Comedy |
Drama |
Romance |
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Gary Cooper |
Audrey Hepburn |
Maurice Chevalier |
Van Doude |
John McGiver |
Lise Bourdin |
Bonifas |
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Billy Wilder |
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Plot Summary:
Director Billy Wilder salutes his idol, Ernst Lubitsch, with this comedy about a middle-aged playboy fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.
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Crime |
Drama |
War |
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Kirk Douglas |
Ralph Meeker |
Adolphe Menjou |
George Macready |
Wayne Morris |
Wayne Morris |
Richard Anderson |
Joe Turkel |
Christiane Kubrick |
Jerry Hausner |
Peter Capell |
Peter Capell |
Emile Meyer |
Bert Freed |
Kem Dibbs |
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Stanley Kubrick |
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In Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" war is viewed in terms of power. This mesmerizing, urgent film about a true episode in World War I combines the idea that class differences are more important than national differences with the cannon-fodder theory of war, the theory that soldiers are merely pawns in the hands of generals who play at war is if it were a game of chess. The result of this amazing film has been the emergence of one of the great talents in contemporary cinema, the master whose greatest work was yet to come.
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Drama |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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Tyrone Power |
Marlene Dietrich |
Charles Laughton |
Elsa Lanchester |
John Williams |
Henry Daniell |
Ian Wolfe |
Torin Thatcher |
Norma Varden |
Una O'Connor |
Francis Compton |
Philip Tonge |
Ruta Lee |
Franklyn Farnum |
Colin Kenny |
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Billy Wilder |
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Plot Summary:
Esteemed criminal lawyer Sir Wilfrid Robarts has just returned to practice after suffering a heart attack and is supposed to be on a diet of bland civil suits. But the case of Leonard Vole, a charmer accused of murdering a rich middle-aged widow, proves irresistible — particlularly when Sir Wilfrid meets the accused's wife, the remarkable Christine Vole. Christine will appear as a witness: not the defense, but for the prosecution.
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