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1958 Movies

Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 1958, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.

1958 Academy Awards

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Written by: Richard Brooks
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood
Country: United States of America
Outline: In a humid Mississippi mansion, a wealthy patriarch's 65th birthday reunion exposes family secrets and tensions. His alcoholic son Brick confronts his past and strained marriage with wife Maggie.
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Auntie Mame
Written by: Norman Krasna
Directed by: Morton DaCosta
Starring: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark, Yuki Shimoda, Lee Patrick
Country: United States of America
Outline: After his father's death, young Patrick Dennis is sent to live with his eccentric aunt, Mame Dennis, in 1928 Manhattan. Together, they navigate the challenges of the Great Depression and societal expectations.
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No Time for Sergeants
Written by: John Lee Mahin
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams, Murray Hamilton
Country: United States of America
Outline: Will Stockdale, a country bumpkin from Georgia, is drafted into the U.S. Air Force, where his naivety and super strength lead to comedic chaos, especially for his sergeant, Orville C. King.
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Some Came Running
Written by: James Jones
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Leora Dana
Country: United States of America
Outline: A disillusioned World War II veteran returns to his hometown, seeking solace in a small-town bar. His life becomes complicated when he rekindles a romance with an old flame and becomes entangled with a free-spirited woman.
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Written by: Isobel Lennart, Alan Burgess
Directed by: Mark Robson
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curt Jürgens
Country: United States of America
Outline: A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
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The Young Lions
Written by: Irwin Shaw
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange, Maximilian Schell, Elsa Martinelli
Country: United States of America
Outline: The film follows the lives of three soldiers during World War II: a German officer, an American officer, and an American private. Their intertwined stories explore themes of duty, love, and the horrors of war.
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The Vikings
Written by: Calder Willingham, Dale Wasserman, Edison Marshall
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh
Country: United States of America
Outline: Viking half-brothers battle for the throne and the affections of a captive princess in this epic adventure.
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I soliti ignoti
Written by: Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Mario Monicelli
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Starring: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Marcello Mastroianni, Totò, Carla Gravina, Claudia Cardinale
Country: Italy
Outline: A group of inept thieves plan a heist on a pawnshop, leading to a series of comedic misadventures. The film is a classic of Italian cinema.
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Vertigo
Written by: Samuel A. Taylor, Alec Coppel
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones
Country: United States of America
Outline: A former detective becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman, leading to a spiral of obsession and tragedy. A seminal work in the thriller genre.
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Kaagaz Ke Phool
Written by: Agarwal, R.K., Dutt, Guru
Directed by: Guru Dutt
Starring: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis, Johnny Walker, Mehmood, Nazir Hussain
Country: India
Outline: A film director's career and personal life decline as he becomes entangled in a tragic love affair. A classic of Indian cinema.
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Touch of Evil
Written by: Orson Welles, Whit Masterson, Paul Monash
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Akim Tamiroff
Country: United States of America
Outline: A Mexican narcotics officer investigates a murder in a small border town, uncovering corruption and deceit. A landmark film noir.
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Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi
Written by: Ramesh Pant, Govind Moonis
Directed by: Satyen Bose
Starring: Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Anoop Kumar, Kishore Kumar
Country: India
Outline: The film follows three brothers who run a garage and are wary of women due to past experiences. Their lives take a turn when a woman enters their lives, leading to comedic and romantic situations.
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Madhumati
Written by: Ritwik Ghatak, Rajinder Singh Bedi
Directed by: Bimal Roy
Starring: Vyjayanthimala, Dilip Kumar, Pran, Johnny Walker
Country: India
Outline: A man relates the story of a painter haunted by the ghost of the woman he loves.
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Big Deal on Madonna Street
Written by: Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Starring: Vittorio Gassman, Claudia Cardinale, Renato Salvatori, Tiberio Murgia
Country: Italy
Outline: A group of petty criminals plan a heist, but their lack of experience leads to comedic mishaps.
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Elevator to the Gallows
Written by: Louis Malle, Roger Nimier
Directed by: Louis Malle
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Jean Wall
Country: France
Outline: A woman and her lover plan to murder her husband, but things go awry when the lover is trapped in an elevator.
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A Night to Remember
Written by: Eric Ambler, Walter Lord
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Outline: A dramatization of the Titanic disaster, focusing on the events leading up to and during the sinking.
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The Big Country
Written by: Jessamyn West, Robert Wilder, Sy Bartlett, James R. Webb, John Huston
Directed by: William Wyler
Starring: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford
Country: United States of America
Outline: A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
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Ice Cold in Alex
Written by: Christopher Landon, T.J. Morrison
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, William Hartnell, Maurice Denham
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Outline: During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.
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The Defiant Ones
Written by: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two escaped convicts, chained together, must learn to get along in order to survive their journey to freedom.
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