FILM-NOIR Watchlist: 1957
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- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsVictor McLaglenGeorge MacreadyFay SpainTwo men plot to steal and hold for ransom the remains of President Abraham Lincoln.
- DirectorPeter Graham ScottStarsGriffith JonesUrsula HowellsHonor BlackmanPolice find that everyone had a motive for the murder of a wealthy woman.
- DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsJohn CassavetesRaymond BurrSara ShaneSongwriter falls in love with a crippled man's wife.
- DirectorRichard CarlsonStarsGeorge NaderJoanna MooreBrian KeithGeorge Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when he is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsMickey RooneyCarolyn JonesCedric HardwickeGeorge "Babyface" Nelson became one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone, he allied himself with John Dillinger.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsRory CalhounMary CostaJames GregoryA "confidence couple" pose as husband and wife while attempting a bank heist.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsRichard ConteDianne FosterKathryn GrantA retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsBill ElliottJimmy LydonDon HaggertyA paroled inmate accidentally becomes an amnesiac, aimlessly wanders around and is later used as a patsy by an adulterous wife and her lover after they kill her rich husband.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsBrian KeithBeverly GarlandDick ForanIn Chicago, a crime syndicate tries to take over a labor union by killing its whistle blower treasurer and framing the honest union boss for the murder.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsJohn SmithFay SpainSteve BrodieA young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsPeter GravesMala PowersChuck ConnorsA government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsJohn CassavetesSidney PoitierJack WardenThe growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk.
- DirectorCompton BennettStarsLee PattersonKay CallardAlan GiffordRonnie, earning very little from his own exploits, gathers together a band of villains to carry out a robbery on 'The Flying Scotsman' passenger train. The train is carrying withdrawn bank notes from Scotland to London to be destroyed.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBill ElliottDon HaggertyEleanore TaninA gambling addict is the logical suspect in the death of a card-playing neighbor who caused his relapse - too logical, think the two detectives on the case.
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsJack HawkinsArlene DahlDennis PriceAn insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.
- DirectorVincent ShermanRobert AldrichStarsLee J. CobbKerwin MathewsGia ScalaThe struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost.
- DirectorHoward W. KochStarsLex BarkerAnne BancroftMamie Van DorenA party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect.
- DirectorRussell BirdwellStarsLex BarkerZsa Zsa GaborJeffrey StoneIn 1953, Soviet dictator Stalin fakes his own death, undergoes plastic surgery and vanishes but OSS agent Steve Anderson searches for him in Europe.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerHerbert LomPeggy CumminsA rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.
- DirectorHugo HaasStarsCleo MooreHugo HaasVince EdwardsA mechanic wants his boss's younger wife for himself, and plans on using a junkyard car to run him over, then dismantling it.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsLeigh SnowdenRichard HartunianWright KingArny joins a hot rod club, but his eccentric mannerisms (a Marlon Brando rip-off performance from "The Wild One" by look-alike Hartunian) make him unpopular. At a party, Terry rebukes him for his coarseness and centers her attention on another boy. A fight between the two men is stopped by Jim Lawrence, but Ray Johnson, pretending friendship with Arny, keeps the antagonism going and tries to win Terry for himself. Driving home, Hank and Terry are harassed by a hot rod which they think is driver by Arny. Swerving to avoid a collision, they are thrown from the car, and Hank is killed and Terry badly injured and unconscious. Ray, the actual driver of the hot rod, carries Terry to his car, but frightened by approaching vehicles, he returns her to the wreckage and flees. All, including Terry, blame Arny for the wreck, but there is no proof. Vindictive club members destroy Arny's car and beat him mercilessly. He rebuild his car for the big race. Terry goes to the race with Ray and, in his car she finds an earring she lost in the accident and realizes it was Ray who drove the fatal car. Arny wins the race, sour disposition and all, wins the race and Terry forces Ray to admit the truth about the wreck.
- DirectorDavid FriedkinStarsLeslie NielsenColleen MillerEdward AndrewsAn out-of-work journalist honeymooning in the Ozarks stumbles on a lead that a notorious bank robber is in town and tries to get his story.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsJack PalanceHarold J. StoneEdward PlattSan Quentin prison inmate Arnie Judlow asks his twin brother Bill and his wife Ruth to assist him in a daring escape plan.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsMarc LawrenceGeorge MikellGriffith JonesTwo convicts who have just escaped from prison are picked up by a motorist. He recognizes the men from descriptions given of them on the radio, but instead of turning them over to the police, he proposes to hire them to murder his wife.
- DirectorHubert CornfieldStarsMarshall ThompsonWillard ParkerJoan VohsSimon Lute ekes out a modest living chartering his skiff to tourists and guiding them through the labyrinthine bayou. When a mysterious stranger asks him to take them deep into the swamp, Simon is curious, particularly when the man requests to make part of the journey alone. After the man's corpse is discovered the following day, Simon learns that the stranger had robbed a bank and that hiding the loot in the inhospitable bayou was the man's objective. But what should Simon do with this newfound knowledge?