The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie / 1956-05-16 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
The Proud Ones
Movie / 1956-05-15 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Lionel Newman
Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.
Bhowani Junction
Movie / 1956-05-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
The Last Hunt
Movie / 1956-04-30 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Daniele Amfitheatrof
A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.
The Swan
Movie / 1956-04-26 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie / 1956-04-12 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
The Scarlet Hour
Movie / 1956-04-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Leith Stevens
An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.
Tribute to a Bad Man
Movie / 1956-03-30 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers as soon as looks at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock’s ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta.
On the Threshold of Space
Movie / 1956-03-29 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Lyn Murray
In the early stages of the space program, Capt. Jim Hollenbeck undergoes any experiment needed to ensure success in the new Air Force branch -- even though he's not required to be a subject in the tests. Always remaining a constant source of support, his wife, Pat, accepts his unwavering commitment to scientific progress. When Maj. Ward Thomas becomes the new head of the program, Hollenbeck must convince him of the necessity of taking the extra steps.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie / 1956-02-05 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Carmen Dragon
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Helen of Troy
Movie / 1956-01-26 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Max Steiner
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 Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
Diane
Movie / 1956-01-12 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
The Man with the Golden Arm
Movie / 1955-12-26 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 2
Composed by Elmer Bernstein
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
It's a Dog's Life
Movie / 1955-12-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.
The Rains of Ranchipur
Movie / 1955-12-14 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
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 friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.
Un jardin public
Movie / 1955-10-26 / France / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jean Prodromidès
Short movie starring Marcel Marceau.
Seven Cities Of Gold
Movie / 1955-10-07 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
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 Catholic missions.
The Desperate Hours
Movie / 1955-10-05 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Geil Kubik
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Movie / 1955-10-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Leigh Harline
Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White and the wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw. Nesbit marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. A fictionalized account of true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
Don Camillo e l'on. Peppone
Movie / 1955-09-29 / Italy / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.
The Tall Men
Movie / 1955-09-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Victor Young
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 weather.
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Movie / 1955-08-18 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Alfred Newman
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
To Catch a Thief
Movie / 1955-08-03 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Lyn Murray
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.
Land of the Pharaohs
Movie / 1955-07-24 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Dimitri Tiomkin
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
The Kentuckian
Movie / 1955-07-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.