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

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, including Best Picture.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Top-grossing films by country

The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries.

Events

* January 14 – Legendary actor

Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart ( ; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart ...

dies at the age of 57 in Los Angeles from esophageal cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as '' Dead End'', '' The Maltese Falcon'', ''

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'', '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' and '' Sabrina'', and for '' To Have and Have Not'' and '' The Big Sleep'' co-starring with his wife

Lauren Bacall Betty Joan Perske (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014), professionally known as Lauren Bacall ( ), was an American actress. She was named the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the America ...

; Bogart was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won an

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for his performance in '' The African Queen''. In addition, he was named as 1 of the greatest actors of all-time. * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by

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. * May –

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's '' The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 –

Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, with a career spanning seven decades in film, stage, television and radio. Famously nicknamed as "Th ...

appears in his first film without

Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of ...

in '' The Delicate Delinquent''. * June –

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rejoins the

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, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied '' The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to quit the MPAA. * October 2 – '' Raintree County'' is the first film shot in MGM Camera 65. * October 16 – First

London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival held in London, England, in collaboration with the British Film Institute. Founded in 1957, the festival runs for two weeks every October. In 2016, the British Film Institute, BFI estim ...

held at the newly opened National Film Theatre. * December 6 –

's '' Wild Strawberries'' is released in Sweden. It goes on to win the

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at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1959.

Awards

Top ten money making stars

1957 film releases

*February 14 - ''

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'' (re-release) *July 3 - ''

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American Animated film, animated Coming of age, coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', the ...

'' (re-release)

Notable films released in 1957

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*'' 3:10 to Yuma'', directed by

Delmer Daves Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many Film genre, genres, including film noir and war film, warfare, but he is best known for his Western (genre ...

, starring

Glenn Ford Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of th ...

and Van Heflin *'' 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements'', directed by

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...

*'' 10th of May'' (Der 10. Mai) – (

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) *'' 12 Angry Men'', directed by

Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York City, New York dramas w ...

, starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshall *''

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'' – (

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

) *'' 20 Million Miles to Earth'', starring William Hopper, with special effects by

Ray Harryhausen Raymond Frederick Harryhausen (June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013) was an American-British animator and special effects creator who is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of both fields. In a career spanning more than 40 ...

A

*'' Aasha'', starring

Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly; ; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of modern India ...

, Vyjayanthimala and Asha Parekh – (

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

) *'' The Abominable Snowman'', starring Peter Cushing and Forrest Tucker – ( GB) *'' Across the Bridge'', starring

Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen Steiger ( ; April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely associ ...

– (GB) *''

The Admirable Crichton ''The Admirable Crichton'' is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie. Origins Barrie took the title from the sobriquet of a fellow Scotland, Scot, the polymath James Crichton, a 16th-century genius and athlete. The epigram-loving E ...

'', starring

Kenneth More Kenneth Gilbert More (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period ...

and Diane Cilento – (GB) *'' An Affair to Remember'', starring

Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English and American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he ...

and Deborah Kerr *'' All Mine to Give'', starring Glynis Johns and Cameron Mitchell *'' And Quiet Flows the Don'' (Tikhiy Don) – ( U.S.S.R.) *'' April Love'', starring

Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as ''Oklahoma! (film), Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel (fi ...

and

Pat Boone Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, television personality, radio host and philanthropist. He sold nearly 50 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and has acted in many films. Boone ...

*'' The Auntie from Chicago'' (I theia ap' to Chicago) – (

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)

B

*'' Baby Face Nelson'', starring

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last survivi ...

*'' Back Again'', directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, written by Yusuf Sibai, starring Shoukry Sarhan, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and

Salah Zulfikar Salah El-Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (, ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a Egyptian National Police, police officer, before becoming an actor in 1956. He is regarded as one o ...

– (

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

) *'' The Bachelor Party'', directed by

Delbert Mann Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film '' Marty'' (1955), adapted from a 1953 teleplay which he had also directed. ...

, written by Paddy Chayefsky, starring Don Murray *'' Band of Angels'' *'' Barnacle Bill'', starring

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– (GB) *'' The Barretts of Wimpole Street'', starring

John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud ( ; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Britis ...

and

Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned more than five decades, she was nomin ...

– ( GB) *''

Beau James ''Beau James'' is a 1957 American drama film directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas (actor), Paul Douglas and Alexis Smith. It is based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Gene Fowler. The film featu ...

'', a biopic starring

Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared ...

, Vera Miles, Alexis Smith *'' La Bestia humana'' (The Human Beast) – (

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) *'' The Big Land'', starring

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and Virginia Mayo *'' Bitter Victory'', directed by Nicholas Ray, starring

Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memor ...

– (

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/ US) *'' The Black Scorpion'', starring Mara Corday, with special effects by Willis O'Brien *'' Blue Murder at St Trinian's'', starring

Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 1911 – 8 January 1990) was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members ...

and

Joyce Grenfell Joyce Irene Grenfell (''née'' Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English diseuse, singer, actress and writer. She was known for the songs and monologues she wrote and performed, at first in revues and later in her solo show ...

– ( GB) *'' El Bolero de Raquel'', starring

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well ...

, Manola Saavedra and Flor Silvestre – (

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) *'' Bombers B-52'', starring

Natalie Wood Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress. She began acting at age four and co-starred at age eight in ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award f ...

, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt *'' Boy on a Dolphin'', starring

, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren *'' The Bridge on the River Kwai'', directed by

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He directed the large-scale epi ...

, starring

William Holden William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film '' Stalag 17'' (1953) and the Pri ...

, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa – winner of 7 Oscars, 3 BAFTAS and 3 Golden Globes – (GB) *'' Brothers in Law'', starring

Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and Film producer, producer. Attenborough was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Acade ...

and

Ian Carmichael Ian Gillett Carmichael, (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010) was an English actor who Ian Carmichael on stage, screen and radio, worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career that spanned seventy years. Born in Kingston upon ...

– ( 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

*'' The Careless Years'', starring Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, Barbara Billingsley *'' City of Gold'' – (

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) *'' Confessions of Felix Krull'' (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) – (

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) *'' Country Hotel'' (Rong Raem Narok) – (

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

) *'' The Cranes Are Flying'' (Letyat zhuravli), directed by

Mikhail Kalatozov Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov ( ka, მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი, ; 28 December 1903 – 26 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgians, Georgian origin who contributed to b ...

– winner of the

Palme d'Or The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...

– ( U.S.S.R.) *''

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'', starring Barbara Stanwyck,

Sterling Hayden Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor, author, sailor, and Marine. A leading man for most of his career, he specialized in Westerns and film noir throughout the 1950s, in film ...

, Raymond Burr *''

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'' (Les Sorcières de Salem), starring Simone Signoret and

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a ...

– (

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) *'' The Curse of Frankenstein'', starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee – ( GB)

D

*'' The D.I.'', directed by and starring

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*'' Decision at Sundown'', starring

Randolph Scott George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor, whose Hollywood career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in dramas, come ...

*'' The Delicate Delinquent'', starring

(his first film without

) and Darren McGavin *'' The Delinquents'', directed by

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He is considered an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era, known for directing subversive and sat ...

*'' Designing Woman'', starring

Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 12th-greatest male ...

and

*'' Desk Set'', starring

Spencer Tracy Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the ...

Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose Katharine Hepburn on screen and stage, career as a Golden Age of Hollywood, Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was known for her headstrong ...

, Gig Young *'' The Devil's Hairpin'', starring

Cornel Wilde Cornel Wilde (born Kornél Lajos Weisz; October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989) was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. Wilde's acting career began in 1935, when he made his debut on Broadway. In 1936 he began making small, uncredited ap ...

*''

Do Aankhen Barah Haath ''Do Aankhen Barah Haath'' () is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by V. Shantaram, who also starred. It is considered to be one of the classics of Hindi cinema and is based on humanistic psychology. It won a Silver Bear at the 8 ...

'' (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) – (

) *''

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'' (Don Kikhot) – ( U.S.S.R.) *'' Don't Go Near the Water'', starring

, Gia Scala, Anne Francis *'' Drango'', starring Jeff Chandler *'' Duped Till Doomsday'' (Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag) – (

)

E

*''Early Morning Chill'' (五更寒), directed by Yan Jizhou – (

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) *'' Edge of the City'', directed by Martin Ritt, starring

John Cassavetes John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often self- ...

, 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 Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...

, written by

Budd Schulberg Budd Schulberg (born Seymour Wilson Schulberg; March 27, 1914 – August 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels '' What Makes Sammy Run?'' (1941) and ''The Harder They ...

, starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau *''Les Fanatiques'' (The Fanatics), starring Pierre Fresnay and Michel Auclair – (

) *''A Farewell to Arms (1957 film), A Farewell to Arms'', starring Rock Hudson and

*''A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister'' (Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen) – (Japanese films of 1957, Japan) *''Fathers and Sons (1957 film), Fathers and Sons'' (Padri e figli), directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Vittorio De Sica – (Italian films of 1957, Italy) *''Fear Strikes Out'', starring Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden *''Fire Down Below (1957 film), Fire Down Below'', starring Rita Hayworth and Robert Mitchum *''The Flute and the Arrow'' (En Djungelsaga), directed by Arne Sucksdorff – (Swedish films of the 1950s, Sweden) *''Forty Guns'', directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan (actor), 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 *''Porte des Lilas (film), The Gates of Paris'' (Porte des Lilas), directed by René Clair – (

/Italian films of 1957, Italy) *''Gateway of India (1957 film), 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) – (Italian films of 1957, Italy) *''Gun for a Coward'', starring Fred MacMurray *''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film), 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 – (

) *''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 (film), Hell Drivers'', directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stanley Baker, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan – ( GB) *''Hour of Decision (film), Hour of Decision'', starring Jeff Morrow and Hazel Court – (GB) *''The House of the Angel'' (La Casa del ángel) – (

)

I

*''I Am Waiting (film), I Am Waiting'' (Ore wa matteru ze) – (Japanese films of 1957, Japan) *''The Incredible Shrinking Man'', directed by Jack Arnold (director), Jack Arnold, starring Grant Williams (actor), Grant Williams *''Interlude (1957 film), Interlude'', directed by Douglas Sirk, starring June Allyson *''Island in the Sun (film), Island in the Sun'', starring Dorothy Dandridge, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Harry Belafonte *''Istanbul (film), Istanbul'', starring Errol Flynn

J

*''Jailhouse Rock (1957 film), Jailhouse Rock'', starring Elvis Presley *''Jamboree (1957 film), Jamboree'', featuring Dick Clark, Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino *''Jeanne Eagels (film), Jeanne Eagels'', starring Kim Novak *''Jet Pilot (film), Jet Pilot'', starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh *''Joe Butterfly'', starring Audie Murphy and Burgess Meredith *''Johnny Tremain (film), Johnny Tremain'', starring Hal Stalmaster and Sebastian Cabot (actor), Sebastian Cabot *''The Joker Is Wild'', starring Frank Sinatra, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Mitzi Gaynor

K

*''Kabuliwala (1957 film), Kabuliwala'' (aka The Man) – (Bengali films of 1957, India) *''Kathputli (1957 film), Kathputli'' (Puppet), directed by Amiya Chakravarty (director), Amiya Chakravarty and Nitin Bose, starring Vyjayanthimala and Balraj Sahni – (

) *''A King in New York'', directed by and starring Charles Chaplin – ( GB) *''Kiss Them for Me (film), Kiss Them for Me'', directed by Stanley Donen, starring

, Jayne Mansfield, Suzy Parker

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 (entertainer), Tony Martin – (GB) *''The Little Hut'', starring Ava Gardner – ( GB/ US) *''Love in the Afternoon (1957 film), 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 (1957 film), Loving You'', starring Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey *''The Lower Depths (1957 film), The Lower Depths'' (Donzoko), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japanese films of 1957, Japan)

M

*''Man of a Thousand Faces (film), Man of a Thousand Faces'', biopic of Lon Chaney, starring James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Roger Smith (actor), Roger Smith, Robert Evans (producer), Robert Evans (as Irving Thalberg) *''A Matter of Dignity'' (To teleftaio psema), directed by Michael Cacoyannis – (

) *''Mayabazar'' (Fantasy Bazaar), starring N. T. Rama Rao – (Telugu films of the 1950s, India) *''Mayerling (1957 TV film), Mayerling'', a TV film starring Audrey Hepburn *''Men in War'', directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray *''Los jueves, milagro, Miracles of Thursday'' (Los jueves, milagro), directed by Luis García Berlanga, starring Richard Basehart – (Spanish films of 1957, Spain) *''Mister Cory'', directed by Blake Edwards, starring Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Kathryn Crosby, Kathryn Grant *''The Monolith Monsters'', starring Grant Williams (actor), Grant Williams and Lola Albright *''The Monster That Challenged the World'', starring Tim Holt *''Mother India'', starring Nargis – (

) *''My Gun Is Quick (film), My Gun Is Quick'', starring Robert Bray (as Mike Hammer (character), Mike Hammer) *''The Mysterians'' (Chikyū Bōeigun), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japanese films of 1957, Japan)

N

*''N.Y., N.Y. (film), N.Y., N.Y.'', a documentary film by Francis Thompson *''The Naked Truth (1957 film), The Naked Truth'', starring

and Peter Sellers – ( GB) *''Naya Daur (1957 film), Naya Daur'' (New Era), directed by Baldev Raj Chopra, B. R. Chopra, starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala – (

) *''Night of the Demon'', (''Curse of the Demon''), directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews – (GB) *''Night Passage (film), Night Passage'', starring James Stewart *''Nightfall (1957 film), Nightfall'', starring Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft *''Nights of Cabiria'' (Le Notti di Cabiria), directed by Federico Fellini – (Italian films of 1957, Italy) *''Nine Lives (1957 film), Nine Lives'' (Ni Liv) – (Norwegian films of the 1950s, Norway)

O

*''Oh, Men! Oh, Women!'', starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven *''The Oklahoman (film), The Oklahoman'', starring Joel McCrea and Barbara Hale *''Old Yeller (1957 film), Old Yeller'', Walt Disney film, starring Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran *''Omar Khayyam (1957 film), Omar Khayyam'', starring

, John Derek, Debra Paget, Yma Sumac *''The One That Got Away (1957 film), The One That Got Away'', starring Hardy Krüger – ( GB) *''Operation Mad Ball'', starring Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs *''An Osaka Story'' (Osaka Monogatari) – (Japanese films of 1957, Japan) *''Il Grido, The Outcry'' (Il Grido), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Steve Cochran and Alida Valli – (Italian films of 1957, Italy)

P

*''The Pajama Game (film), The Pajama Game'', starring Doris Day *''Pal Joey (film), 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 – (

) *''Perri (film), Perri'', a Disney animated film *''Peyton Place (film), Peyton Place'', based on novel by Grace Metalious, starring Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi *''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 film), The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', starring Van Johnson and Claude Rains *''The Pride and the Passion'', starring

, 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 – (

)

Q

*''Quatermass 2'', starring Brian Donlevy – ( GB)

R

*'' Raintree County'', directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint *''The Real End of the Great War'' (Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny) – (List of Polish films of the 1950s, Poland) *''Rock All Night'', directed by Roger Corman, starring Abby Dalton *''Rose Bernd (film), Rose Bernd'', starring Maria Schell and Raf Vallone – (List of German films 1945–1959, West Germany) *''Run of the Arrow'', starring

S

*''The Sad Sack'', starring

and Peter Lorre *''Saint Joan (1957 film), 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

, starring Max von Sydow – (Swedish films of the 1950s, Sweden) *''The Shiralee (1957 film), The Shiralee'', starring Peter Finch – ( GB) *''Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend'', starring

and Angie Dickinson *''Silk Stockings (1957 film), Silk Stockings'', starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse *''The Singing Ringing Tree'' (Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) – (List of German films of 1945–59, East Germany) *''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (film), Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'', starring Richard Egan (actor), Richard Egan and Walter Matthau (see also ballet Slaughter on Tenth Avenue) *''Sleepless (1957 film), Sleepless'' (la anam), starring Faten Hamama, Yehia Chehine and Omar Sharif – (

) *''The Smallest Show on Earth'', directed by Basil Dearden, starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers – ( GB) *''The Snow Queen (1957 film), The Snow Queen'' (Snezhnaya koroleva) an animated film – (Soviet films of 1957, USSR) *''Something of Value'', starring Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier *''The Spirit of St. Louis (film), 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 (film), 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

and Richard Boone *''The Deadly Mantis'', starring Craig Stevens (actor), 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

*''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 – (Japanese films of 1957, Japan) *''Time Limit (film), 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 (American actor), Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Jack Lord *''Tizoc (film), Tizoc'', starring Pedro Infante and María Félix – (

) *''Top Secret Affair'', starring Kirk Douglas and Susan Hayward *''The Tough'' (Al-Fetewa) – (Egyptian films of the 1950s, Egypt) *''Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film), Tumsa Nahin Dekha'', starring Shammi Kapoor – (

)

U

*''The Undead (film), The Undead'' *''The Unholy Wife'', starring Diana Dors and

*''Untamed Youth'', starring Mamie Van Doren *''Until They Sail'', starring Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Jean Simmons

V

*''Valerie (film), Valerie'', directed by Gerd Oswald, starring

, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel (actor), Anthony Steel *''El vampiro'' (The Vampire) – (

) *''Voodoo Island'', starring Boris Karloff and Jean Engstrom

W

*''The Way to the Gold'', starring Jeffrey Hunter and Sheree North *''The Wayward Bus (film), The Wayward Bus'', starring Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey *''White Nights (1957 film), White Nights'' (Le Notti Bianche), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Maria Schell and Marcello Mastroianni – (Italian films of 1957, Italy) *''Whom God Forgives'' (Amanecer en Puerta Oscura) – (Spanish films of 1957, Spain) *''Wild Is the Wind (1957 film), Wild Is the Wind'', starring Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn *'' Wild Strawberries'' (Smultronstället), directed by

, starring Bibi Andersson and Victor Sjöström – (Swedish films of the 1950s, 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 (1957 film), 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

*''Yagyu Secret Scrolls'' (Yagyu Bugeicho), starring Toshiro Mifune – Japan *''Yellow Crow'' (''Kiiroi karasu'') – (Japanese films of 1957, Japan) *''Young and Dangerous (1957 film), Young and Dangerous'', starring Mark Damon

Z

*''Zero Hour!'', starring Dana Andrews,

, Linda Darnell, Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, dramatic basis for later spoof ''Airplane!''

Short film series

*''Looney Tunes'' (1930 in film, 1930–1969 in film, 1969) *''Terrytoons'' (1930 in film, 1930–1964 in film, 1964) *''Merrie Melodies'' (1931 in film, 1931–1969 in film, 1969) *''The Three Stooges'' (1934 in film, 1934–1959 in film, 1959) *''Tom and Jerry'' (1940 in film, 1940–1958 in film, 1958) *''Woody Woodpecker'' (1941 in film, 1941–1972 in film, 1972) *''Droopy'' (1943 in film, 1943–1958 in film, 1958) *''Noveltoons'' (1943 in film, 1943–1967 in film, 1967) *''Mr. Magoo, The Nearsighted Mister Magoo'' (1950 in film, 1950–1959 in film, 1959) *''Casper the Friendly Ghost'' (1950 in film, 1950–1959 in film, 1959) *''Herman and Katnip'' (1952 in film, 1952–1959 in film, 1959) *''Chilly Willy'' (1953 in film, 1953–1972 in film, 1972) Ending this year *''Popeye the Sailor (animated cartoons), Popeye the Sailor'' (1933 in film, 1933-1957) *''Maggie and Sam'' (1955 in film, 1955-1957) *''Spike and Tyke'' (1957)

Births

*January 1 - Meagen Fay, American actress *January 5 - Jeep Swenson, South African-American professional wrestler, stuntman, and actor (d. 1997) *January 8 - Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (d. 2023) *January 12 – John Lasseter, American animator, director, producer, and writer *January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, American actor and director *January 16 - Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor *January 17 **Keith Chegwin, English television presenter and actor (d. 2017) **Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, and author *January 19 - Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English character actor, screenwriter and director *January 21 - Gregory Paul Martin, British writer and actor *January 24 - Adrian Edmondson, English comedian, actor, musician, and television presenter *January 25 – Jenifer Lewis, American actress, comedian, singer and activist *January 27 - Danny Aiello III, American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director, and actor (d. 2010) *January 28 - Harley Jane Kozak, American actress *January 29 - Diane Delano, American character actress (d. 2024) *February 1 - Cylk Cozart, American actor, director, writer and producer *February 6 **Kathy Najimy, American actress **Robert Townsend (actor), Robert Townsend, American actor, director and writer *February 14 - Ken Wahl, American actor *February 16 – LeVar Burton, American actor, director, producer, and author *February 19 – Ray Winstone, English actor *February 22 - Robert Bathurst, English actor *February 26 - C. J. Graham, American actor *February 27 – Timothy Spall, English actor *February 28 – John Turturro, American actor, writer and director *March 4 - Mykelti Williamson, American actor *March 6 **Eddie Deezen, American actor and comedian **Alex McArthur, American actor *March 8 **David Paul (actor), David Paul, American actor (d. 2020) **Peter Paul (actor), Peter Paul, former American actor and producer **Cynthia Rothrock, American actress *March 9 - Oliver Stritzel, German actor *March 13 - Daniel Licht, American composer (d. 2017) *March 15 **Park Overall, American actress **David Silverman (animator), David Silverman, American animator *March 20 **Amy Aquino, American actress **Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress **Spike Lee, American director, producer, writer and actor **Theresa Russell, American actress **Chris Wedge, American director, producer, and voice actor *March 21 - Haydn Gwynne, English actress (d. 2023) *March 23 **Teresa Ganzel, American actress **Amanda Plummer, American actress *March 27 - Stephen Dillane, English actor *March 28 – Paul Eiding, American actor, voice actor, and voice instructor *March 29 – Christopher Lambert, French actor *March 30 **Michael Lehmann, American director **Tawny Moyer, American actress *March 31 - Marc McClure, American actor *April 4 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director *April 7 - Phoebe Nicholls, English actress *April 12 – Suzzanne Douglas, American actress (d. 2021) *April 13 **Gary Kroeger, American actor and announcer **Saundra Santiago, American actress *April 14 - Richard Jeni, American actor and comedian (d. 2007) *April 23 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014) *April 25 - Esther Scott, American actress *April 27 - Robert Curtis Brown, American actor *April 29 – Daniel Day-Lewis, English actor *May 4 - John Akomfrah, Ghanaian-born British filmmaker *May 5 – Richard E. Grant, English actor *May 7 - Ned Bellamy, American actor *May 10 - Alex Jennings, English actor *May 13 - Mark Heap, English actor and comedian *May 15 - Dan Patrick (sportscaster), Dan Patrick, American sportscaster, radio personality and actor *May 17 - Whip Hubley, American actor *May 21 – Judge Reinhold, American actor *May 23 - Mark Arnold (actor), Mark Arnold, American actor *May 29 **Ted Levine, American actor **Oliver Muirhead, English character actor *May 30 - Aire Koop, Estonian actress *June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter *June 8 - Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress *June 10 - Robert Clohessy, American actor *June 14 - Jay Roach, American filmmaker *June 17 **Sam Douglas, British actor **Jon Gries, American actor **Phyllida Lloyd, English director and producer *June 18 **Ralph Brown, English actor and writer **Andrea Evans, American actress *June 19 - Michael Maloney, British actor *June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress *June 29 – María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress *July 2 - Bret Hart, Canadian-American pro wrestler *July 5 - James Tillis, American former professional boxer and actor *July 9 – Kelly McGillis, American actress *July 12 - Christopher Quinten, British actor *July 13 – Cameron Crowe, American director and screenwriter *July 20 – Donna Dixon, American actress, wife of Dan Aykroyd *July 21 **Sulev Keedus, Estonian director and screenwriter **Jon Lovitz, American actor, comedian and singer *July 26 – Nana Visitor, American actress *July 27 - Bill Engvall, American actor and stand-up comedian *July 28 - Lisa Freeman, American author and actress *July 30 - Victor Slezak, American actor *August 1 - Taylor Negron, American actor, comedian and writer (d. 2015) *August 2 - Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor (d. 2024) *August 5 **Jerry Lambert (actor), Jerry Lambert, American actor **Joanne Samuel, Australian actress *August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress *August 15 - Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor *August 16 – Laura Innes, American actress *August 17 - Ken Kwapis, American film and television director *August 18 **Carole Bouquet, French actress **Denis Leary, American actor, comedian and writer *August 19 - Martin Donovan, American actor *August 24 – Stephen Fry, English comedian, author and actor *August 25 - Simon McBurney, English actor *August 26 - Ewan Stewart, Scottish actor *August 27 - Đơn Dương (actor), Đơn Dương, Vietnamese actor (d. 2011) *August 28 **Rick Rossovich, American actor **Daniel Stern (actor), Daniel Stern, American actor *September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress *September 2 - Steve Porcaro, American composer *September 4 - Khandi Alexander, American choreographer and actress *September 10 – Kate Burton (actress), Kate Burton, American actress *September 12 **Rachel Ward, English actress **Hans Zimmer, German composer *September 19 - Mark Acheson, Canadian actor *September 21 – Coen brothers, Ethan Coen, American director, producer, screenwriter and editor *September 23 **Rosalind Allen, New Zealand actress **Rosalind Chao, American actress *September 24 – Brad Bird, American animator, director, writer and actor *September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor *September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress *October 4 **Bill Fagerbakke, American actor and voice actor **Marilyn Norry, Canadian actress *October 5 – Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008) *October 11 **Dawn French, English actress, comedian and writer **Eric Keenleyside, Canadian actor *October 12 **Clémentine Célarié, French actress **Camilla and Carey More, English twin actresses *October 13 - Marc Macaulay, American actor *October 17 – Lawrence Bender, American film producer *October 23 - Elizabeth D'Onofrio, American actress *October 24 – John Kassir, American actor and comedian *October 25 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress *October 28 **Betsy Aidem, American actress **Christian Berkel, German actor *October 29 **Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter **Scott Thomson (actor), Scott Thomson, American actor *October 30 – Kevin Pollak, American actor *November 3 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and director *November 5 - Elizabeth Bracco, American actress *November 6 **Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer **Lori Singer, American actress and cellist *November 7 - Christopher Knight (actor), Christopher Knight, American actor *November 15 - Ray McKinnon (actor), Ray McKinnnon, American actor, screenwriter, director and producer *November 18 - Joey Miyashima, American actor *November 19 **Ofra Haza, Israel singer, songwriter and actress (d. 2000) **Tom Virtue, American actor *November 24 – Denise Crosby, American actress *November 30 - Gary Lewis (actor), Gary Lewis, Scottish actor *December 3 - Valérie Quennessen, French actress (d. 1989) *December 10 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012) *December 12 - Higgins (dog), Higgins, American dog actor (d. 1975) *December 13 **Steve Buscemi, American actor **Billy Van Zandt, American actor *December 19 **John Gulager, American actor and director **Michael Milhoan, American actor *December 21 – Ray Romano, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and voice actor *December 29 – Brad Grey, American television and film producer (d. 2017)

Deaths

*January 14 –

, 57, American actor, ''

'', '' The Maltese Falcon'', ''Key Largo (film), Key Largo'', ''The Caine Mutiny (1954 film), The Caine Mutiny'' *January 19 – Sheila Terry (actress), Sheila Terry, 46, American actress, ''The Sphinx (1933 film), The Sphinx'', ''The Silk Express'' *January 26 – William Eythe, 38, American actor, ''The Song of Bernadette (film), The Song of Bernadette'', ''The House on 92nd Street'' *February 19 – Märta Torén, 31, Swedish actress, ''Sirocco (film), Sirocco'', ''One Way Street'' *March 25 – Max Ophüls, 54, German director, ''The Earrings of Madame de...'', ''Lola Montès'' *March 31 **Harry Depp, 74, American actor, ''The Love Girl'', ''Inez from Hollywood'' **Gene Lockhart, 65, Canadian actor, ''Miracle on 34th Street'', ''Algiers (1938 film), Algiers'' *April 3 – Ned Sparks, 73, Canadian actor, ''42nd Street (film), 42nd Street'', ''Imitation of Life (1934 film), Imitation of Life'' *April 8 – Dorothy Sebastian, 53, American actress, ''Spite Marriage'', ''Our Dancing Daughters'' *April 27 – Paweł Owerłło, 87, Polish actor, ''Pan Tadeusz (1928 film), Pan Tadeusz'' *May 7 – Charles King (character actor), Charles King, 62, American actor, ''Outlaws of the Plains'', ''Adventures of Sir Galahad'' *May 9 – Ezio Pinza, 64, Italian singer and actor, ''Tonight We Sing'', ''Mr. Imperium'' *May 12 – Erich von Stroheim, 71, Austrian actor, director, ''Sunset Boulevard (film), Sunset Boulevard'', ''La Grande Illusion'' *May 29 – James Whale, 67, British director, ''Frankenstein (1931 film), Frankenstein'', ''The Invisible Man (1933 film), The Invisible Man'' *June 12 – Robert Alton, 51, American choreographer and director, ''White Christmas (film), White Christmas'', ''Pagan Love Song'' *July 3 – Judy Tyler, 24, American actress, ''Jailhouse Rock (film), Jailhouse Rock'', ''Bop Girl Goes Calypso'' *July 15 – George Cleveland, 71, Canadian actor, ''Carson City (film), Carson City'', ''Fort Defiance (film), Fort Defiance'' *July 24 – Sacha Guitry, 72, French playwright, actor and director, ''Confessions of a Cheat'', ''A Crime in Paradise'' *August 7 – Oliver Hardy, 65, American actor, ''The Flying Deuces'', ''Sons of the Desert'' *August 9 – Konrad Tom, 70, Polish actor, screenwriter, director and singer, ''His Excellency, The Shop Assistant'' *August 12 – Tim Whelan, 63, American director, ''The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film), The Thief of Bagdad'', ''The Divorce of Lady X'' *September 1 – Helen Haye, 83, Indian-British actress, ''The 39 Steps (1935 film), The 39 Steps'', ''Richard III (1955 film), Richard III'' *September 19 – Edvard Persson, 69, Swedish actor, ''South of the Highway'', ''Kalle's Inn'' *October 20 – Jack Buchanan, 66, British actor, ''Auld Lang Syne (1917 film), Auld Lang Syne'', ''The Band Wagon'' *October 29 – Louis B. Mayer, 73, Russian-American producer and studio executive, ''Greed (1924 film), Greed'', ''That's Entertainment!'' *November 7 – Dina Romano, 81, Italian actress, ''The Materassi Sisters'' *November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, 67, American actress, ''The Bank Dick'', ''Libeled Lady'' *November 25 – Raymond Griffith, 62, American actor, ''Hands Up! (1926 film), Hands Up!'', ''All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film), All Quiet on the Western Front'' *November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 60, Austrian composer, ''Anthony Adverse'', ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' *November 30 – Fred F. Sears, 44, American director, ''Earth vs. the Flying Saucers'', ''Rock Around the Clock (film), Rock Around the Clock'' *December 11 – Musidora, 58, French actress, director, ''Les Vampires'', ''Judex (1916 film), Judex'' *December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya, 53, Mexican actor, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', ''The Big Country'' *December 24 – Norma Talmadge, 63, American actress, ''New York Nights (film), New York Nights'', ''Secrets (1924 film), Secrets'' *December 25 – Charles Pathé, 94, French producer, writer, ''The Conquest of the Pole'' *December 27 – Alan Bridge, 66, American actor, ''The Stranger from Texas'', ''Cross My Heart (1946 film), Cross My Heart''

Film debuts

*Norman Alden – ''Hear Me Good'' *Alan Arkin – ''Calypso Heat Wave'' *Jean-Paul Belmondo – ''On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels'' *Françoise Brion – ''Love in the Afternoon (1957 film), Love in the Afternoon'' *Bruno Cremer – ''Send a Woman When the Devil Fails'' *Bernard Cribbins – ''Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst'' *Alain Delon – ''Send a Woman When the Devil Fails'' *Catherine Deneuve – ''The Twilight Girls'' *Anthony Franciosa – ''This Could Be the Night (film), This Could Be the Night'' *Ben Gazzara – ''The Strange One'' *William Hickey (actor), William Hickey – ''A Hatful of Rain'' *Bill Hunter (actor), Bill Hunter – ''The Shiralee (1957 film), The Shiralee'' *Clifton James – ''The Strange One'' *Sally Kellerman – ''Reform School Girl'' *Burt Kwouk – ''Windom's Way'' *Paul Maxwell – ''Death in Small Doses'' *David McCallum – ''Ill Met by Moonlight (film), Ill Met by Moonlight'' *John McGiver – ''The Man in the Raincoat'' *George Peppard – ''The Strange One'' *Lee Remick – ''A Face in the Crowd'' *Jean Seberg – ''Saint Joan (1957 film), Saint Joan'' *Patsy Smart – ''The Flying Scot (film), The Flying Scot'' *Liv Ullmann – ''Fjols til fjells'' *Ray Walston – ''Kiss Them for Me (film), Kiss Them for Me'' *Adam West – ''Voodoo Island''

Notes

References

External links

List of 1957 films
at IMDb
List of 1957 deaths
at IMDb
List of 1957 births
at IMDb {{1957 films 1957 in film, Film by year