Movies 1956 Page 13

Broadcast on 1 February 1956, composer Arthur Benjamin's Mañana was the first opera commissioned by the BBC.

Doctor-husband-father tries to juggle home life and mistress.

A group of bandits found a little injured boy and took him with them. Day by day, their cruelty level was rising. The police officer took bribes from...

A former sheriff relentlessly pursuing the 7 men who murdered his wife in Arizona crosses paths with a couple heading to California.

Set in 1950s, along the Minjiang River, Fujian Province. Li Yinhua and Yang Xiaolong are childhood growing up friends and have similar interests and...

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the...

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

Four men, known for their reckless actions, are arrested one night after ruining a dinner party. They are soon released and go to visit their uncle...

Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and...

The film shows the flag handover and swearing-in ceremony of the first unit of the National People's Army on the eve of May 1, 1956 and the parade of...

A man lives a happy life with his wife and two children until he meets a seductive dancer who lures him, convincing him to escape from his dull and...

Professor Hamilton, a naive Nuclear scientist who once thought bombs were good for humanity, realizes his mistake and runs away from his inventions....

Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to...

Russian Drama

Mischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from divorcing.

Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.

Wäckerli, policeman in the small Swiss village of Allenwil, is in trouble. His son Ruedi is unhappy in his apprenticeship and spends way too much...

Man escapes from an Italian camp and returns to his island in occupied Dalmatia only to find himself victim of a plot denouncing him as an enemy...

An electric shock enables Sach to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to win enough money at the roulette wheels to let their...

Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. His secretary, Dave Bishop, wants to know more about his...

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.

Peter and his friends find unexpected and exciting adventures when all their wishes are granted by a magic marble.

Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Director, Dreuther, to explain a mistake in the...

A Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies.

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But...

Clarifies the meaning and purposes of corrective penalization as applied by the city traffic court. Describes the importance of accurate and complete...

After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back...

An Army officer and a hunter engage in a simulated manhunt with one using real bullets in post-Korean War Los Angeles.

TWO LOOK-A-LIKES IN HAPPINESS is a 1956 comedy film directed by Ignazio Ferronetti, starring Lauro Gazzolo, Anna Maria Ghiani, and Scilla Gabel, with...

Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully chases the Road Runner using such contrivances as a rifle, a steel plate, a dynamite stick on an extending metal...

Mario Lanfranchi directed this film adaptation, starring Anna Moffo.

Exclusive footage captures the wedding of American screen star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.

A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.

The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison...

Voted for in Sight & Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time poll

Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the...

A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.