11. Bad Day at Black Rock
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Sturges
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine
Plot: A one-handed man steps off the train in the small town of Black Rock, where the locals are less than helpful with strangers. Being refused a hotel room and a rental car - he knows the town is hiding a secret. When he mentions his purpose is to speak to a Japanese-American farmer, Kamoko, it opens up old wounds the town would rather forget - even if it means taking care of the problem with extreme force.
12. The Court Jester
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Actors: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick
Plot: An evil king has usurped the throne - while the real king is still just an infant. The Black Fox band knows the key to reclaiming the throne lies in a different key - one that lead to a secret tunnel. When they come across the king's new jester on the road, they initiate a daring plan to replace him with Hawkins - one of the gentlest men in the crew, so he can get close to the king and steal the key. Things are complicated by a crush from the evil king's daughter and a witch with a penchant for poison.
13. Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple ( Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô )
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa, Akihiko Hirata, Daisuke Katô
Plot: Legendary Samurai Musashi Miyamoto travels, and comes across adversaries as he battles to become the country's greatest samurai.
14. Blackboard Jungle
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Brooks
Actors: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes
Plot: This film tells the story of a new teacher in a NYC inner city high school, who earnestly tries to reach his students. This was the first film to include rock music, Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" is played over the opening credits.
15. Mister Roberts
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond
Plot: Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during WWII. Roberts wants to get into the action. Trouble is, the captain of the ship, is a tyrant, and isn't willing to sign Roberts' transfer requests.
16. Guys and Dolls
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye
Plot: It is a great movie about mobsters in the mid 1950's just trying to get a lousy craps game together it stars Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando as the two mobsters
17. The Far Country
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan, Jack Elam, John McIntire
Plot: The gold rush means big plans for Jeff Webster who sees a fortune in the beef business. He starts a cattle drive, come hell or high water - where he finds himself up against a crooked lawman before finding himself in the gold business himself.
18. The Desperate Hours
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Gig Young
Plot: Glen, Hal and Sam are three escaped convicts who move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
19. Hit the Deck
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roy Rowland
Actors: Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon, Vic Damone, Ann Miller
Plot: When Danny Smith comes home on shore leave, he and his two buddies find his sister in what could be a compromising situation. Without asking questions, they try to save her and end up on the run from the shore patrol.
20. The Man from Laramie
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Jack Elam, Alex Nicol
Plot: In a quest to find out who sold rifles to the Apaches that killed his brother, Will Lockhart (James Stewart) comes across a cattle baron and his arrogant son that may hold the key to his search.
