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1957: World Premieres
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The Movies of 1957: World Premieres
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 12 Angry Men Dir. Sidney Lumet. With Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshall B–
 The Bridge on the River Kwai Dir. David Lean. With William Holden, Alec Guinness A–
 The Three Faces of Eve Dir. Nunnally Johnson. With Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb C+

Full Listing of Films Screened

12 Angry Men Dir. Sidney Lumet. With Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshall B–
3:10 to Yuma Dir. Delmer Daves. With Van Heflin, Glenn Ford, Leora Dana, Robert Emhardt C

The Bridge on the River Kwai Dir. David Lean. With William Holden, Alec Guinness A–

Clash by Night Dir. John Frankenheimer. TV Movie. With Kim Stanley, E.G. Marshall C+
The Cranes Are Flying Dir. Mikhail Kalatozov. With Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov B+
Crime of Passion Dir. Gerd Oswald. With Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr C

A Face in the Crowd Dir. Elia Kazan. With Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa B
Forty Guns Dir. Samuel Fuller. With Barry Sullivan, Barbara Stanwyck, Dean Jagger, John Ericson A–

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Dir. John Huston. With Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr B–

Night of the Demon Dir. Jacques Tourneur. With Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins B

Paths of Glory Dir. Stanley Kubrick. With Kirk Douglas, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou B–
Peyton Place Dir. Mark Robson. With Lana Turner, Michael Rossi, Diane Varsi, Russ Tamblyn B–

Raintree County Dir. Edward Dmytryk. With Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor D

The Seventh Seal Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Nils Poppe A+

The Three Faces of Eve Dir. Nunnally Johnson. With Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb C+

Wild Is the Wind Dir. George Cukor. With Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa C+
Witness for the Prosecution Dir. Billy Wilder. With Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power B

In Need of Reappraisal

Sweet Smell of Success Dir. Alexander Mackendrick. With Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster
Wild Strawberries Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin