Around the World in 80 Days
Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/1956
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: David Niven, Robert Morley, Charles Boyer, Cantinflas, John Gielgud, Noel Coward
Plot: With new inventions in the early days a man promises he can make it around the world in 80 days, a feat that had never been done. Based on Jules Verne novel of the same name.
Attack
Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/1956
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.
Finger of Guilt ( Intimate Stranger, The )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/1956
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alec C. Snowden
Actors: Richard Basehart, Mary Murphy, Constance Cummings, Roger Livesey, Faith Brook, Mervyn Johns
Julie
Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/1956
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Actors: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy, Jack Kelly, Ann Robinson
Red Balloon, The ( ballon rouge, Le )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/15/1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Actors: Pascal Lamorisse, René Marion, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov, Paul Perey
Plot: The only short film to win an Oscar outside the short film category (for Best Original Screenplay) - this near silent film tells the story of a boy on the streets of Paris, and the seemingly sentient red balloon that follows him.
Stain on the Snow ( neige était sale, La )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/15/1956
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Saslavsky
Actors: Daniel Gélin, Daniel Ivernel, Marie Mansart, Véra Norman, Nadine Basile, Paul Faivre
Yaqui Drums
Theatrical Release Date: 10/14/1956
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Actors: Rod Cameron, Mary Castle, J. Carrol Naish, Roy Roberts, Robert Hutton, Denver Pyle
