Best Drama Films of 1958
Kings Go Forth
Adapted by Merle Miller ... still resentful that Frank Sinatra had in real life been spared wartime service due to a questionable physical ailment. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Long, Hot Summer
While often regarded as ... Hot Summer was the first film that Newman and Woodward made together, and they got married the same year. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Proud Rebel
A gentler but no ... is during the climactic set-to between good guys and bad that David at long last finds his voice again. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Some Came Running
After the success of ... of smaller parts, this is the role that cemented MacLaine's name, earning her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Run Silent, Run Deep
The contrasting acting styles ... Silent, Run Deep are Burt Lancaster's old circus partner Nick Cravat, and, in his unbilled movie debut, Don Rickles. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Last Hurrah
Spencer Tracy stars in ... Cass agrees to the bank loan. But Cass uses his deep pockets to finance the opposition's candidate for mayor. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Desire under the Elms
Director Delbert Mann and ... and the heat it turned up considerably. And with Eugene O'Neill aping Greek tragedy, could infanticide be far behind? [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Hunters
Directed with crisp efficiency ... life from his responsibilities. Distinguished by excellent aerial sequences, The Hunters is adapted from the novel by James Salter. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Look Back in Anger
Archetypal British "angry young ... Anger spawn a new genre of British social-protest films, but it also inspired two remakes, both filmed for television. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Another Time, Another Place
Lana Turner stars as ... concurrent real-life scandal involving the death of Turner's gangster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato at the hands of her teenage daughter. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
King Creole
Elvis Presley delivers one ... of the untamed, pre-army Elvis Presley. The picture was adapted from Harold Robbins' novel A Stone for Danny Fisher. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
South Pacific
Producer/director Joshua Logan's long-awaited ... spot her). Though artistically disappointing, South Pacific ended up one of the biggest box-office gold mines of the 1950s. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Night Heaven Fell
This Brigitte Bardot vehicle ... to the punch . The Night Heaven Fell was the third feature-length directorial effort of Bardot's then-husband Roger Vadim. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
God's Little Acre
Erskine Caldwell's steamy novel ... the public domain, available to everyone, even the "under 18s" who were prohibited from seeing it back in 1958. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Alan Burgess' novel The ... also served to breathe new life into the old children's nonsense song "This Old Man" (aka "Knick, Knack, Paddywhack"). [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Never Love a Stranger
Never Love a Stranger--especially ... characters are supposed to be. Of the stellar supporting cast, Robert Armstrong is a standout as a soft-spoken gunman. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
I Want to Live!
Grim, almost unbearably intense, ... the power and relentless, sordid reality of her story leaves an indelible memory in the mind of the viewer. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Quiet American
The Quiet American was ... so he changed the ending into a pro-Yankee tract -- thereby killing any impact the film might have had. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Wet Asphalt
When a made-up story ... chaos, Bachmann must race to expose the fraudulent scoop and spread the word about the dangers of tabloid reporting. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Les Amants
The Lovers (Les Amants) ... The Venice Film festival took a more liberal stance on the matter, awarding The Lovers a special jury prize. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
I, Mobster
By 1958, director Roger ... for any ambitious gangster, Sante would do well to also recall how homicide got him where he now stands. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway's short novel ... starring Anthony Quinn, which compounded the mistakes made in the Tracy version by grafting on a pointless love story. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
China Doll
Cliff Brandon (Victor Mature) ... able to bring them both to him, only to find that the war is now on both their doorsteps. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Anna Lucasta
Playwright Philip Yordan stirred ... nearly wrecks the marriage, but Anna is forgiven by her husband and allowed a chance for a new life. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
A Night to Remember
This meticulous re-creation of ... viewers will find this movie a more accurate and gripping representation of this sea disaster than the romance-heavy Titanic. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Miercoles de Ceniza
Though Miercoles de Ceniza ... de Ceniza was hampered by the talkiness of the script, which required more than the usual alottment of subtitles. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Sun Seekers
A compelling film about ... of conflict brewing in the mines -- a series of conflicts which will determine her place in the world. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
The Invisible Avenger
Invisible Avenger is an ... between Lamont Cranston and his instructor Jogendra (who at one point exhibits jealousy when Cranston eyes a pretty girl!) [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
3DLost, Lonely and Vicious3D ... nicknames Preach (Barbara Wilson). Through her influence, Johnnie decides that living just might be more fun than dying. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Quinceañera
Quinceañera concerns a trio ... families worrying more about what the party says about them then they do about what their daughters might desire. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Las Manzanas de Dorotea
A Mexican millionaire tests ... to find a convincing substitute for their daughter before Carlos arrives in town and Alberto's greatest fears are confirmed. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Las Tres Pelonas
The Spanish language drama ... help two prisoners escape, inadvertently putting everything they cherish at risk. The stressful situation tests their bonds of loyalty. [ best drama films - 1958 ]
Una Cita de Amor
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