1956

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows 1956

poster American Look

American Look

Chevrolet presents a short film about modern American design of the late 1950s.

poster Doomsday for Pests

Doomsday for Pests

15mn - Animation, Documentary

Facing mounting insect deaths, concerned bugs view a documentary film about Sherwin-Williams's lethal new PESTROY pesticide coating.

poster Cry for Happy

Cry for Happy

110mn - Romance, Comedy

Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.

poster Destination Earth

Destination Earth

14mn - Animation

A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.

poster Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

117mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby…

poster Suddenly

Suddenly

77mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's …

poster Mr. Imperium

Mr. Imperium

87mn - Music, Drama, Romance

A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. Each will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.

poster His Picture in the Papers

His Picture in the Papers

Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with …

poster Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

83mn - Thriller, Crime

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

poster 200

200

3mn - Animation

A psychedelic animated short celebrating America's bicentennial.

poster Highway Dragnet

Highway Dragnet

70mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

A wrongly accused Korean War veteran flees from a murder charge and hitches a ride with a female photographer and her model, but as the police dragnet closes in across the desert highways, dangerous secre…

poster Gunman Called Nebraska

Gunman Called Nebraska

A drifter helps a ranch couple fend off the approaches of a ruthless landowner.

poster Crazytown

Crazytown

6mn - Animation, Comedy

The story of a town where everything is topsy-turvy.

poster Her Defiance

Her Defiance

A woman is deserted by her wealthy young lover.

poster This Is Not a Test

This Is Not a Test

73mn - Drama, Action, Thriller

Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he tells everyone why: a nuclear attack o…

poster Blondie on a Budget

Blondie on a Budget

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for …

poster American Aristocracy

American Aristocracy

52mn - Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.

poster Rogues' Gallery

Rogues' Gallery

60mn - Mystery, Thriller

Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…

poster Freckles Comes Home

Freckles Comes Home

Freckles Winslow comes home from college and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane, falls in love with a confidence man.

poster The Yesterday Machine

The Yesterday Machine

85mn - Sci-Fi, Horror

A Nazi scientist invents a time machine enabling him to go back to alter the events of WWII.

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