May 1957 (The Curse of Frankenstein)

• The Admirable Crichton /USA: Paradise Lagoon (UK - 1957) (VistaVision)

• Attack of the Crab Monsters (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Beau James: The Life and Times of Jimmy Walker (USA - 1957) (VistaVision)
• The Big Boodle (see: Night in Havana)
• The Big Land (see: Stampeded)
• Boy on a Dolphin (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• The Buster Keaton Story (USA - 1957 - bw) (VistaVision)

• Cannibal Attack (USA - 1954 - bw)
• Casanova (Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova) /USA: Sins of Casanova (It/Fr - 1955)
• City After Midnight (see: That Woman Opposite)
• The Cruel Tower (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Curse of Frankenstein (UK - 1957)

• Daniele Cortis (see: Elena)
• The Daughter of Mata-Hari (La figlia di Mata Hari) /USA: Mata Hari’s Daughter (It/Fr - 1954)
• A Day Came (Der kom en dag) (Den - 1955 - bw)

• Elena (Daniele Cortis) (It - 1946 - bw)

• Female Jungle (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Fire Down Below (UK/USA - 1957) (scope)
• Friends for Life (Amici per la pelle) /USA: The Woman in the Painting (It/Fr/Sp - 1955 - bw)
• The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Girl in Black Stockings (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Half-Human (USA/Jpn - 1957 - bw) ¹
• Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• Hell’s Horizon (USA - 1955 - bw)
• Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways (serial) (USA - 1946 - 15 chapters - bw)
• Hour of Decision (UK - 1957 - bw)

• Joe Butterfly (USA - 1957) (scope)

• Kill Me Tomorrow (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Kronos (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• Last of the Badmen (USA - 1957) (scope)
• Let’s Be Happy (UK - 1957) (scope)
• The Lonely Man (USA - 1957 - bw) (VistaVision)

• Man Afraid (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• Man in the Shadow (see: Pay the Devil)
• The Man Without a Body (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Mata Hari's Daughter (see: Daughter of Mata-Hari, The)
• Monster From Green Hell (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Naked Paradise (USA - 1956)
• Night in Havana (The Big Boodle) (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Not of This Earth (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Obsession (Fr/It - 1954)
• The Oklahoman (USA - 1957) (scope)

• Pay the Devil (Man in the Shadow) (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• Paradise Lagoon (see: Admirable Crichton, The)
• Pepote (Mi tío Jacinto) (Sp/It - 1956 - bw)
• Public Pigeon No. One (USA - 1956)

• The Shadow on the Window (USA - 1957 - bw)
• She-Devil (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Shiralee (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Silk Stockings (USA - 1957) (scope) (Perspecta Sound)
• Sins of Casanova (see: Casanova)
• The Spirit of St. Louis (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• Stampeded (The Big Land) (USA - 1956)
• The Steel Bayonet (UK - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• Stranger in Town (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Suicide Mission (Shetlands gjengen) (Nor/UK - 1954 - bw)

• That Woman Opposite /USA: City After Midnight (UK - 1957 - bw)
• This Could Be the Night (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)
• Trouble for the Legion (Legione straniera) (It/Fr - 1952 - bw)

• Valerie (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Voodoo Woman (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Wakamba! (USA - 1955 - bw)
• The Woman in the Painting (see: Friends for Life)

• The Young Stranger (USA - 1957 - bw)

¹ Comprised of newly-shot American material intercut with footage from the Japanese film 獣人雪男 (1955), intended for the US marketplace.

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April 1957 (12 Angry Men)

12 Angry Men (1956)

• 12 Angry Men (USA - 1956 - bw)

• 3 for Jamie Dawn [see: Three for Jamie Dawn]

• The Accursed (see: Traitor, The)
• Air Strike (USA - 1955 - bw)

• Bailout at 43,000 (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Battle Hell (see: Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst)
• Big Time Operators (see: Smallest Show on Earth, The)

• Calypso (Manfish) (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Carry On Admiral /USA: The Ship Was Loaded (UK - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• Checkmate (USA/Swz - 1953 - bw)
• The Crooked Sky (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Cut-Throat (Le couteau sous la gorge) (Fr - 1956) (scope)

• Dark Venture (USA - 1956)
• The Day They Gave Babies Away (USA - 1956) ¹
• The Devil’s Pass (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Drango (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Edge of the City (see: Man is Ten Feet Tall, A)
• Eight Witnesses (UK/USA/W.Ger - 1954 - bw)

• Fear Strikes Out (USA - 1957 - bw) (VistaVision)
• Fighting Mad (UK - 1956 - bw)
• Flesh and the Spur (USA - 1956)
• Fort Yuma (USA - 1955)

• The Girl He Left Behind (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Harlem Rock 'n' Roll (Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue) (USA - 1955)
• High Tide at Noon (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Hot Summer Night (USA - 1957 - bw) (Perspecta Sound)

• Interpol /USA: Pickup Alley (UK - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• The Lost Continent (Continente perduto) (It - 1955) (scope)
• Lovers and Lollipops (USA - 1955 - bw)

• Mademoiselle de Paris /USA: Mademoiselle From Paris (Fr - 1955) (scope)
• Mademoiselle From Paris (see: Mademoiselle de Paris)
• Manfish (see: Calypso)
• A Man is Ten Feet Tall (Edge of the City) (USA - 1956 - bw) (Perspecta Sound)
• The Monte Carlo Story (USA/It - 1956) (Technirama) (4-channel)
• Murder Reported (UK - 1957 - bw)

• Pickup Alley (see: Interpol)

• The River’s Edge (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• Rock All Night (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue (see: Harlem Rock 'n' Roll)

• The Ship Was Loaded (see: Carry On Admiral)
• Showdown at Abilene (USA - 1957)
• Siren Song (TVM) (USA - 1956 - bw) ²
• The Smallest Show on Earth /USA: Big Time Operators (UK - 1957 - bw)
• South Sea Pirates (Aus - 1954) ³

• The State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж) (USSR - 1955) [MFB]

• Street of Sinners (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The Tattered Dress (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)
• The Teahouse of the August Moon (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)
• Three for Jamie Dawn (USA - 1957 - bw)
• Three in One (Aus - 1956 - bw)
• Train to Tombstone (USA - 1950 - bw)
• The Traitor /USA: The Accursed (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Twelve Angry Men [see: 12 Angry Men]

• Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst /USA: Battle Hell (UK - 1957 - bw)

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

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

³ Episodes of the TV series The Adventures of Long John Silver (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

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March 1957 (The James Brothers)

• Abandon Ship (see: Seven Waves Away)
• ...And God Created Woman (see: And Woman... Was Created)
• And Woman... Was Created (Et Dieu... créa la femme) /USA: ...And God Created Woman (Fr - 1956) (scope)
• Appointment With a Shadow (The Midnight Story) (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• Crowded Paradise (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Designing Woman (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

• Doctor at Large (UK - 1957) (VistaVision)
• Duel at Apache Wells (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

• Ellie (TVM) (USA - 1955 - bw) ¹
• Enemy From Space (see: Quatermass 2)

• Fernandel Joins the Army (Uniformes et grandes manoeuvres) (Fr - 1950 - bw)
• The Fighting Wildcats (see: West of Suez)
• Folies-Bergère (Fr - 1956)
• Fortune is a Woman /USA: She Played With Fire (UK - 1956 - bw)
• Four Bags Full (see: Pig Across Paris, A)
• Funny Face (USA - 1956) (VistaVision)

• The Good Companions (UK - 1956) (scope)
• The Guns of Fort Petticoat (USA - 1957)

• The Halliday Brand (USA - 1957 - bw)

• The James Brothers (The True Story of Jesse James) (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)

• The Last Cannibals (Blandt mennekeædere på Ny Guinea) (Den - 1954)
• Lock Up the Spoons (Les truands) (Fr - 1956 - bw)

• The Midnight Story (see: Appointment With a Shadow)

• Oh Men! Oh Women! (USA - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)

• A Pig Across Paris (La traversée de Paris) /USA: Four Bags Full (Fr/It - 1956 - bw)

• Quatermass 2 /USA: Enemy From Space (UK - 1957 - bw)

• Sea Wife (UK - 1957) (scope) (4-channel)
• Seven Waves Away /USA: Abandon Ship (UK - 1956 - bw)
• She Played With Fire (see: Fortune is a Woman)
• Sierra Stranger (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Silent Fear (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Storm Rider (USA - 1956 - bw) (scope)

• Tammy (Tammy and the Bachelor) (USA - 1957) (scope)
• Tammy and the Bachelor (see: Tammy)
• Ten Thousand Bedrooms (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)
• Their Secret Affair (Top Secret Affair) (USA - 1956 - bw)
• There’s Always a Thursday (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Time Without Pity (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Top Secret Affair (see: Their Secret Affair)
• La traversée de Paris [see: Pig Across Paris, A]
• The True Story of Jesse James (see: James Brothers, The)

• Utah Blaine (USA - 1957 - bw)

• West of Suez /USA: The Fighting Wildcats (UK - 1956 - bw)
• The Wings of Eagles (USA - 1956) (Perspecta Sound)
• Woman of Rome (La romana) (It/Fr - 1954 - bw)
• The Women of Pitcairn Island (USA - 1957 - bw) (scope)

¹ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Kings Row (1955-56).

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February 1957 (The Wrong Man)

• Adventures With the Lyons (UK - 1957 - 6 chapters - bw) ¹

• Alive on Saturday (UK - 1954 - bw)
• Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter (see: Is Anna Anderson Anastasia?)
• Attila (see: Attila the Hun)
• Attila the Hun (Attila) (It/Fr - 1954)

• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (UK - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)
• Battle Hymn (USA - 1957) (scope)
• Bitter Creek (USA - 1954 - bw)
• The Black Whip (USA - 1956 - bw) (scope)
• Brothers in-Law (UK - 1956 - bw)
• Bundle of Joy (USA - 1956) ²

• Cartouche (Le avventure di Cartouche) (It/Fr/USA - 1954)
• The Creature Walks Among Us (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Cyclops (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (USA - 1956) ³
• The Desperado (USA - 1954 - bw)

• Footsteps in the Night (USA - 1957 - bw)

• Gas-Oil /USA: Hi-Jack Highway (Fr - 1955 - bw)
• The Great Man (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Gunslinger (USA - 1956)

• Hi-Jack Highway (see: Gas-Oil)
• Hold Back the Night (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Hold That Hypnotist (USA - 1957 - bw)
• House of Dracula (USA - 1945 - bw)

• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre Dame de Paris) (Fr/It - 1956) (scope)

• Ill Met by Moonlight /USA: Night Ambush (UK - 1956 - bw) (VistaVision)
• Is Anna Anderson Anastasia? (Anastasia: Die letzte Zarentochter) /USA: Anastasia: The Czar’s Last Daughter (W.Ger - 1956 - bw)

• Kismet (USA - 1955) (scope) [2.55:1] (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

• Mister Cory (USA - 1957) (scope)
• The Mole People (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Night Ambush (see: Ill Met by Moonlight)
• No Road Back (UK - 1956 - bw)

• A Novel Affair (see: Passionate Stranger, The)

• The Passionate Stranger /USA: A Novel Affair (UK - 1956 - bw and col)

• The Quiet Gun (USA - 1956 - bw) (scope)

• The Rainmaker (USA - 1956) (VistaVision)
• Rock, Pretty Baby (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Roman Signorina (La bella di Roma) (It - 1955 - bw)
• Rustlers’ Hideout (USA - 1944 - bw)

• Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e.....) (It/Fr - 1955) (scope)
• The Secret Place (UK - 1956 - bw)
• Suspended Alibi (UK - 1956 - bw)

• Three Brave Men (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)
• Thunder Over Arizona (USA - 1956) (scope)
• Too Bad She's Bad (Peccato che sia una canaglia) (It - 1955 - bw)
• True as a Turtle (UK - 1956)

• Victory at Sea (TVM) (USA - 1953 - bw) ⁴

• The Wrong Man (USA - 1956 - bw)

• You Pay Your Money (UK - 1956 - bw)

¹ Serialised version of Life With the Lyons (1953). Though reworked in Feb 1957, and mentioned as a footnote on that date, the serial is registered in Feb 1954, along with the feature.

² Badly cropped from 1.85:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as ‘RKO-Scope’.

³ Episodes of the TV series Disneyland (1954-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

⁴ Compiled from material in a 1952 TV series of the same name.

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January 1957 (Giant)

• Accused of Murder (USA - 1956) (scope)
• Anastasia (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)
• Angels of Darkness (see: Forbidden Women)

• Baby Doll (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Beast of Hollow Mountain (USA/Mex - 1956) (scope)
• Behind the High Wall (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Black Sleep (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Boy Kumasenu (Ghana - 1951 - bw)
• Brink of Hell (Toward the Unknown) (USA - 1956)

• Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Chnouf (Razzia sur la chnouf) /USA: Razzia (Fr - 1954 - bw)
• The Counterfeit Plan (UK - 1956 - bw)

• Decision Against Time (see: Man in the Sky, The)
• Desired (La foire aux femmes) /USA: Tides of Passion (Fr/It - 1955)
• The Desperados Are in Town (USA - 1956 - bw) (scope)
• Don’t Knock the Rock (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Everything But the Truth (USA - 1956)

• Forbidden Women (Donne proibite) /USA: Angels of Darkness (It - 1953 - bw)
• Four Boys and a Gun (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Four Girls in Town (USA - 1956) (scope)

• Garden of Eden (X) (USA - 1954) ¹
• Giant (USA - 1956)
• The Girl Can’t Help It (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)
• The Girl in the Picture (UK - 1956 - bw)
• The Great American Pastime (USA - 1956 - bw) (Perspecta Sound)
• Gun for a Coward (USA - 1956) (scope)

• Hidden Guns (USA - 1956 - bw)
• His Two Loves (Puccini) /USA: Two Loves Had I... Puccini (It/Fr - 1953)
• Hit and Run (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Julie (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Kelly and Me (USA - 1956) (scope)
• The King and Four Queens (USA - 1956) (scope)

• Lisbon (USA - 1956) (scope)
• Lust for Life (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

• Madame du Barry (see: Mistress du Barry)
• Main Street to Broadway (USA - 1953 - bw)
• The Man in the Sky /USA: Decision Against Time (UK - 1956 - bw)
• Mistress Du Barry (Madame du Barry) (Fr/It - 1954)
• Money to Burn (Geld Soos Bossies) (S.Africa - 1955 - bw)

• Once Upon a Time (Une fée... pas comme les autres) /USA: The Secret of Magic Island (Fr/It - 1956)
• Operation Murder (UK - 1956 - bw)
• The Opposite Sex (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

• Pharaoh’s Curse (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Power and the Prize (USA - 1956 - bw) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)
• Puccini (see: His Two Loves)

• Razzia (see: Chnouf)
• Reprisal! (USA - 1956)
• Roman Tales (Racconto romani) (It/Fr - 1955) (scope)

• Scandal Incorporated (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Secret of Magic Island (see: Once Upon a Time)
• Slander (USA - 1956 - bw) (Perspecta Sound)

• Tides of Passion (see: Desired)
• Toward the Unknown (see: Brink of Hell)
• Town on Trial (UK - 1956 - bw)
• Treasure at the Mill (UK - 1957 - bw)
• Two Loves Had I... Puccini (see: His Two Loves)

• Zarak (UK - 1956) (scope)

¹ No BBFC certificate. Limited exhibition under licence. Finally classified in 1958.

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