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1956
 
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Title Director Cast Academy Awards Reviews Buy
Anything Goes Robert Lewis Bing Crosby
Donald O'Connor
Zizi Jeanmaire
Mitzi Gaynor		    
Around the World in 80 Days Michael Anderson David Niven
Shirley Maclaine
Cantinflas
Robert Newton
Marlene Deitchrich		 Best Picture
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Score
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Carousel Henry King Gordon MacRae
Cameron Mitchell
Shirley Jones		   Click here to purchase

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The Eddie Duchin Story George Sidney Tyrone Power
Kim Novak
James Whitmore
Victoria Shaw
Shepperd Strudwick
Frieda Innescourt		   Click here to purchase
High Society Henry Cornelius Bing Crosby
Gene Kelly
Frank Sinatra		   Click here to purchase

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(aka Sleep No More)		 Don Siegel Kevin McCarthy
Dana Winter
Larry Gates		  

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The King and I Walter Lang Yul Brynner
Deborah Kerr
Rita Moreno		 Best Actor
Best Art & Set Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Score
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The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock James Stewart
Doris Day
Brenda de Banzie		 Best Song
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Reach for the Sky Lewis Gilbert Kenneth More
Muriel Pavlow
London Brook
Lee Patterson		    
The Searchers John Ford John Wayne
Jeffrey Hunter
Vera Miles
Ward Bond
Natalie Wood
John Qualen		   Click here to purchase
Teahouse of the August Moon Daniel Mann Marlon Brando
Glenn Ford
Eddie Albert
Machiko Kyo
Paul Ford
Jun Negami		   Click here to purchase
The Ten Commandments Cecil B. de Mille Charlton Heston
Yul Brynner
Anne Baxter
Edward G. Robinson
Yvonne de Carlo
Deborah Paget		 Best Special Effects

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To Catch a Thief Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant
Grace Kelly
Jessie Royce Landis
John Williams
Charles Vanel
Brigette Auber		 Best Cinematography Click here to purchase

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A Town Like Alice
(aka Rape of Malaya) 		Jack Lee Virginia McKenna
Peter Finch
Takagi
Tran Van Khe		    
Trapeze Carol Reed Burt Lancaster
Tony Curtis
Gina Lollobrigida
Katy Jurado
Thomas Gomez		   Click here to purchase

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