61. A Face in the Crowd
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Percy Waram
Plot: An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?
62. Man Escaped, A ( condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, Un )
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Jean Paul Delhumeau
Plot: Captured by Nazis, a member of the French Resistance is determined to risk everything in order to escape.
63. The Bad Seed
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper
Plot: A mother is forced to deal with the most terrifying thing a mother can
deal with in this daring film based off of a popular play. Set in the
1950's, in a society where little girls are brought up to be cute and
polite young ladies, a little, "harmless" girl named Rhoda raises
suspicion when a boy in her class mysteriously drowns after beating her
in a penmanship contest.
The medal he won went missing and Rhoda is the center of attention. No
one suspects that she is to blame for the boy's death, but her the
janitor at the building she lives in. Her mother also has to come to
terms with the fact that her daughter might be a "Bad Seed" who lacks a
soul and kills to get what she wants. Is Rhoda innocent or is she a bad
seed?
64. The Asphalt Jungle
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Huston
Actors: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Marilyn Monroe, James Whitmore, John McIntire
Plot: A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel.
65. Unvanquished, The ( Aparajito )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Bengali
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Satyajit Ray
Actors: Karuna Bannerjee, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Bannerjee
Plot: A young man and his mother live in small Bengali village with his uncle. Enrolling in a local school, he excels and soon finds himself graduating with a scholarship to a college in Calcutta. Though she wants the best for her son, the mother also fears being left alone.
66. Giant
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Carroll Baker
Plot: Texas cattle rancher's life is covered in the ups and downs of the industry, romance, work and all things associated with life in the days of the old west.
67. Attack
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Buddy Ebsen
Plot: In the waning days of WWII a National Guard Infantry Company is given the
mission of setting up artillery observation posts in key areas. Lieutenant
Costa knows that his captain, Cooney, has only achieved his position due
to his connections and doubts his leadership ability. Costa and his men
are sent out but after running into trouble, Cooney refuses to reinforce
them. Suffering heavy losses, Costa plots revenge.
68. A Night to Remember
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Honor Blackman, Tucker McGuire, Michael Goodliffe, Frank Lawton
Plot: the story of the Titanic's fateful voyage, based on the accounts of the survivors
69. The Gunfighter
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Skip Homeier
Plot: Jimmy Ringo is a gunfighter looking to start a new life. Returning to a sleepy town where his old flame lives, along with a child he has never met, he hopes to leave the past behind. But, of course, the past is not ready to let him go - with men on his trail, and a hotheaded young gunslinger looking to prove his worth, it soon starts up a frenzy in town.
70. Human Condition I, The ( Ningen no joken I )
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Chikage Awashima, Keiji Sada, Sô Yamamura
Plot: In the first part of a trilogy, a man named Kaji, hoping to avoid military service during WWII instead supervises a Manchurain POW camp, which functions as an iron ore mine. He treats the prisoners with respect and, in turn, improves production. But the influx of a large group of prisoners exposes the corrupt system, and when a foreman organizes an escape attempt, it ultimately leads to Kaji being accused of helping the rebels, being labeled a Red and sent to war after all.
