Bad Day at Black Rock
Theatrical Release Date: 01/07/1955
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.
They Were So Young ( Mannequins für Rio )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/07/1955
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kurt Neumann
Actors: Johanna Matz, Scott Brady, Ingrid Stenn, Raymond Burr, Gisela Fackeldey, Kurt Meisel
Fling in the Ring
Theatrical Release Date: 01/06/1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules White
Actors: Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Dick Wessel, Claire Carleton, Frank Sully
Oklahoma!
Theatrical Release Date: 01/06/1955
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Shirley Jones
One Good Turn
Theatrical Release Date: 01/04/1955
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Actors: Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, Shirley Abicair, Thora Hird, William Russell, Joan Ingram
Bowery to Bagdad
Theatrical Release Date: 01/02/1955
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Bernds
Actors: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Joan Shawlee, Eric Blore, Jean Willes
Battle Taxi
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Actors: Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson, Leo Needham, Jay Barney, John Dennis
Canyon Crossroads
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Actors: Richard Basehart, Phyllis Kirk, Stephen Elliott, Russell Collins, Richard Hale, Charles Wagenheim
The Female Jungle
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bruno VeSota
Actors: Lawrence Tierney, John Carradine, Jayne Mansfield, Burt Kaiser, Kathleen Crowley, James Kodl
maîtres fous, Les
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Rouch
Actors: Jean Rouch
Night and Fog ( Nuit et brouillard )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: Michel Bouquet, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Julius Streicher, Reinhard Heydrich
Plot: Alain Resnais presents a chilling history lesson - the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. With color footage and vintage news reel, and allies' footage as well - it's not just about the camps, but a reminder of how inhumane humanity can be.
Postmark for Danger ( Portriat of Alison )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Guy Green
Actors: Terry Moore, Robert Beatty, William Sylvester, Josephine Griffin, Geoffrey Keen, Allan Cuthbertson
Sansho the Bailiff ( Sanshô dayû )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Eitarô Shindô, Masao Shimizu, Ken Mitsuda
Plot: When a compassionate governor finds himself ousted and banished in medieval Japan, he attempts to keep his family together. Yet his wife and children become separated, and they are raised amidst suffering and oppression.
Smiles of a Summer Night ( Sommarnattens leende )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jarl Kulle
Plot: In turn-of-the century Sweden, the lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his virginal, young wife Anne attend the theater where an old flame, the amoral actress Desiree, catches his eye. Wanting to see how things play out, she invites the couple, along with her lover, jealous Count Malcolm and his wife Charlotte, along with the lawyer's son Henrik who finds himself drawn to Anne.
Teaserama
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Irving Klaw
Actors: Bettie Page, Tempest Storm, Cherrie Knight, Trudy Wayne, Chris LaChris, Twinnie Wallen
Third Party Risk ( Deadly Game, The )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Birt
Actors: Lloyd Bridges, Maureen Swanson, Finlay Currie, Simone Silva, Ferdy Mayne, Peter Dyneley
The Time of His Life
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott
Actors: Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock, Richard Wattis, Robert Moreton, Frederick Leister, Peter Sinclair
