Movies 1956 Page 47

In the heart of Paris, a restaurateur's mundane life is disrupted by the arrival of his ex-wife's daughter, who claims to be in need after her...

This is the (funny) story of four agents of Roma traffic police in the '50s. Their life are crossed in affairs that often retire from mere job...

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...

American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the "regulares" in the 1916 Mexican revolution. American mercenary Wilson favors...

hong kong film

Ramu changes his identity to help Roopa as she gets disabled because of him.

Drama of the life of a peasant family, who came to work in the fisheries of Astrakhan. The film is set in the late XIX - early XX centuries.

Toshiro, a naval reserve student, is a kamikaze pilot. Unsure of how long he will live, Toshiro had no intention of marrying. However, after...

At a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into buying an old clunker thanks to a shifty...

No Cigar (1956) is Francis Ford Coppola’s earliest surviving short film, made when he was a teenager. It follows a lonely man in his apartment as...

The House Without a Name is a 1956 short documentary film written and produced by Valentine Davies for the Motion Picture Relief Fund. It was...

The owner of their performance space dies, and a group of young singer/dancers is concerned about the future of their musical revue. The new owner...

In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings...

A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.

Some time after marrying a sensual girl, Pozdnychev realizes the only link to his spouse is that of physical love. When a violinist with whom his...

Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has to fend for herself and her two children. She...

A young man decides to leave his troubled farming village for the city. Desperate, the girl who loves him will do anything to solve the town's...

Manuel and Pedro have different approaches to love. Manuel suffers a disgust that makes him sullen, and enters the priesthood. Pedro keeps on in his...

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

Scotland Yard detectives investigate an insurance scam, where a "drowned" man proves to have been dead before he was thrown in the water.

Uses historic English locales, maps, paintings and animated scenes to reconstruct the life and career of Sir Francis Drake. Stresses his achievements...

Dyke Richens and his partner design and make lifelike masks and animal costumes for the theatre.

Adventuring in the Arts (1956) Sponsor: Girl Scouts of America. Production Co.: Unknown. Director/Editor: Sidney Meyers. Transfer Note: Scanned from...

A history of Henry Lawson and the Australian workers press.

A part of Strange Experiences

A review made with the purpose of showing the importance of good water, the effort needed to make it available, the works required to produce it and...

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Mahakavi Girish Chandra is a 1957 movie by Modhu Bose

A young boy uses his ESP to control a robot created by his wheel chair bound Uncle, and together they combat the forces of evil.

Bob Jackson wakes up with his pants hanging low. E.Z. Webster enters the apartment and Bob tells him that he can only afford to spend $5.00 but...

Film starring Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari and Nanda

A day and night in the life of three alcoholic derelicts: "and the meek shall inherit the earth - six feet of it".

One in a series of films about the feats of Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung. English title "How Huang Fei-hong Vanquished the Terrible Hound at...

A man realises he is dead, and has to communicate with the living via any means.

Newsreel clips, reproductions of documents, and cartoons on Woodrow Wilson.

An Englishman's children come back home from playing to tell him they've made contact with a flying saucer.

Outlines the basic requirements necessary for effective court administration which is equally applicable to one-judge or multiple-judge courts and...

This short film was released by the RCA Victor record label in 1956 to demonstrate to the American public just how they managed to produce 250 000...