1958 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1958.








30.    FIEND WITHOUT A FACE

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29.      MURDER BY CONTRACT

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                        WIND 

28.  ACROSS THE EVERGLADES

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27.        THE DEFIANT ONES

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26. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

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25.           I WANT TO LIVE!

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24.    BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE

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23.     THE VERY EYE OF NIGHT

22.      HORROR OF DRACULA

21.    BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE

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 CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE

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19.              AJANTRIK

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18.               THE BLOB

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17.      BONJOUR TRISTESSE

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16.          BITTER VICTORY

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15.         EQUINOX FLOWER

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14.       THE HORSE'S MOUTH

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13.   TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN

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12.    THE TARNISHED ANGELS

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11.     A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

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10.     SOME CAME RUNNING

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9.    CAIRO STATION  باب الحديد

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8.          THE SEVENTH SEAL

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7.       CURSE OF THE DEMON

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6.               MON ONCLE

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5.          MAN OF THE WEST

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4.         DEATH OF A CYCLIST

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3.              TOUCH OF EVIL

       [1998 "Reconstruction" cut]

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2.                  VERTIGO

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1.          PATHER PANCHALI

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of '58 I loved that could've placed)

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

THE BIG COUNTRY

A WALK IN
THE OLD CITY OF WARSAW

BLACK CAT MANSION

THE BADLANDERS

THE FIRST NIGHT

THE LAW AND JAKE WADE

THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD

THE LEFT HANDED GUN

KING CREOLE

THE VIKINGS

THE HAUNTED STRANGLER

THE GEISHA BOY

THE FLY

THE KNOT 

IN THE HANDKERCHIEF

THE REVENGE

OF FRANKENSTEIN

*****

1958

TOP 30

1. PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray)
2. VERTIGO (Hitchcock)
3. TOUCH OF EVIL (Welles)
4. DEATH OF A CYCLIST (Juan Antonio Bardem)
5. MAN OF THE WEST (Mann)
6. MON ONCLE (Tati)
7. NIGHT OF THE DEMON (Tourneur) 
8. SEVENTH SEAL (Bergman)
9. CAIRO STATION (Youssef Chahine)
10. SOME CAME RUNNING (Minnelli)
11. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (Roy Ward Baker)
12. TARNISHED ANGELS (Sirk)
13. TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (Joseph H. Lewis)
14. THE HORSE'S MOUTH (Neame)
15. EQUNIOX FLOWER (Ozu)
16. BITTER VICTORY (Nicholas Ray)
17. BONJOUR TRISTESSE (Preminger)
18. THE BLOB (Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.)
19. AJANTRIK (Ritwik Ghatak)
20. CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE (Gilbert)
21. BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (Richard Brooks)
22. HORROR OF DRACULA (Fisher)
23. THE VERY EYE OF NIGHT (Deren)
24. BELL BOOK AND CANDLE (Quine)
25. I WANT TO LIVE! (Wise)
26. OLD MAN AND THE SEA (John Sturges)
27. DEFIANT ONES (Kramer)
28. WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES (Nicholas Ray)
29. MURDER BY CONTRACT (Lerner)
30. FIEND WITHOUT A FACE (Crabtree)

RUNNER UP

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Richard Brooks), THE BIG COUNTRY (Wyler), A WALK IN THE OLD CITY OF WARSAW (Andrzej Munk), BLACK CAT MANSION (Nobuo Nakagawa), THE BADLANDERS (Daves), THE FIRST NIGHT (Franju), LAW & JAKE WADE (John Sturges), 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (Juran), LEFT HANDED GUN (Arthur Penn), KING CREOLE (Curtiz), THE VIKINGS (Richard Fleischer), HAUNTED STRANGLER (Robert Day), THE GEISHA BOY (Frank Tashlin), THE FLY (Kurt Neumann), KNOT IN THE HANDKERCHIEF (Týrlová/Pinkava), REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Fisher)