FILM-NOIR Watchlist: 1956
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- DirectorHenry S. KeslerStarsRuth RomanSterling HaydenWerner KlempererDuring the 1950s, a man's car trip from L.A. to Texas turns into a Cold-War espionage drama after his car breaks down and he accepts a lift from a stranger.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsDavid BrianVera RalstonSidney BlackmerPolice detective falls for singer, gets involved with gangster killing.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJoan CrawfordCliff RobertsonVera MilesA lonely middle-aged woman meets a younger man, but their relationship is threatened when the man's troubled past reveals itself.
- DirectorElmo WilliamsStarsBeverly MichaelsJim DavisJoan RiceU.S. State Department agent Kent Foster, on the trail of a murderous traitor, Nick Randall, hopes to trap Randall through singer/stripper Angela Booth. The latter has promised to marry Randall on New Year's Eve even though she is not to see him until then. However, she lands in prison after a quarrel with influential Julius Lord, during which she defended herself with a broken mirror. Foster arranges for her escape with the aid of "Granny" Ramsey in hope that she will lead him to Randall. The plan is snarled when another girl prisoner with her infant joins the escape and Angel slips away. She manages to meet Randall, and, when he slaps her, she realizes that all she has heard about him is true.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsJohn PayneWilliam BishopGloria McGeheePolitical corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive performance as "The Boss."
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsBill ElliottDon HaggertyKathleen CaseTwo homicide detectives search for a connection between the car-bombing murder of a fellow investigator and the mutilation murder of a much-hated owner of a modeling school.
- DirectorRussell BirdwellStarsAnne BaxterSterling HaydenJohn HoytUnscrupulous con woman gets involved in murder.rarefilmm
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsVirginia MayoGeorge NaderPeter LorreAttractive Louise Whitman catalyzes action and adventure in an African country that offers haven to foreign fugitives.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsJohn BromfieldJulie LondonHenry CalvinA disreputable Korean War veteran is suspected of murder.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsJohn CassavetesSal MineoJames WhitmoreSocial worker tries to befriend local slum gang.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsBarbara StanwyckSterling HaydenRaymond BurrKathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsEdmond O'BrienBrian DonlevyNatalie WoodA deranged man kidnaps the nubile daughter of a police captain.
- DirectorCharles MartinStarsGeorge SandersYvonne De CarloZsa Zsa GaborThe New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags-to-riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives.
- DirectorHugo HaasStarsHugo HaasFrancesca De ScaffaJune ShelleyA Russian beggar and his performing dog Flip struggle to make ends meet living upon the cruel streets.
- DirectorMuriel BoxStarsDonald SindenMuriel PavlowBelinda LeeLucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsRory CalhounBarbara RushDolores DonlonMacao organized crime under-boss Tony Dumont rips the Syndicate off and disappears with a load of diamonds but the Syndicate men and the Hong-Kong police are chasing him around the world.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRichard DenningJoan TaylorAdele JergensAnne Carson, meeting the seamy side of prison life, finds that everyone thinks she knows where unrecovered bank loot is.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsGene BarryBarbara HaleEdward ArnoldIn Houston, a man working as an oil driller comes up with a scheme for stealing millions of dollars worth of oil from the fields. He insinuates himself with a local mobster in order to get financing for his scheme.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyAlec C. SnowdenStarsRichard BasehartMary MurphyConstance CummingsA married movie studio executive's life starts to unravel when he is stalked by a seductively beautiful woman he claims he does not know.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsDoris DayLouis JourdanBarry SullivanA terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsJoseph CottenRhonda FlemingWendell CoreyAn unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsTom ConwayElizabeth SellarsEunice GaysonSir Roderick Strood is on trial for the murder of his wife.
- DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandMaureen O'HaraClaude RainsHigh stakes battle of wits and morals between gentlemen crooks, set in beautiful Portugal. A smuggler is hired to kidnap the rich husband of an American woman who's just arrived in Lisbon.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsWilliam CampbellKaren SharpeAnita EkbergA locksmith gets caught up in a bank robbery.
- DirectorFranklin AdreonStarsDane ClarkMay WynnWilliam TalmanCrime drama in which a man unknowingly helps a gang pull off a big heist. The gang discovers that the man is more trouble than he is worth and as a result, things don't go as smoothly as planned.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsLee J. CobbPatricia MedinaEdward ArnoldMiami cop Bart Scott tracks down, in Cuba, a fugitive witness who can shed light in a double homicide and about the activities of a Miami mob lawyer who uses murder and blackmail in order to force the legalization of gambling in Florida.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsAldo RayAnne BancroftBrian KeithThrough a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRay DantonLeigh SnowdenGrant WilliamsAn ex-con is given the chance to redeem himself, and revenge the murder of an old army buddy, by going undercover in Germany and helping the authorities break up a ring of international counterfeiters who will stop at nothing, including murder, to protect their operation.
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsCleo MooreRichard CrennaIsobel ElsomSexy blonde dance club girl learns the photography trade and moves to New York in pursuit of a new career.
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsAngela LansburyRaymond BurrDick ForanA lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.
- DirectorAlex SegalStarsGlenn FordDonna ReedLeslie NielsenAfter the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsJames DarrenLaurie CarrollMichael GrangerCrime drama concerning the coming-of-age of a Brooklyn-born 17-year old whose loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsCarol OhmartTom TryonJody LawranceAn unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsJohn PayneRhonda FlemingArlene DahlAn urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in love with the fiancée of the newly elected mayor.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsFaith DomergueLee PattersonRona AndersonA Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang - but things don't turn out the way he planned.
- DirectorWalter DonigerStarsPerry LopezBeverly GarlandWalter AbelA power struggle emerges among convicts condemned to prison life.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsJoan EvansBen CooperMarla EnglishA trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsEdmund PurdomIda LupinoAnn HardingWhen a soldier is killed in action during the Korean War, his best friend returns home to fulfill his dying wish that he kill his two children if they are being raised by another man.
- DirectorFranklin AdreonStarsScott BradyJoan VohsFrank FaylenNeal Rickards (Scott Brady), a young police detective, is investigating a big interstate hot car racket. His fiancée Susan Lang (Joan Vohs) becomes a victim of circumstances involving the owner - who is mixed up with the racketeers - of a garage where she has had her car repaired. There are two successive killings, and the trail of evidence leads to Joan.
- DirectorGilbert KayStarsMarla EnglishKathleen HughesSara ShaneA millionaire dies in an airplane crash, leaving all of his money to be divided among his three daughters. One of the daughters doesn't want to share any of it, so she plans to get rid of her two sisters.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsDonald SindenMuriel PavlowTony WrightIn wartime France, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies, he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a London cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.
- DirectorMark StevensStarsMark StevensKing CalderFelicia FarrIn Arizona, a train's baggage car is robbed of a large payroll, prompting an investigation led by a railroad official-insurance investigator team.
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsEsther WilliamsGeorge NaderJohn SaxonA beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect.
- DirectorWilliam MorganStarsJean MoorheadBarbara WeeksArt MillanPaula Parkins is the teenage daughter of wealthy parents who can't seem to make time for her, so she looks for thrills as the leader of her all girl-gang who rob and rape young men.
- DirectorWyott OrdungStarsChuck ConnorsDon RossRegina GleasonA big-game hunter seeks revenge upon the Army officer whom he believes caused the death of his brother.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsRaymond GreenleafMarjie MillarJohn HudsonFaced with blackmail, a town's prosecutor intentionally throws the case of a big-time mobster.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsArlene DahlPhilip CareyHerbert MarshallA poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.
- DirectorHarry HornerStarsAnthony QuinnCarol OhmartArthur FranzA night of terror in a sleazy nightspot, when an over-the-hill football star holds a thrill-seeking couple captive.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsRalph MeekerJanice RulePaul HenreidA newly-married American couple vacationing in Mexico is prevented by the police from leaving Acapulco when the husband becomes the prime suspect in a local girl's murder.
- DirectorJesse HibbsStarsAudie MurphyBarbara RushJeff MorrowUp and coming ambitious boxer Tommy Shea must choose between making dishonest money with crooked promoter Harry Cram or honestly winning a title, as advised by his manager Dave Bernstein.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDiana DorsYvonne MitchellMichael CraigWoman abused by men meets a man she thinks loves her. He cheats, she kills his mistress. Based on Ruth Ellis, last woman executed in Britain. Less than