Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1956)

THIS IS YOUR PRODUCT All The Vital Details on Current &> Coming Features (Date of Film BULLETIN Review Appears At End of Synopsis) ALLIED ARTISTS April COME ON, THE Superscope. Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden. Producer Lindsley Parsons. Director Russel Birdwell. Drama. Greedy woman and lover conspire to steal money from fellow thief. 82 min. CRASHING LAS VEGAS Leo Gorcey, Hunti Hall. Producer Ben Schwalb. Director Jean Warborough. Comedy. Bowery Boys go to Las Vegas and get mixed up with gangsters. 63 min. WICKED WIFE Nigel Patrick, Beatrice Campbell, Moira Lister. Producer Phil Samuel. Director Bob McNaught. Drama. A husband is wrongfully accused of his wire's murder. 75 min. May THUNDERSTORM Carlos Thompson, Linda Christian, Charles Korvin. Producer Mike Frankovich. Director John Guillerman. Drama. The story of a beautiful woman who was an omen of ill-fortune. 81 min. NAVY WIFE Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, Shirley Yamaguchi, Judy Nugent. Producer Walter Wanger. Director Edward Bernds. Drama. Wife of American soldier institutes revolution among Japanese women. 83 min. SCREAMING EAGLES Tom Tyron, Jacqueline Beer, Jan Merlin. A Bischoff-Diamond Production. Director Charles Haas. Adventure. The saga of a platoon in an airborne infantry division during WWII. 81 min. June CRIME IN THE STREETS James Whitemore, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo. Producer Vincent Fennelly. Director Don Siegel. Drama. Teen-age gangs and violence in New York City. 91 min. FIRST TEXAN, THE CinemaScope, Technicolor. Joel McCrea, Wallace Ford. Producer Walter Mirisch. Director Byron Haskin. Western. Sam Houston helps Texans win independence from Mexico. 82 min. KING OF THE CORAL SEA Chips Rafferty, Charles Tingwell, lima Adey. Producer Chips Rafferty. Director Lee Robinson. Adventure. A beautiful girl is the pawn in a deadly game of deep sea fortune hunting and international intrigue. 74 min. NAKED HILLS. THE David Wayne, Marcia Henderson, Keenan Wynn, James Backus. Producer-director Josef Shaftel. Drama. Gold rush tale set in California during the I800's. A man's never-ending search for the precious metal. 84 min. July HOLD BACK THE NIGHT John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Garves. Producer Hayes Goeti. Director Allan Dwan. Drama. Marines fight their way to the Yalu River in Korea. 75 min. MAGNIFICENT ROUGHNECKS Jack Carson, Mickey Rooney, Nancy Gates, Jeff Donnell. Producer Herman Cohen. Director Sherman Rose. Drama. Two American oil men bring in first gusher in S. American oil field. 75 min. THREE FOR JAMIE DAWN Laraine Day, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Carlson. Producer Hayes Goetz. Director Thomas Carr. Drama. Courtroom drama of beautiful, notorious woman who is sole heir to a vast fortune on trial for the murder of her lover. 85 min. August CANYON RIVER Color, CinemaScope. George Montgimery, Peter Graves, Marcia Henderson. Producer Richard Heermance. Director Harmon Jones. Western. Ranch owner thwarts plan of rustlers to steal his herd. 80 min. NO PLACE TO HIDE DeLuxe Color. David Brian, Marsha Hunt. Hugh Corcoran. Producer-director Josef Shaftel. Drama. Germ warfare pellets threaten the city. 72 min. YOUNG GUNS. THE Russ Tamblyn. Gloria Talbot, Scott Marlowe. Producer Richard Heermance. Director Albert Band Western. Son struggles to live down the reputation of his deceased father, a notorious western gunman. 84 min. Coming CALLING HOMICIDE Bill Elliott, James Lydon. Claudia Barrett. Producer Ben Schwalb. Director Paul Landres. Drama. Chain of circumstantial evidence works against young truck driver. CHASING DANGER Huntz Hall. Stanley Clements, Queenie Smith Producer Ben Schwalb Dirsctor George Blair Comedy drama. Bowery Boys apprehend hoodlums by fast work with a camera. 61 min. CRUEL TOWER, THE John Erie f OK, Mari Blanchard. Charles McGraw. Producer Lindsley Parsons. Director Lew Landers. Drama. Steeplejacks fight for woman on high tower. FRIENDLY PERSUASION Deluxe Color. Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Marjorie Main, Robert Mlddleton. Producer-director William Wyler. Drama. The story of a Quaker family during the Civil War. HIGH TERRACE Dale Robertson, Lois Maxwell. Adventure. 77 min. OKLAHOMAN, THE CinemaScope, DeLuxe Color. Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale. Western. 81 min. NO PLACE TO HIDE David Brian, Marsha Hunt, Hugh Corcoran. Producer-director Josef Shaftel. Drama. Germ warfare pellets threaten city. 72 min. NOT OF THIS EARTH Paul Birch, Beverly Garland. Science-fiction. 80 min. SIERRA STRANGER Howard Duff, Gloria McGhee. Western. 75 min. STRANGE INTRUDER Edward Purdom, Ida Lupino, Ann Harding, Jacques Bergerac. Producer Lindsley Parsons. Director Irving Rapper. Drama. A returning Korean vet makes a strange promise to a dying comrade-in-arms. 81 min. YAOUI DRUMS Rod Cameron, Mary Castle. Western. 71 min. April BLACKJACK KETCHUM, DESPERADO Howard Duff, Victor Jory, Maggie Mahoney. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Earl Bellamy. Western. Gun-slinger, trying to forget past, is forced to take up guns again, this time on the side of the law. 76 min. 4/16. HARDER THEY FALL. THE Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling. Producer Philip Yordan. Director Marie Robson. Drama. Seven foot giant from Argentina attempts to capture the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. 109 min. 4/2. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Bill Haley and his Comets, Johnny Johnston, Lisa Gaye. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Fred Sears. Musical. Dance band manager discovers rock-and-roll music and a pretty girl. 79 min. May COCKLESHELL HEROES Jose Ferrar, Trevor Howard. A Warwick Production. Drama. The story of heroic men in the British Navy and methods they used to paralyze Nazi merchant shipping during WWII. 97 min. 3/5 JUBAL CinemaScope, Technicolor. Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger. Drama. Producer William Fadiman. Director Delmer Daves. Drama. Cowboy gets involved in self-defense killing, but clears his name and catches real culprit. 101 min. 4/16. LAST TEN DAYS, THE Albin Skoda, Oscar Werner, A Cosmopolfilm Production. Drama. Hitler's last days in an underground bunker. German dialogue with subtitles. 113 min. 4/30. STORM CENTER Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Paul Kelley, Kim Hunter. Producer Julian Blaustein. Director Daniel Taradash. Drama. A librarian protests the removal of "controversial" from her library, embroils a small town in a fight. 87 min. June GAMMA PEOPLE, THE Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips. Producer John Gossage. Director John Gilling. Drama. Mad dictator rules Balkan nation with deadly gamma-ray. 79 min. SAFARI Technicolor, CinemaScope. Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin. Producers Irving Allen, Albert Broccoli. Directed by Terence Young. Adventure. White hunter seeks revenge for the murder of his sister and son at the hands of the Mau Mau. 91 min. 4/30. SECRET OF TREASURE MOUNTAIN Valerie French, William Prince, Raymond Burr. Producer Wallace MacDonald. Director Seymour Friedman. Adventure. Three men who seek treasure of gold in mountain hideout are thwarted by half-breed Indian. 68 min. 6/28. July EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Fred Sears. Science-fiction. Flying saucermen attack the United States, but are beaten back by a secret weapon. 83 min. 6/11. EDDY DUCHIN STORY. THE CinemaScope, Technicolor. Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Rex Thompson, Victoria Shaw. Producer Jerry Wald. Director George Sidney. Drama. The life story of the famous orchestra leader. 123 min. 5/28. STORM OVER THE NILE CinemaScope. Technicolor. Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey. A Zoltan Korda Production. Drama. Remake of "Four Feathers". 107 min. WEREWOLF. THE Don Megowan, Joyce Holden. Steven Ritch. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Fred Sears. Horror. Man turns into werewolf from taking special serum developed by scientist. 83 min. 6/11. August AUTUMN LEAVES Joan Crawford, Vera Miles. Lorna Green, Ruth Donnelly. Producer William Goetz. Director Robert Aldrich. Drama. Wife rescues husband from descent into a fantasy world of his own. 108 min. 4/30 HE LAUGHED LAST Technicolor. Frankie Laine, Lucy Marlow, Richard Long. Producer Jonie Taps. Director Blake Edwards. Musical. An underworld czar plays practical joke and leaves his entire fortune to a young nightclub entertainer. 77 min. SPIN A DARK WEB Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson. Producer George Maynard. Director Vernon Sewell. Melodrama. Engineer gets involved with racketeers. 76 min. Coming BEYOND MOMBASA Technicolor, CinemaScope. Cornell Wilde, Donna Reed. Producer Tony Owen. Director George Marshall. Adventure. Leopard Men seek to keep Africa free of white men. GUNS AT FORT PETTICOAT Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant. Western. KILLER APE Johnny Weissmuller. Carol Thurston. Producer Sam Katzman, Director Spencer G. Bennett. Adventure drama. The story of a giant half-ape, half-man beast who goes on a killing rampage until destroyed by Jungle Jim. 68 min. MIAMI EXPOSE Lee J. Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Fred Sears. Melodrama. Mob schemes to introduce legalized gambling in Miami, Florida. 73 min. NIGHTFALL Aldo Ray, Anne Bancroft. Producer Ted Richmond. Director Jacques Tourneur. Drama. Mistaken identity of a doctor's bag starts hunt for stolen money. 1984 Edmund O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling. A Holiday Production. Director Michael Anderson. Drama. From the novel by George Orwell. 91 min. ODONGO Technicolor, CinemaScope. Macdonald Carey, Rhonda Fleming, Juma. Producer Irving Allen. Director John Gilling. Adventure. Owner of wild animal farm in Kenya saves young native boy from a violent death. 91 min. PORT AFRIQUE Technicolor. Pier Angelli, Phil Carey, Dennis Price. Producer David E. Rose. Director Rudy Mate. Drama. Ex-Air Force flyer finds murderer of his wife. PORTRAIT IN SMOKE Arlene Dahl, Phil Carey. Producer Maxwell Setton. Director Ken Hughes. Drama. A beautiful girl wins a beauty contest and a "different" life. REPRISAL Technicolor. Guy Madison, Felicia Farr, Kathryn Grant. Producers, Rackmil-Ainsworth. Director George Sherman. Adventure. Indians fight for rights in small frontier town. SEVENTH CAVALRY Technicolor. Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale. Producer Harry Brown. Director Joseph Lewis. Western. An episode in the glory of General Custer's famed "7th Cav.". SOLID GOLD CADILLAC, THE Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark. Producer Fred Kohlmar. Director Richard Quine. Comedy. Filimization of the famous Broadway play about a lady stockholder in a large holding company. YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM IT Technicolor, CinemaScope. June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford. Produced-director Dick Powell. Musical. Reporter wins heart of oil and cattle heiress. ZARAK Technicolor, CinemaScope. Victor Mature, Michael Wilding, Anita Ekberg. A Warwick Production. Director Terence Young. Drama. Son of wealthy ruler becomes notorious bandit. INDEPENDENTS A pril BLONDE BAIT AFRO Beverly Michaels, Jim Davis, Joan Rice, Richard Travis. Producer Anthony Hinds. Director Elmo Williams. Melodrama. State Department investigator traps murderous traitor by using blonde singer as bait. 71 min. LADYKILLERS. THE (Continental) Technicolor. Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lorn. A Michael Balcon Production. Director A. Mackendrick. Comedy. A satire on American gangster films. 93 min. LOVERS AND LOLLIPOPS ITrans-Luxl Lori March. Gerald O'Loughlin, Cathy Dunn, William Ward. Produced and directed by Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin. Comedy. The courtship of a widow and her 7-year old daughter. 80 min. LUM AND ABNER ABROAD (Howcol Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Jill Alis. Producer-director James Kern. Comdey. Travels of Lum and Abner to Europe. 3 TV films joined together to make I feature film. 72 min RICHARD THE THIRD (Lopertl VistaVision, Technicolor. Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom. Producer-director Laurence Olivier. Drama. The machinations of a twisted nobleman that changed the course of England's history. 155 min. 3/19. SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD (Stanley WarnerCinerama) Technicolor, Cinerama. A Lowell Thomas Production. Travelog around the world utilizing the Cinerama big screen process. 120 min. Film BULLETIN — THIS IS YOUR PRODUCT