Overview of the events of 1957 in film
Overview of the events of 1957 in film
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. The Bridge on the River Kwai topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1957
Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Domestic rentals
|
1
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Columbia Pictures
|
$15,000,000[1]
|
2
|
Peyton Place
|
20th Century Fox
|
$11,000,000[1]
|
3
|
Sayonara
|
Warner Bros. Pictures
|
$10,500,000[1]
|
4
|
Search for Paradise
|
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
|
$6,500,000[1]
|
5
|
Old Yeller
|
Walt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution
|
$5,900,000[1]
|
6
|
Raintree County
|
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
|
$5,830,000[2]
|
7
|
Island in the Sun A Farewell to Arms
|
20th Century Fox
|
$5,000,000[3]
|
8
|
Pal Joey
|
Columbia Pictures
|
$4,700,000[3]
|
9
|
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
|
Paramount Pictures
|
$4,300,000[3]
|
10
|
Don't Go Near the Water
|
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
|
$4,265,000[2]
|
Top-grossing films by country
The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries.
Country |
Title |
Director |
Studio |
Revenue |
Admissions
|
France
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
David Lean
|
Columbia Pictures
|
—
|
13,481,750[4]
|
Germany
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
David Lean
|
Columbia Pictures
|
—
|
14,500,000[5]
|
India
|
Mother India
|
Mehboob Khan
|
Mehboob Productions
|
₹80,000,000[6] ($17,000,000)[7]
|
100,000,000[8]
|
Italy
|
The Ten Commandments
|
Cecil B. DeMille
|
Paramount Pictures
|
—
|
16,800,000[9]
|
Japan
|
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
|
Kunio Watanabe
|
Shintoho
|
¥800,000,000[10] ($2,220,000)[7]
|
20,000,000[11]
|
Soviet Union
|
The Sisters
|
Grigori Roshal
|
Mosfilm
|
10,625,000 Rbls ($2,656,000)[n 1]
|
42,500,000[12]
|
United Kingdom
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
David Lean
|
Columbia Pictures
|
—
|
12,600,000[15]
|
United States and Canada
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
David Lean
|
Columbia Pictures
|
$27,200,000[16]
|
54,400,000[16]
|
Notable films released in 1957
United States unless stated
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- 3:10 to Yuma, directed by Delmer Daves, starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin
- 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements, directed by Jean Cocteau
- 10th of May (Der 10. Mai) – (Switzerland)
- 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshall
- 1918 – (Finland)
- 20 Million Miles to Earth, starring William Hopper, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen
A
B
- Baby Face Nelson, starring Mickey Rooney
- Back Again, directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, written by Yusuf Sibai, starring Shoukry Sarhan, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and Salah Zulfikar – (Egypt)
- The Bachelor Party, directed by Delbert Mann, written by Paddy Chayefsky, starring Don Murray
- Band of Angels
- Barnacle Bill, starring Alec Guinness – (GB)
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring John Gielgud and Jennifer Jones – (GB)
- Beau James, a biopic starring Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Alexis Smith
- La Bestia humana (The Human Beast) – (Argentina)
- The Big Land, starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo
- Bitter Victory, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Richard Burton – (France/US)
- The Black Scorpion, starring Mara Corday, with special effects by Willis O'Brien
- Blue Murder at St Trinian's, starring Terry-Thomas and Joyce Grenfell – (GB)
- Bombers B-52, starring Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt
- Boy on a Dolphin, starring Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren
- The Bridge on the River Kwai, directed by David Lean, starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa – winner of 7 Oscars, 3 BAFTAS and 3 Golden Globes – (GB)
- Brothers in Law, starring Richard Attenborough and Ian Carmichael – (GB)
- The Brothers Rico, starring Richard Conte
- The Burglar, starring Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield (filmed in 1955 but released in 1957 due to sudden popularity of Mansfield)
C
D
- The D.I., directed by and starring Jack Webb
- Decision at Sundown, starring Randolph Scott
- The Delicate Delinquent, starring Jerry Lewis (his first film without Dean Martin) and Darren McGavin
- The Delinquents, directed by Robert Altman
- Designing Woman, starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall
- Desk Set, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
- The Devil's Hairpin, starring Cornel Wilde
- Do Aankhen Barah Haath (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) – (India)
- Don Quixote (Don Kikhot) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Don't Go Near the Water, starring Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Anne Francis
- Drango, starring Jeff Chandler
- Duped Till Doomsday (Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag) – (East Germany)
E
- Early Morning Chill (五更寒), directed by Yan Jizhou – (China)
- Edge of the City, directed by Martin Ritt, starring John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee
- The Enemy Below, produced and directed by Dick Powell, and starring Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, David Hedison
F
- A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan, written by Budd Schulberg, starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau
- Les Fanatiques (The Fanatics), starring Pierre Fresnay and Michel Auclair – (France)
- A Farewell to Arms, starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones
- A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister (Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen) – (Japan)
- Fathers and Sons (Padri e figli), directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
- Fear Strikes Out, starring Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden
- Fire Down Below, starring Rita Hayworth and Robert Mitchum
- The Flute and the Arrow (En Djungelsaga), directed by Arne Sucksdorff – (Sweden)
- Forty Guns, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Gene Barry
- Funny Face, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson
G
- The Garment Jungle, starring Lee J. Cobb and Gia Scala
- The Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas), directed by René Clair – (France/Italy)
- Gateway of India, starring Madhubala – (India)
- The Girl in Black Stockings, starring Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren
- The Girl in the Kremlin, starring Lex Barker and Zsa Zsa Gabor
- The Girl Most Likely, starring Jane Powell and Cliff Robertson
- Les Girls, aka Cole Porter's Les Girls, starring Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Mitzi Gaynor
- La grande strada azzurra (The Wide Blue Road) – (Italy)
- Gun for a Coward, starring Fred MacMurray
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, directed by John Sturges, starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
H
- The Halliday Brand, starring Joseph Cotten and Viveca Lindfors
- A Hatful of Rain, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa
- He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir), directed by Jules Dassin – (France)
- Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, directed by John Huston, starring Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum
- The Helen Morgan Story, starring Paul Newman and Ann Blyth
- Hell Drivers, directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stanley Baker, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan – (GB)
- Hour of Decision, starring Jeff Morrow and Hazel Court – (GB)
- The House of the Angel (La Casa del ángel) – (Argentina)
I
- I Am Waiting (Ore wa matteru ze) – (Japan)
- The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed by Jack Arnold, starring Grant Williams
- Interlude, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring June Allyson
- Island in the Sun, starring Dorothy Dandridge, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Harry Belafonte
- Istanbul, starring Errol Flynn
J
- Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley
- Jamboree, featuring Dick Clark, Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino
- Jeanne Eagels, starring Kim Novak
- Jet Pilot, starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh
- Joe Butterfly, starring Audie Murphy and Burgess Meredith
- Johnny Tremain, starring Hal Stalmaster and Sebastian Cabot
- The Joker Is Wild, starring Frank Sinatra, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Mitzi Gaynor
K
L
- The Land Unknown, starring Jock Mahoney
- Legend of the Lost, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, Kurt Kasznar
- Let's Be Happy, starring Vera-Ellen and Tony Martin – (GB)
- The Little Hut, starring Ava Gardner – (GB/US)
- Love in the Afternoon, directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder with I. A. L. Diamond, starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
- Loving You, starring Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey
- The Lower Depths (Donzoko), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
M
- Man of a Thousand Faces, biopic of Lon Chaney, starring James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Roger Smith, Robert Evans (as Irving Thalberg)
- A Matter of Dignity (To teleftaio psema), directed by Michael Cacoyannis – (Greece)
- Mayabazar (Fantasy Bazaar), starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
- Mayerling, a TV film starring Audrey Hepburn
- Men in War, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray
- Miracles of Thursday (Los jueves, milagro), directed by Luis García Berlanga, starring Richard Basehart – (Spain)
- Mister Cory, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Kathryn Grant
- The Monolith Monsters, starring Grant Williams and Lola Albright
- The Monster That Challenged the World, starring Tim Holt
- Mother India, starring Nargis – (India)
- My Gun Is Quick, starring Robert Bray (as Mike Hammer)
- The Mysterians (Chikyū Bōeigun), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
N
- N.Y., N.Y., a documentary film by Francis Thompson
- The Naked Truth, starring Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers – (GB)
- Naya Daur (New Era), directed by B. R. Chopra, starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala – (India)
- Night of the Demon, (Curse of the Demon), directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews – (GB)
- Night Passage, starring James Stewart
- Nightfall, starring Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft
- Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria), directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
- Nine Lives (Ni Liv) – (Norway)
O
- Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven
- The Oklahoman, starring Joel McCrea and Barbara Hale
- Old Yeller, Walt Disney film, starring Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran
- Omar Khayyam, starring Cornel Wilde, John Derek, Debra Paget, Yma Sumac
- The One That Got Away, starring Hardy Krüger – (GB)
- Operation Mad Ball, starring Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs
- An Osaka Story (Osaka Monogatari) – (Japan)
- The Outcry (Il Grido), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Steve Cochran and Alida Valli – (Italy)
P
- The Pajama Game, starring Doris Day
- Pal Joey, directed by George Sidney, starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak
- Paths of Glory, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
- Paying Guest, starring Dev Anand – (India)
- Perri, a Disney animated film
- Peyton Place, based on novel by Grace Metalious, starring Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin, starring Van Johnson and Claude Rains
- The Pride and the Passion, starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren
- The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier (who also directed)
- Public Pigeon No. 1, starring Red Skelton
- Pyaasa (Thirsty), directed by and starring Guru Dutt – (India)
Q
R
S
- The Sad Sack, starring Jerry Lewis and Peter Lorre
- Saint Joan, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jean Seberg – (GB/U.S.)
- Sayonara, directed by Joshua Logan, starring Marlon Brando, James Garner, Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki
- The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow – (Sweden)
- The Shiralee, starring Peter Finch – (GB)
- Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend, starring Randolph Scott and Angie Dickinson
- Silk Stockings, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse
- The Singing Ringing Tree (Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) – (East Germany)
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, starring Richard Egan and Walter Matthau (see also ballet Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
- Sleepless (la anam), starring Faten Hamama, Yehia Chehine and Omar Sharif – (Egypt)
- The Smallest Show on Earth, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers – (GB)
- The Snow Queen (Snezhnaya koroleva) an animated film – (USSR)
- Something of Value, starring Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier
- The Spirit of St. Louis, starring James Stewart in a biopic of Charles Lindbergh
- Spring Reunion, starring Betty Hutton and Dana Andrews
- Stopover Tokyo, starring Robert Wagner and Joan Collins
- The Story of Esther Costello, starring Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears – (GB)
- The Strange One, starring Ben Gazzara and George Peppard
- The Strange World of Planet X (The Cosmic Monsters), starring Forrest Tucker – (Britain)
- Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, written by Ernest Lehman, starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis
T
- The Tall T, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Randolph Scott and Richard Boone
- The Deadly Mantis, starring Craig Stevens and William Hopper
- The Giant Claw, starring Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday
- Tammy and the Bachelor, starring Debbie Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen
- The Tattered Dress, starring Jeanne Crain, Jeff Chandler, Jack Carson
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms, starring Dean Martin
- The Three Faces of Eve, starring Joanne Woodward and Lee J. Cobb
- Three Violent People, starring Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Forrest Tucker
- Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
- Time Limit, directed by Karl Malden, starring Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, June Lockhart
- The Tin Star, starring Anthony Perkins, Henry Fonda, Betsy Palmer
- Tip on a Dead Jockey, starring Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Jack Lord
- Tizoc, starring Pedro Infante and María Félix – (Mexico)
- Top Secret Affair, starring Kirk Douglas and Susan Hayward
- The Tough (Al-Fetewa) – (Egypt)
- Tumsa Nahin Dekha, starring Shammi Kapoor – (India)
U
V
W
- The Way to the Gold, starring Jeffrey Hunter and Sheree North
- The Wayward Bus, starring Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey
- White Nights (Le Notti Bianche), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Maria Schell and Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
- Whom God Forgives (Amanecer en Puerta Oscura) – (Spain)
- Wild Is the Wind, starring Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn
- Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Bibi Andersson and Victor Sjöström – (Sweden)
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, starring Jayne Mansfield (reprising her Broadway role) and Tony Randall
- The Wings of Eagles, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara (their 4th film together)
- Witness for the Prosecution, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
- Woman in a Dressing Gown, directed by J. Lee Thompson – (GB)
Y
Z