1956 Movies

Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a show.

A young Mexican boy tirelessly tries to save his pet bull from death at the hands of a celebrated matador.

An Army officer and a hunter engage in a simulated manhunt with one using real bullets in post-Korean War Los Angeles.

Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stati...

A Moscow group of Komsomol members arrives on the virgin lands, in the Kazakh steppes, and immediately faces bureaucracy and carelessness. Someone flees the state farm for more reliable earnings, and someone simply does not want to work. But a new energetic di...

In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back...

This short follows a big city ambulance emergency crew, which sometimes includes a medical doctor, to car crash sites, fires, construction mishaps, a D.O.A., and the delivery of a baby.

When Kali Dev challenges Dharma Dev that every human can be corrupted by wealth in the age of Kaliyug, an innocent mortal becomes the ultimate battlefield. Enter Seth Shriyal—a deeply pious and honest man loved by his entire town. Determined to win the divine...

Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.

After her husband is gunned down, Rose Hood takes his place as sheriff of a small Western town.

Biography film about the life of Paul Kruger

Due to an urgent need of money, aspiring writer Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine.

An insurance investigator in London attempts to thwart smugglers trafficking stolen lambskins infected with anthrax.

A man finds out that he won the lottery and travels to Rome to retrieve the other half of his winning ticket.

Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several an...

When Prince Vain got his shirt fixed, he proclaims that he had slain two lizards in front of the tailor's house - "two in one strike". When the tailor swats seven flies at once, he sows himself a banner saying "seven in one strike", and together with his bird...

The Naked Eye is a 1956 American documentary film about the history of photography directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Homer Pigeon, fed up with his poor eyesight, goes on a misguided journey through the city for a pair of glasses.