List of American films of 1958 explained

A list of American films released in 1958. The musical romantic comedy film Gigi won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

A-B

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Ambush at Cimarron PassWestern 20th Century Fox
Andy Hardy Comes HomeComedy MGM
Anna Lucasta United Artists
Remake of 1949 film
Apache TerritoryWestern Columbia
As Young as We Are Drama Paramount
Attack of the 50 Foot WomanScience fiction Allied Artists
Attack of the Puppet PeopleScience fiction AIP
Auntie MameRosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Forrest TuckerComedy Warner Bros.
5 Academy Award nominations
The BadlandersWestern MGM
Badman's Country Western Warner Bros.
The Barbarian and the GeishaAdventure 20th Century Fox
Bell, Book and CandleComedy Columbia
The Big Beat Musical Universal
The Big CountryGregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean SimmonsWestern United Artists
Oscar for Ives
The BlobHorror Paramount
Remade in 1988. 1988 film
Blood ArrowWestern 20th Century Fox
Bonjour TristesseDrama Columbia
Born Reckless Western Warner Bros.
The Brain EatersScience fictionAIP
The BravadosWestern 20th Century Fox
The Brothers KaramazovDrama MGM
The BuccaneerAnthony QuinnAdventureParamount
Buchanan Rides AloneWestern Columbia
BullwhipWestern Allied Artists

C-F

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Case Against Brooklyn Drama Columbia
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofDrama MGM
based on Tennessee Williams play; 6 Academy Award nominations
Cattle Empire Western 20th Century Fox
A Certain SmileDrama 20th Century Fox
based on book by Françoise Sagan
China DollWar romance United Artists
Cole Younger, Gunfighter Western Allied Artists
The Colossus of New YorkScience fiction Paramount
The Cool and the CrazyDrama AIP
Cop Hater Crime United Artists
Corridors of Blood Horror MGM. Co-production with the UK
Country Music Holiday Musical Paramount
CowboyWestern Columbia
Crash Landing Drama Columbia
final film of Nancy Reagan
The Cry Baby KillerJoe Addis Crime Allied Artists
Cry Terror! Thriller MGM
Curse of the Faceless Man Horror United Artists
Daddy-OLou Place Comedy AIP
Damn Citizen Universal
Damn YankeesMusical Warner Bros.
based on the stage musical
Darby's RangersWilliam WellmanWar Warner Bros.
Day of the Badman Western Universal[1]
The Decks Ran RedAndrew L. StoneDrama MGM
The Deep SixWar drama Warner Bros.
The Defiant OnesDrama UA
6 Oscar nominations
Desert Hell Adventure 20th Century Fox
Desire Under the ElmsDelbert MannDramaParamount
based on Eugene O'Neill play
Diamond Safari Gerald Mayer Adventure 20th Century Fox
Dragstrip Riot Drama AIP
Earth vs. the SpiderBert I. GordonScience fictionAIP
Edge of Fury Drama United Artists
Enchanted Island Adventure RKO
The Fearmakers United Artists
The Female Animal Drama Universal
The Fiend Who Walked the WestWestern 20th Century Fox
The Flame BarrierPaul LandresScience fiction United Artists
Flaming Frontier Western 20th Century Fox
Flood Tide Drama Universal
The FlyKurt NeumannScience fiction 20th Century Fox
remade in 1986
Fort Bowie Western United Artists
Fort Dobbs Western Warner Bros.
Fort MassacreWestern United Artists
Fortune Is a Woman Columbia. Co-production with the UK
Frankenstein 1970HorrorAllied Artists
Frankenstein's DaughterHorror Astor
Fraulein Drama 20th Century Fox
From Hell to TexasWestern 20th Century Fox
From the Earth to the MoonScience fiction Warner Bros.
Frontier Gun Western 20th Century Fox

G-K

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Gang War Crime drama 20th Century Fox
The Geisha BoyComedy Paramount
Ghost of the China Sea David Brian, Jonathan Haze, Mel PrestidgeWar Columbia
The Gift of LoveDrama 20th Century Fox
GigiMusical MGM
won 9 Academy Awards
The Girl Most LikelyComedy RKO
Girl in the Woods Drama Republic
Girl on the RunDrama Warner Bros.
TV series pilot
Girls on the Loose Universal
God's Little AcreDramaUnited Artists
The GoddessDrama Columbia
Going Steady Comedy Columbia
Gun Fever Western United Artists
Gunman's Walk Western Columbia
The Gun Runners United Artists
Gunsmoke in Tucson Western Allied Artists
Handle with Care Drama MGM
Harry Black Adventure 20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK
Hell's Five Hours Jack L. Copeland Thriller Allied Artists
The High Cost of Loving Comedy drama MGM
High School ConfidentialCrime drama MGM
Home Before Dark Drama Warner Bros.
Hong Kong Affair Crime Allied Artists
Hong Kong Confidential Thriller United Artists
The Hot Angel Joe Parker Drama Paramount
Hot Car Girl Bernard L. KowalskiCrime Allied Artists
Hot Rod Gang Drama AIP
Hot Spell Drama Paramount
HouseboatCary Grant, Sophia Loren, Harry GuardinoComedy Paramount
How to Make a MonsterHorrorAIP
The HuntersDick PowellWar 20th Century Fox
I Accuse! Drama MGM. Co-production with the UK
I Bury the LivingHorrorUnited Artists
I Married a Monster from Outer SpaceScience fictionParamount
I Married a Woman Comedy RKO, Universal
I, Mobster Crime 20th Century Fox
I Want to Live!Robert WiseBiography United Artists
Oscar for Hayward
Imitation GeneralWar comedy MGM
In Love and WarPhilip DunneWar 20th Century Fox
In the MoneyComedy Allied Artists
final Bowery Boys film
The Inn of the Sixth HappinessBiography 20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK.
Invisible Avenger Crime Republic
Island Women Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards, Marilee Earle Drama United Artists
It! The Terror from Beyond SpaceScience fiction United Artists
Jet Attack War AIP
Johnny Rocco Crime Allied Artists
Joy RideCrime Allied Artists
Juvenile Jungle Drama Republic
Kathy O' Comedy Universal
The Key War Columbia. Co-production with the UK
King CreoleMusicalParamount
Kings Go ForthWarUnited Artists

L-R

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Lady Takes a Flyer Romance Universal
Lafayette EscadrilleWar Warner Bros.
The Last HurrahDrama Columbia
The Last of the Fast Guns Western Universal[2]
The Law and Jake WadeWestern MGM
The Left Handed GunArthur PennWesternWarner Bros.
story of Billy the Kid
Let's RockHarry FosterMusical Columbia
Life Begins at 17 Drama Columbia
The Light in the ForestAdventure Disney
The LineupDon SiegelColumbia
Live Fast, Die YoungPaul HenreidUniversal
LonelyheartsVincent J. DonehueFilm noirUnited Artists
based on Nathanael West novel
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold Western United Artists
The Long, Hot SummerDrama 20th Century Fox
based on story by William Faulkner
Lost, Lonely and Vicious Frank Myers Drama Howco
Lost Lagoon Drama United Artists
The Lost Missile Science fiction United Artists
Macabre Horror
Machete Drama United Artists
Machine-Gun KellyCrime AIP
Man in the Shadow Western Universal
Man from God's Country Western
Man of the WestAnthony MannWestern United Artists
Man or Gun Western Republic
The Man Who Died Twice Crime Republic
Maracaibo Drama Paramount
Mardi Gras Musical 20th Century Fox
Marjorie MorningstarNatalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Claire TrevorDrama Warner Bros.
based on a novel by Herman Wouk
The MatchmakerComedy Paramount
based on Thornton Wilder play
Me and the ColonelComedy Columbia
Golden Globe for Kaye
Merry AndrewMusical MGM
Missile to the MoonRichard E. CunhaScience fictionAstor
The Missouri Traveler Drama Disney
Money, Women and Guns Western Universal[3]
Monster on the CampusJack ArnoldScience fiction Universal
The Mugger Drama United Artists
Murder by ContractColumbia
The Naked and the Dead War RKO
from novel by Norman Mailer
The Naked MajaAdventure United Artists. Co-production with Italy
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed Comedy 20th Century Fox
No Place to Land Drama Republic
No Time for SergeantsComedy Warner Bros.
based on Broadway play, novel by Mac Hyman
The Notorious Mr. Monks Drama Republic
The Old Man and the SeaAdventure Warner Bros.
from Ernest Hemingway novel
Once Upon a Horse... Western Universal[4]
OnionheadNorman TaurogComedy Warner Bros.
Outcasts of the CityDrama Republic
Paris HolidayGerd OswaldComedyUnited Artists
The Party Crashers Bernard GirardDrama Paramount
Party GirlNicholas RayFilm noirMGM
The Perfect FurloughComedy Universal
The Proud RebelMichael CurtizAlan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean JaggerWestern Disney
Quantrill's Raiders Western Allied Artists
Queen of Outer SpaceEdward BerndsScience fiction Allied Artists
The Quiet AmericanWar drama United Artists
based on the novel
Rally Round the Flag, Boys!Comedy20th Century Fox
Raw Wind in Eden Universal
The Reluctant DebutanteComedyMGM
The Restless Years Universal
The Return of Dracula HorrorUnited Artists
Return to Warbow Western Columbia
Revolt in the Big House Crime Allied Artists
Ride a Crooked TrailWesternUniversal
Rock-A-Bye BabyComedy Paramount
The Roots of HeavenAdventure20th Century Fox
Run Silent, Run DeepWar United Artists
Rx Murder Crime 20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK

S-Z

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Saddle the WindWestern MGM
Rod Serling script
The Saga of Hemp Brown Western Universal
Screaming MimiGerd OswaldColumbia
The Screaming Skull Science Fiction AIP
Senior Prom Musical Columbia
Separate TablesDelbert MannDrama United Artists
based on the play; Oscar for Niven
Seven Hills of Rome Musical MGM
The Seventh Voyage of SinbadNathan H. JuranAdventure Columbia
She Demons Science Fiction Astor
She Gods of Shark ReefAdventure AIP
The SheepmanWesternMGM
Showdown at Boot Hill Western 20th Century Fox
Sierra Baron James B. ClarkWestern 20th Century Fox
Sing Boy SingMusical 20th Century Fox
Some Came RunningFrank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaineDramaMGM
novel by James Jones; 5 Oscar nominations
South Pacific Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Musical 20th Century Fox
3 Oscar nominations; based on Broadway show
The Space Children Science Fiction Paramount
Space Master X-7 Science Fiction 20th Century Fox
Spy in the Sky! Thriller Allied Artists
St. Louis Blues Allen Reisner Musical Paramount
Stage StruckDrama RKO
Stakeout on Dope StreetIrvin KershnerAbby Dalton, Yale Wexler, Jonathan HazeCrimeWarner Bros.
Step Down to Terror Universal
Street of Darkness Robert G. Walker Adventure Republic
Suicide Battalion Mike Connors, John Ashley, Russ BenderWar AIP
Summer Love Comedy Universal
Tarawa Beachhead War Columbia
Tarzan's Fight for Life Adventure MGM
Teacher's PetGeorge SeatonComedy Paramount
Teenage Cave Man Science Fiction AIP
Ten Days to Tulara Western United Artists
Ten North FrederickPhilip DunneGary Cooper, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Suzy ParkerDrama20th Century Fox
based on John O'Hara novel
Terror from the Year 5000 Robert J. Gurney Jr. Science Fiction AIP
Terror in a Texas TownWestern United Artists
The Thing That Couldn't Die Science Fiction Universal
Thundering Jets Drama 20th Century Fox
Thunder RoadCrime United Artists
A Time to Love and a Time to DieDrama Universal
Tom ThumbMusical MGM. Co-production with the UK
Tonka Western Disney
Too Much, Too SoonArt NapoleonBiography Warner Bros.
biography of Diana Barrymore
Torpedo RunWar MGM
Touch of EvilOrson WellesCharlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson WellesFilm noirUniversal
Toughest Gun in Tombstone Western United Artists
The True Story of Lynn StuartBiography Columbia
The Tunnel of LoveComedy MGM
Twilight for the GodsAdventure Universal-International
Underwater Warrior War MGM
VertigoParamount
rated among greatest films
The VikingsAdventure United Artists
Violent RoadDrama Warner Bros.
Villa!! Western 20th Century Fox
Voice in the Mirror Universal
War of the Colossal Beast Science Fiction AIP
War of the Satellites Science Fiction Allied Artists
When Hell Broke Loose Kenneth G. Crane War Paramount
The Whole Truth Crime drama Columbia. Co-production with the UK
Wild Heritage Western Universal
Wind Across the Everglades Drama Warner Bros.
Wink of an Eye Winston JonesComedy United Artists
Wolf Dog Drama 20th Century Fox
Wolf Larsen Adventure Allied Artists
The World Was His Jury Drama Columbia
Young and Wild Crime Republic
The Young LionsMarlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean MartinWar 20th Century Fox
based on Irwin Shaw novel

Documentaries

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
White WildernessDocumentaryDisney
WindjammerBill Colleran, Louis De Rochemont IIIDocumentary Voyage of the Christian Radich

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Day of the Bad Man. 2021-06-16. www.tcm.com.
  2. Web site: The Last of the Fast Guns. 2021-06-16. www.tcm.com.
  3. Web site: Money, Women and Guns. 2021-06-16. www.tcm.com.
  4. Web site: Once Upon a Horse.... 2021-06-16. www.tcm.com.