Tag Archives: 1956

A Man Escaped (1956)

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Bresson Writer: Robert Bresson (Based on the memoir by Andre Devigny)

Posted in Drama, Foreign, Thriller, War | Tagged 1956, a man escaped, adaptation, alain poire, andre devigny, drama, escape, escaped, execution, foreign, francois leterrier, german, jail, jean thuillier, l.h. burel, leonce-henri burel, lieutenant, memoir, nazi, prison, prison cell, prison escape, raymond lamy, resistance, robert bresson, spoon, thriller, true story, war, world war, world war 2, world war ii, wwII | Leave a comment

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Fred McLeod Wilcox Writer: Cyril Hume (Based on a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1956, action, adventure, alien, allen adler, anne francis, colony, cyril hume, doctor, flying saucer, forbidden planet, fred m. wilcox, fred mcleod wilcox, george wallace, irving block, leslie nielsen, nightmare, planet, sci-fi, science fiction, spaceship, starship, thriller, walter pidgeon, william shakespeare | Leave a comment

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Don Siegel Writer: Daniel Mainwaring (Based on the Collier’s magazine serial by Jack Finney)

Posted in Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 1956, alien, collier, dana wynter, daniel mainwaring, doctor, don siegel, horror, invasion, invasion of the body snatchers, jack finney, kevin mccarthy, richard collins, sci-fi, science fiction, small town | Leave a comment

The Wrong Man (1956)

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail (Story by Maxwell Anderson)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Review, Thriller | Tagged 1956, accused, alfred hitchcock, angus macphail, anthony quayle, crime, drama, film noir, henry fonda, hitchcock, innocent, insurance, jazz, maxwell anderson, murder, music, musician, mystery, new york, new york city, noir, nyc, the wrong man, thriller, vera miles, wrong man | Leave a comment

The Killing (1956)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson (Based on the novel “Clean Break” by Lionel White) First time seeing this. Criterion just put it out on Blu Ray with Killer’s Kiss and being a big Kubrick fan I … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1956, adaptation, clean break, coleen gray, crime, criterion collection, dog, drama, film noir, heist, horse racing, jim thompson, lionel white, money, noir, race track, racetrack, robbery, stanley kubrick, sterling hayden, the killing, thriller, vince edwards | Leave a comment

Che: Part One (2008)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Peter Buchman (Based on the book “Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War” by Ernesto Guevara) The first of Steven Soderbergh’s two part film about Che Guevara. It is not an all encompassing biopic. Instead it picks … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1956, 2008, benicio del toro, biography, castro, che, che guevara, che part one, communism, criterion collection, cuba, cuban revolution, demian bichir, drama, edgar ramirez, ernesto guevara, fidel castro, historical, history, julia ormond, oscar isaac, peter buchman, raul castro, Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, revolution, rodrigo santoro, steven soderbergh, The Argentine | Leave a comment