October 1957 (The Bridge on the River Kwai)

• The 27th Day (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Above All Things (Flood Tide) (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• Back From the Dead (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• Betrayed Women (USA - 1955 - bw)
• The Big Show (USA - 1957)
• The Birthday Present (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Black Market Rustlers (see: Land and the Law)
• Blessed Events (Lorsque l’enfant paraît) (Fr - 1956)
• The Body Beautiful (see: Miss Body Beautiful)
• The Bolshoi Ballet (UK - 1957)
• Bop Girl Goes Calypso (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Both Ends of the Candle (The Helen Morgan Story) (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (UK - 1957) (scope) [2.55:1] ¹

• Calle Mayor /USA: The Lovemaker (Sp/Fr - 1956 - bw)

• Dames Don't Care (Les femmes s’en balancent) (Fr - 1954 - bw)
• The Deadly Mantis (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Devil’s Hairpin (USA - 1957) (VistaVision)

• Explosion (TVM) (USA - 1956 - bw) ²

• A Face in the Crowd (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Flood Tide (see: Above All Things)
• Forty Guns (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)

• The Girl in the Kremlin (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Grand’ Rue [see: Calle Mayor]
• Gun Glory (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

• The Helen Morgan Story (see: Both Ends of the Candle)
• He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir) (Fr/It - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Heroic Monsieur Boniface (L'héroïque Mr Boniface) (Fr - 1949 - bw)

• Jet Pilot (USA - 1957) ³
• Johnny Bravo (TVM) (USA - 1956 - bw) ⁴
• The Joker is Wild (USA - 1957 - bw) (VistaVision)

• Land and the Law (Black Market Rustlers) (USA - 1943 - bw)
• Last Stagecoach West (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Last Train West (TVM) (USA - 1956 - bw) ⁵
• The Lovemaker (see: Calle Mayor)

• Men in War (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Miller's Beautiful Wife (see: Miller's Wife, The)
• The Miller's Wife (La bella mugnaia) /USA: The Miller’s Beautiful Wife (It - 1955) (scope)
• Miss Body Beautiful (The Body Beautiful) (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Mister Rock and Roll (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Mitsou ou Comment l’esprit vient aux filles... (Fr - 1956)
• My Man Godfrey (USA - 1957) (scope)

• The One That Got Away (UK - 1957 - bw)

• The Pride and the Passion (USA - 1957) (VistaVision)
• Professor Tim (Ire - 1957 - bw)

• Robbery Under Arms (UK - 1957)
• Run of the Arrow (USA - 1956) ⁶

• The Scamp /USA: Strange Affection (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Slim Carter (USA - 1957)
• Small Hotel (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Son of the Hunchback (Il figlio di Lagardère) (It - 1952 - bw)
• Spanish Affair (USA/Sp - 1957) (VistaVision)
• Strange Affection (see: Scamp, The)
• Strangers’ Meeting (UK - 1957 - bw)
• The Sun Also Rises (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• The Surgeon’s Knife (UK - 1957 - bw)

• That Night (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Three Faces of Eve (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)
• Three Sundays to Live (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Time for Action (Tip on a Dead Jockey) (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (Perspecta Sound)
• The Tin Star (USA - 1957 - bw) (VistaVision)
• Tip on a Dead Jockey (see: Time for Action)
• Trooper Hook (USA - 1957 - bw)

• West of the River (TVM) (USA - 1956 - bw) ⁷
• Woman in a Dressing Gown (UK - 1957 - bw)

• The Young Guns (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Zorro’s Fighting Legion (serial) (USA - 1939 - 12 chapters - bw)

¹ Reframed at 2.35:1 for 35mm theatrical release; subsequently restored to its correct dimensions on home video. Converted to 70mm for a 1973 UK re-release.

² Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Warner Brothers Presents (1955-56).

³ Badly cropped from 1.66:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as ‘RKO-Scope’.

⁴ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Cheyenne (1955-63).

⁵ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Cheyenne (1955-63).

⁶ Badly cropped from 1.85:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as ‘RKO-Scope’.

⁷ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Cheyenne (1955-63).

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Updated 6 Dec 2022.

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September 1957 (A King in New York)

• 20 Million Miles to Earth (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Beasts of Marseilles (see: Seven Thunders)
• The Big Caper (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Big Chance (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Black Ice (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Bombers B-52 (see: No Sleep Till Dawn)
• The Buckskin Lady (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Campbell’s Kingdom (UK - 1957)
• The Circle (see: Vicious Circle, The)
• The Crucible (see: Witches of Salem, The)

• Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Dead That Walk (Zombies of Mora Tau) (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Disembodied (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Freedom (Nigeria - 1957)
• Frontier Woman: Daughter of Davy Crockett (USA - 1956) (scope)

• The Giant Claw (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Hellcats of the Navy (USA - 1957 - bw)
• High Flight (UK - 1957) (scope)

• Invasion of the Hell Creatures (Invasion of the Saucer Men) (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Invasion of the Saucer Men (see: Invasion of the Hell Creatures)

• Jeanne Eagels (USA - 1957 - bw)

• A King in New York (UK - 1957 - bw)

• The Lebanese Mission (see: Woman From Lebanon, The)
• The Long Haul (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Lucky Jim (UK - 1957 - bw)

• Man in the Shadow /USA: Violent Stranger (UK - 1957 - bw)

• Nero’s Mistress (see: Nero's Weekend)
• Nero's Weekend (Mio figlio Nerone) /USA: Nero’s Mistress (It/Fr - 1956) (scope)
• The Night Runner (USA - 1957 - bw)
• No Sleep Till Dawn (Bombers B-52) (USA - 1957) (scope)

• Oh! For a Man! (Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?) (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)

• The Pajama Game (USA - 1957)
• Photo Finish (see: Short Head)

• Revolt at Fort Laramie (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Right to Be Born (El derecho de nacer) (Mex/Cuba - 1952 - bw)

• Screaming Eagles (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Seven Thunders /USA: The Beasts of Marseilles (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Short Cut to Hell (USA - 1957 - bw) (VistaVision)
• Short Head (Courte tête) /USA: Photo Finish (Fr - 1956 - bw)
• Strange Intruder (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Sunset in Naples (Quando tramonta il sole) (It - 1955) (scope)

• Treasure of Bengal (Il tesoro del Bengala) (It/Fr - 1953)
• Twenty Million Miles to Earth [see: 20 Million Miles to Earth]

• The Unknown Terror (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• The Vicious Circle /USA: The Circle (UK - 1957 - bw)
• The Violators (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Violent Stranger (see: Man in the Shadow)
• Voodoo Island (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Wayward Girl (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (see: Oh! For a Man!)
• The Witches of Salem (Les sorcières de Salem) /USA: The Crucible (Fr/E.Ger - 1957 - bw)
• The Woman From Lebanon (La châtelaine du Liban) /USA: The Lebanese Mission (Fr/It - 1956) (scope)

• Zombies of Mora Tau (see: Dead That Walk, The)

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August 1957 (End as a Man)

• The Abductors (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• The Abominable Snowman /USA: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (UK - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (see: Abominable Snowman, The)
• Account Rendered (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Across the Bridge (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Action of the Tiger (UK - 1957) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

• The Adventures of Sgts. Doubleday and Ames (USA - 1957 - 9 chapters - bw) ¹

• An Affair to Remember (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)

• Apache Warrior (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• Atoms for Peace (Атомная энергия для мирных целей) (USSR - 1956)

• The Badge of Marshal Brennan (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Band of Angels (USA - 1957)
• Bernardine (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• The Brass Legend (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Calypso Heat Wave (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Crazy in the Noodle (see: Hair in the Soup, A)

• The Delicate Delinquent (USA - 1956 - bw) (VistaVision)
• The D.I. (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Domino Kid (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Don Juan (see: Great Lover, The)

• End as a Man (The Strange One) (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Five on a Treasure Island (serial) (UK - 1957 - 8 chapters - bw)
• The Flesh is Weak (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Full of Life (USA - 1956 - bw)

• God is My Partner (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Great Lover (Don Juan) (Fr/Sp/It - 1955)

• A Hair in the Soup (Comme un cheveu sur la soupe) /USA: Crazy in the Noodle (Fr - 1957 - bw)
• Hell’s Crossroads (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• House of Numbers (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

• The James Dean Story (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Lady of Vengeance (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Light Fingers (UK - 1957 - bw)

• Man of a Thousand Faces (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Man Who Turned to Stone (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Night Passage (USA - 1957) (Technirama)
• No Time for Tears (UK - 1957) (scope)

• Omar Khayyam (USA - 1956) (VistaVision)
• Operation Mad Ball (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Rogue’s Yarn (UK - 1956 - bw)

• Senso (see: Wanton Countess, The)
• The Seventh Sin (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)
• Seven Years in Tibet (UK - 1956)
• The Story of Esther Costello (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Strange One (see: End as a Man)

• Untamed Youth (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Wanton Countess (Senso) (It - 1954)

¹ Compilation of material from eight films in a series initiated by Tanks a Million (1941), re-edited into serial format.

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Updated 22 Aug 2023.

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July 1957 (Sweet Smell of Success)

• 3:10 to Yuma (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Le 7e commandement [see: Seventh Commandment, The]

• After the Ball (UK - 1957)
• The Bachelor Party (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Booby Trap (UK - 1956 - bw)
• The Brothers Rico (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Calypso Joe (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Crime and Punishment (Crime et chatiment) (Fr - 1956 - bw)
• Crime in the Streets (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Dangerous Youth (see: These Dangerous Years)
• Date With Disaster (UK - 1957 - bw)
• The Desk Set (see: His Other Woman)
• Dragoon Wells Massacre (USA - 1957) (scope)
• Dragstrip Girl (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Élisa (see: That Girl Elisa)
• La escondida [see: Hidden Woman, The]

• A Hatful of Rain (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)
• The Heart Within (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Hell Drivers (UK - 1957 - bw) (VistaVision)
• The Hidden Woman (La escondida) (Mex - 1956)
• His Other Woman (The Desk Set) (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• Hot Rod Rumble (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Hypnotist /USA: Scotland Yard Dragnet (UK - 1956 - bw)

• Interlude (USA - 1957) (scope)
• Island in the Sun (UK - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• I Was a Teenage Werewolf (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Jungle Heat (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Little Hut (USA - 1956) (Perspecta Sound)
• Little Mook (Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck) /USA: The Story of Little Mook (E.Ger - 1953 - bw)
• The Long, Long Trail (Texas to Bataan) (USA - 1942 - bw)
• Love in the Afternoon (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Loving You (USA - 1957) (VistaVision)
• Lucky to Be a Woman (La fortuna di essere donna) (Fr/It - 1955 - bw)
• Lure of the Swamp (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s’est echappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) (Fr - 1956 - bw)
• Man From Tangier /USA: Thunder Over Tangier (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Manuela /USA: Stowaway Girl (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Marguerite de la nuit /USA: Marguerite of the Night (Fr/It - 1955)
• Marguerite of the Night (see: Marguerite de la nuit)
• The Monster That Challenged the World (USA - 1957 - bw and col)

• The Night the World Exploded (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Othello (Отелло) (USSR - 1955)
• Outlaw’s Son (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Poisoner (Soupçons) (Fr - 1956 - bw)

• Scotland Yard Dragnet (see: Hypnotist, The)
• The Story of Little Mook (see: Little Mook)
• Stowaway Girl (see: Manuela)
• Sweet Smell of Success (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Texas to Bataan (see: Long, Long Trail, The)
• That Girl Elisa (Élisa) (Fr - 1956)
• These Dangerous Years /USA: Dangerous Youth (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Thunder Over Tangier (see: Man From Tangier)
• Timeless Temiar (Malay - 1956)
• Time Lock (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Two Friends (Два друга) (USSR - 1955 - bw)

• The Vampire (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Wayward Bus (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)
• Westward Ho the Wagons (USA - 1956) (scope)

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Updated 6 Dec 2022.

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June 1957 (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral)

• At the Stroke of Nine (UK - 1957 - bw)

• Badlands of Montana (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Bride is Too Beautiful (La mariée est trop belle) /USA: Her Bridal Night (Fr - 1956 - bw)
• The Burglar (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Calling Homicide (USA - 1956 - bw)
• China Gate (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)

• Face in the Night /USA: Menace in the Night (UK - 1956 - bw)
• Five Clues to Fortune (serial) (UK - 1956 - 8 chapters - bw)

• The Garment Jungle (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (USA - 1957) (VistaVision)

• The Happy Road (USA/Fr - 1956 - bw) (Perspecta Sound)
• Her Bridal Night (see: Bride is Too Beautiful, The)
• Hot Shots (USA - 1956 - bw)
• How to Murder a Rich Uncle (UK - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• The Incredible Shrinking Man (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Joe Dakota (USA - 1957)
• Jungle Beyond (Gjensyn med Jungelfolket) (Nor - 1950)

• The Key Man /USA: Life at Stake (UK - 1957 - bw)
• The Kid From Canada (UK - 1957 - bw)

• Law of the Streets (La loi des rues) (Fr - 1956 - bw)
• Life at Stake (see: Key Man, The)
• Lizzie (USA - 1957 - bw) (Perspecta Sound)
• La loi des rues [see: Law of the Streets]

• Menace in the Night (see: Face in the Night)
• Miracle in Soho (UK - 1957)
• Monkey on My Back (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Phantom Stagecoach (USA - 1957 - bw)
• The Prince and the Showgirl (UK - 1957)

• The Red Inn (L’auberge rouge) (Fr - 1951 - bw)
• Ride the High Iron (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Rising of the Moon (Ire/USA - 1957 - bw)
• Rock Around the World (see: Tommy Steele Story, The)
• Rock You Sinners (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Rumble on the Docks (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Saint Joan (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Second Fiddle (UK - 1957 - bw)

• The Seventh Commandment (Le septième commandement) (Fr - 1956 - bw) [MFB]

• Something of Value (USA - 1957 - bw) (Perspecta Sound)

• The Tall T (USA - 1957)
• Tea and Sympathy (USA - 1956) (scope) [2.55:1] (4-channel)
• The Tommy Steele Story /USA: Rock Around the World (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Typhoon Over Nagasaki (Typhon sur Nagasaki) (Fr/Jpn - 1956)

• The Unholy Wife (USA - 1957) ¹

• The Vintage (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

• The Way to the Gold (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)
• Wild Barbara (Divá Bára) (Czech - 1948 - bw)
• Woman of the Red Sea (Africa sotto i mari) (It - 1953)

• The Young Don’t Cry (USA - 1957 - bw)

¹ Cropped from 2.00:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as ‘RKO-Scope’.

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Updated 29 Aug 2023.

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