1958 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1958

Notable Films Released in 1958

U.S.A. unless stated

A

• Amar Deep, remake of Amara Deepam, starring Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini - (India)
• Ambush at Cimarron Pass, starring Scott Brady and Clint Eastwood
• And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Andy Hardy Comes Home, starring Mickey Rooney
• Another Time, Another Place, starring Lana Turner and Sean Connery - (Britain)
• Apache Territory, starring Rory Calhoun
• Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu, starring N.T. Rama Rao - (India)
• Arms and the Man (Helden) - (West Germany)
• Ash Wednesday (Miércoles de ceniza), starring María Félix and Arturo de Córdova - (Mexico)
• Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament), directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Zbigniew Cybulski - (Poland)
• Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, starring Allison Hayes
• Auntie Mame, starring Rosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Forrest Tucker, Roger Smith, Peggy Cass

B

• The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama Bushiko) - (Japan)
• Le Beau Serge (Handsome Serge), directed by Claude Chabrol - (France)
• Bell, Book and Candle, starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
• The Big Country, directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives
• Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti), starring Vittorio Gassman, Claudia Cardinale, Marcello Mastroianni - (Italy)
• The Black Orchid, starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn
• The Blob, starring Steve McQueen
• Bonjour Tristesse, directed by Otto Preminger, starring David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Jean Seberg
• The Bonnie Parker Story, starring Dorothy Provine
• The Bravados, starring Gregory Peck and Joan Collins
• Brink of Life (Nära livet), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck and Ingrid Thulin - (Sweden)
• The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Lee J. Cobb, Claire Bloom
• The Buccaneer, directed by Anthony Quinn, starring Yul Brynner and Claire Bloom
• Buchanan Rides Alone, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Randolph Scott and Craig Stevens

C

• Carry On Sergeant, the first in the Carry On film series, directed by Gerald Thomas, starring William Hartnell, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor - (Britain)
• Carve Her Name with Pride, starring Virginia McKenna and Paul Schofield - (Britain)
• The Castle of the Monsters (El Castillo de los Monstruos) - (Mexico)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson
• A Certain Smile, starring Rossano Brazzi and Joan Fontaine
• Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (That which runs is a car), starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala - (India)
• Chase a Crooked Shadow, starring Richard Todd and Anne Baxter - (Britain)
• China Doll, starring Victor Mature
• The Colossus of New York, starring Ross Martin and Mala Powers
• Cowboy, starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon
• The Cry Baby Killer, directed by Roger Corman, featuring Jack Nicholson in his film debut

D-F

• Damn Yankees, directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen, starring Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston
• Darby's Rangers, directed by William Wellman, starring James Garner
• The Deep Six, starring Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
• The Defiant Ones, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier
• Desire (Touha) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Desire Under the Elms, starring Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives
• The Doctor's Dilemma, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Dirk Bogarde (Britain)
• Dunkirk, starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough - (Britain)
• Édes Anna, directed by Zoltán Fábri - (Hungary)
• Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau - (France)
• Endless Desire (Hateshinaki yokubo), directed by Shōhei Imamura - (Japan)
• Equinox Flower (Higanbana), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
• The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (aka Vynález zkázy) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Fanfare - (Netherlands)
• A Flower in Hell (Jiokhwa) - (South Korea)
• The Fly, starring Vincent Price
• Fort Massacre, starring Joel McCrea
• From Hell to Texas, starring Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Dennis Hopper
• From the Earth to the Moon, starring Joseph Cotten

G-H

• The Geisha Boy, starring Jerry Lewis
• Giants and Toys (Kyojin to gangu) - (Japan)
• The Gift of Love, directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack
• Gigi, directed by Vincente Minelli, starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier
• Girl on the Run, starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
• God's Little Acre, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Fay Spain, Tina Louise
• The Goddess, starring Kim Stanley
• Goha, starring Omar Sharif - (France/Tunisia)
• Gunman's Walk, starring Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Kathryn Grant
• H8 - (Yugoslavia)
• The H-Man, directed by Ishirō Honda - (Japan)
• Hercules (Le fatiche di Ercole), starring Steve Reeves - (Italy)
• The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san akunin), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshirō Mifune - (Japan)
• High School Confidential, starring Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, Mamie Van Doren
• The Horror of Dracula, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing - (Britain)
• The Horse's Mouth, starring Alec Guinness - (Britain)
• Houseboat, starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren
• The Hunters, starring Robert Mitchum

I-K

• I Accuse!, directed by and starring José Ferrer - (Britain)
• I Want to Live!, starring Susan Hayward (winner of Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress)
• I Was Monty's Double, starring M. E. Clifton James and John Mills - (Britain)
• Ice Cold in Alex, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring John Mills and Sylvia Sims - (Britain)
• The Idiot - (USSR)
• Imitation General, directed by George Marshall, starring Glenn Ford, Red Buttons, Taina Elg
• In Case of Adversity (En Cas de Malheur), starring Jean Gabin and Brigitte Bardot - (France)
• In the Money, starring the Bowery Boys
• Indiscreet, starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman - (Britain)
• The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, directed by Mark Robson, starring Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jurgens, Robert Donat
• Intent to Kill, starring Richard Todd, Betsy Drake, Herbert Lom
• Iron Flower (Vasvirág) - (Hungary)
• The Iron Gate (Bab el Hadid), directed by Youssef Chahine - (Egypt)
• It Happened in Broad Daylight (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) - (West Germany)
• Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (Ivan Grozniy), directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Nikolai Cherkasov - (U.S.S.R.)
• Jalsaghar (The Music Room), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
• Kala Pani (Life Sentence), starring Dev Anand and Madhubala - (India)
• The Key, starring William Holden and Sophia Loren, based on Jan de Hartog novel - (Britain)
• King Creole, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Elvis Presley, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, Walter Matthau

L

• Lafayette Escadrille, World War I film starring Tab Hunter, with an early appearance by Clint Eastwood
• Lake of the Dead (De dødes tjern) - (Norway)
• The Last Hurrah, starring Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone
• The Law and Jake Wade, starring Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark
• The Law Is the Law (La loi, c'est la loi), starring Totò and Fernandel - (France/Italy)
• The Left Handed Gun, starring Paul Newman
• The Light in the Forest, starring Fess Parker
• The Lineup, starring Eli Wallach
• Lonelyhearts, starring Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Maureen Stapleton
• The Long, Hot Summer, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Tony Franciosa, Lee Remick
• The Lovers (Les amants), directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Alain Cuny - (France)
• The Lovers of Montparnasse (Les Amants de Montparnasse), directed by Jacques Becker and Max Ophüls - (France)

M

• Machine-Gun Kelly, starring Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot and Morey Amsterdam
• Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform), starring Lilli Palmer and Romy Schneider (West Germany)
• Madhumati, directed by Bimal Roy, starring Vyjayanthimala in triple role and Dilip Kumar - (India)
• The Magician (Ansiktet), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow - (Sweden)
• Maigret Sets a Trap (Maigret tend un piège), starring Jean Gabin - (France)
• The Man Inside, starring Jack Palance and Anita Ekberg - (Britain)
• A Man of Straw (L'uomo di paglia), directed by and starring Pietro Germi - (Italy)
• Man of the West, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Lord, Julie London
• Marjorie Morningstar, starring Natalie Wood and Gene Kelly
• The Matchmaker, starring Shirley MacLaine
• Me and the Colonel, starring Danny Kaye
• Merry Andrew, starring Danny Kaye
• Les miserables, starring Jean Gabin - (France)
• Mon Oncle, directed by and starring Jacques Tati - (France)
• Monster on the Campus, directed by Jack Arnold
• Murder by Contract, starring Vince Edwards

N-Q

• The Naked Maja, starring Ava Gardner and Anthony Franciosa - (Italy/France/U.S.)
• The Night Heaven Fell (Les Bijoutiers du Clair de Lune), directed by Roger Vadim, starring Brigitte Bardot - (France)
• A Night to Remember, directed by Roy Baker, starring Kenneth More - (Britain)
• No Time for Sergeants, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams
• The Old Man and the Sea – based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, starring Spencer Tracy
• Onionhead, starring Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau, Felicia Farr, Joey Bishop
• Orders to Kill, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Eddie Albert - (Britain)
• The Outlaws (Oi paranomoi) - (Greece)
• Party Girl, starring Cyd Charisse and Robert Taylor
• The Proud Rebel, starring Alan Ladd and Olivia de Havilland
• The Quiet American, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave

R

• Raj Tilak, remake of Vanjikottai Valiban, starring Gemini Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini - (India)
• Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins
• The Reluctant Debutante, starring Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, Sandra Dee
• The Revenge of Frankenstein, starring Peter Cushing - (Britain)
• The Rickshaw Man (Muhomatsu no issho), starring Toshirō Mifune - (Japan)
• Ride a Crooked Trail, starring Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau
• Rock-A-Bye Baby, starring Jerry Lewis
• Rosaura at 10 O'Clock (Rosaura a las 10) - (Argentina)
• Run Silent, Run Deep, directed by Robert Wise, starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster

S

• Saddle the Wind, starring Robert Taylor, Julie London, John Cassavetes
• Sadhna, starring Vyjayanthimala and Sunil Dutt - (India)
• Screaming Mimi, starring Anita Ekberg
• Separate Tables, starring Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, David Niven
• The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, starring Kerwin Mathews
• The Sheepman, starring Glenn Ford and Shirley MacLaine
• The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, starring Jayne Mansfield and Kenneth More - (Britain)
• Sing, Boy, Sing, directed by Henry Ephron, starring Tommy Sands
• Solva Saal (Sixteenth Year), starring Dev Anand - (India)
• Some Came Running, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine
• South Pacific, directed by Joshua Logan, starring Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor
• Stage Struck, starring Henry Fonda and Susan Strasberg
• St. Louis Blues, featuring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald
• St. Peter's Umbrella (Szent Péter esernyöje) - (Hungary/Czechoslovakia)

T

• A Tale of Two Cities, starring Dirk Bogarde - (Britain)
• Tamango, starring Dorothy Dandridge
• The Tarnished Angels, starring Rock Hudson and Dorothy Malone
• Teacher's Pet, starring Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren
• Ten North Frederick, starring Gary Cooper and Suzy Parker
• Terror in a Texas Town, starring Sterling Hayden
• This Happy Feeling, starring Debbie Reynolds, John Saxon, Alexis Smith
• Thunder Road, starring Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith
• A Time to Love and a Time to Die, starring John Gavin
• The Tinder Box (Das Feuerzeug) - (East Germany)
• tom thumb, starring Russ Tamblyn and Terry-Thomas - (Britain/USA)
• Too Much, Too Soon, starring Dorothy Malone, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Errol Flynn
• Torpedo Run, starring Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine
• Touch of Evil, directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich
• Tread Softly Stranger, starring Diana Dors - (Britain)
• The True Story of Lynn Stuart, starring Betsy Palmer
• The Tunnel of Love, starring Doris Day and Richard Widmark
• Twilight for the Gods, starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse

U-Z

• Underworld Beauty (Ankokugai no bijo) - (Japan)
• Vanjikottai Valiban (The Youth from Vanji Fort), starring Gemini Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini - (India)
• Varan the Unbelievable (Daikaijū Baran), directed by Ishirō Honda - (Japan)
• Vengeance (La venganza), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring Raf Vallone - (Spain)
• Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak
• The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis
• The Village on the River (Dorp aan de rivier) - (Netherlands)
• White Wilderness, a Disney nature film
• The Young Lions, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin