Best Drama Films of 1957
The Sun Also Rises
For its time, The ... was merely playing himself. A vastly inferior version of The Sun Also Rises was produced for television in 1984. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Fire Down Below
Jack Lemmon and Robert ... when Felix saves his life during a shipwreck. The supporting cast includes Herbert Lom, Bernard Lee, and Anthony Newley. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Band of Angels
Based on a novel ... (Torin Thatcher), he must reveal a shameful secret to Amantha: he once earned his living as a slave trader. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Three Violent People
Set in the American ... Colt then discovers that she once worked as a prostitute. Soon after, a plot to kill Colt is unleashed. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Island in the Sun
Political intrigue and romantic ... Waugh, Island in the Sun also features songs from Harry Belafonte, including "Lead Man Holler" and the title tune. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
A Face in the Crowd
The meteoric popularity of ... the novelty of seeing the traditionally easygoing Andy Griffith as so vicious and manipulative a character as Lonesome Rhodes. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The Wings of Eagles
The Wings of Eagles ... toe" scene with John Wayne and Dan Dailey, and Ward Bond's inside-joke performance as irreverent film director "John Dodge". [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Bonjour Tristesse
Francoise Sagan's bittersweet novel ... Tristesse was codirected by Otto Preminger, who'd previously discovered Jean Seberg for his benighted 1957 filmization of Saint Joan. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Man of a Thousand Faces
One screen legend tips ... But his happiness is shattered when Cleva comes back into his life and demands the return of her son. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The Lonely Man
Based on a 1941 ... last battle is made secondary. Short on plot, this film features good performances by Jack Palance and Anthony Perkins. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The Mark of the Hawk
Filmed on location in ... Shaka Zulu on video, though it should not be confused with the 1985 TV miniseries of the same name. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The Tin Star
Taciturn marshal-turned-bounty hunter Henry ... Tin Star was later spun off into the TV series The Deputy, which starred Henry Fonda and Allen Case. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The River's Edge
A bank robber's avarice ... in his way. He also makes it clear that he would rather die himself than give up the money. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious' once-notorious bestseller ... of it all); it not only spawned a 1961 theatrical sequel, but also a long-running prime time TV serial. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Flor de Mayo
This typical Mexican melodrama ... begins to suspect that the son he always thought was his, is really the offspring of this foreign intruder. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Old Yeller
Based on the novel ... time was a sagacious business move. In 1963, Disney released a lesser sequel to Old Yeller titled Savage Sam. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The Three Faces of Eve
When Alistair Cooke shows ... Joanne Woodward would herself play a psychologist confronted with a multiple-personality case in the Emmy-winning 1976 TV movie Sybil. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Decoy [TV Series]
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Zero Hour
This suspenseful air-borne adventure ... the teleplay on which this was based, went on to write the novel and the screenplay for 1970's Airport. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Sayonara
Sayonara takes its own ... and "Best Supporting Actress" (Miyoshi Umeki). And yes, that is Ricardo Montalban in Japanese makeup as a Kabuki actor. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Fear Strikes Out
Anthony Perkins stars as ... own gratification but to please his father. This film was preceded by a 1956 TV version starring Tab Hunter. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Il Grido
The grim, drab life ... story comes to its climax during a demonstration protesting the building of a U.S. airfield where the refinery stands. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Better known as The ... was titled Hunchback of Paris, to avoid a copyright conflict with RKO's 1939 adaptation of Hunchback of Notre Dame. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The Lower Depths
Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa ... Les Bas-Fonds for its French release--the same title bestowed upon Jean Renoir's 1937 adaptation of the Gorky play. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Studio One: The Night America Trembled
The prestigious CBS dramatic ... "The Night America Trembled" has happily been preserved in kinescope form and is available on videotape from several sources. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Hellcats of the Navy
Future "first couple" Ronald ... Hans Christian Adamson, Hellcats of the Navy is a much better film than Reagan's detractors would have one believe. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Le Notti Bianche
Shy young Marcelo Mastroianni ... by Dostoyevsky, White Nights (Le Notti Bianche) was later refilmed by Robert Bresson as Four Nights of a Dreamer. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Monkey on My Back
The painfully true story ... advisor for Monkey on My Back, he ended up suing the producers for defamation of character -- and lost. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Teenage Doll
The Teenage Doll in ... climactic rumble. And remembers, kids: This could happen to you, so keep your record clean and stay home nights! [ best drama films - 1957 ]
The Defender
This gripping courtroom drama ... of murder. Later spun off into a weekly television series, this episode of The Defender also features Martin Balsam. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
A Matter of Dignity
Best known for their ... violent confrontation on the issue which in the end, affects the daughter and her decisions about her own life. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex looks just ... later in the McKenzie Brothers' slapstick comedy Strange Brew, but that's hardly in the same category as 2001). [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Rock, Baby, Rock It
A handful of youthful ... Stars, and Don Coates and the Bon Aires; also keep an eye peeled for Kay Wheeler's swinging dance number. [ best drama films - 1957 ]
Cielito Lindo
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Alma de Acero
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Berlin Schoenhauser Corner
German director Gerard Klein's ... to rock 'n' roll, swapping American merchandise and rebelling against totalitarianism. Ilse Pagé, Ernst-Georg Schwill and Harry Engel co-star. [ best drama films - 1957 ]Supplemental Navigation
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