Steve McQueen had his first starring role in which 1958 cult horror/sci-fi film?
"(1956), where he played the uncredited role of Fidel, a member of the protagonist's gang. In 1958, he appeared in the science fiction film ""The Blob"", which was his first film as a lead actor. It proved to be commercially successful at the box office, grossing ($ in 2018) against a budget of ($ in 2018). McQueen became known for portraying bounty hunter Josh Randall in the CBS television series ""Wanted Dead or Alive"" (1958–1961). He continued to act in films, playing the lead in ""The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery"" (1959), and in a supporting role as a corporal"
"The Blob The Blob is a 1958 independently made American science-fiction horror film in color by De Luxe, produced by Jack H. Harris, directed by Irvin Yeaworth, and written by Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson. The film stars Steve McQueen (in his starring feature film debut, as Steven McQueen) and Aneta Corsaut and co-stars Earl Rowe and Olin Howland. ""The Blob"" was distributed by Paramount Pictures as a double feature with ""I Married a Monster from Outer Space"". The storyline concerns a growing, corrosive, alien amoeboidal entity that crashes to Earth from outer space inside a meteorite. It devours and"
"a paddy wagon and the film concludes with his view of the world receding behind metal bars. The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (also called The St. Louis Bank Robbery, the film title in the opening credits) is a 1959 heist film, directed by Charles Guggenheim and starring Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. Based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis, the film was shot on location in 1958 with some of the men and women from the"
"Steve McQueen filmography Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor who had an extensive career in film and television. Popularly known as ""The King of Cool"", McQueen's screen persona was that of portraying cool, reticent antihero roles, which appealed strongly to the masses. This led him to cement his status as one of the most famous celebrities in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. After making his debut appearing in an uncredited role in the crime drama ""Girl on the Run"" (1953), McQueen featured in the Paul Newman starrer ""Somebody Up There Likes Me"""
"was commercially successful, grossing ($ in 2018) against a ($ in 2018) budget. After a four-year hiatus in which he focused on his motorcycle racing career, McQueen returned to acting when he was cast against type as a scientist in ""An Enemy of the People"". He completed two more films before his death: ""Tom Horn"" and ""The Hunter"" (both released in 1980). Steve McQueen filmography Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor who had an extensive career in film and television. Popularly known as ""The King of Cool"", McQueen's screen persona was that of"
"Dracula (1958 film) Dracula is a 1958 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster based on Bram Stoker's novel of the same name. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, this original also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. In the U.S. the film was retitled Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion with the earlier ""Dracula"" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, and the film was released in the U.S. in 1958 on a double feature"
"(1931) and ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" (1941). After World War II, emphasis shifted to films that more often drew inspiration from the insecurities of life, utilising new technology and dividing into three the subgenres of horror-of-personality, the horror-of-Armageddon and the horror-of-the-demonic. However, during the late 1950s and early 1960s, the British company Hammer Film Productions enjoyed huge international success from Technicolor films involving classic Gothic horror characters, often starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, particularly ""Dracula"" (1958), which resulted in many sequels into the 1970s. The 1983 vampire film ""The Hunger"" provided a highly influential modernised and urbanised version"
"Story (28 September 1958) <br> Black Ivory (5 October 1958) <br> The Robbery (12 October 1958) <br> No Place To Hide (26 October 1958) <br> The Mortimer Touch (2 November 1958) <br> Shadowed Light (16 November 1958) <br> Ghost Country (30 November 1958) <br> The Sickness (14 December 1958) <br> Snake in the Grass (28 December 1958) <br> The Speculator (11 January 1959) <br> Hell Hath No Fury (25 January 1959)<br> The Trek (8 February 1959) <br> Knave of Diamonds (22 February 1959) <br> Witness to Murder (8 March 1959) <br> The Deadly 20 Minutes (22 March 1959) African Patrol"
"The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (also called The St. Louis Bank Robbery, the film title in the opening credits) is a 1959 heist film, directed by Charles Guggenheim and starring Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. Based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis, the film was shot on location in 1958 with some of the men and women from the St. Louis Police Department, as well as local residents and bank employees, playing the same parts they"
"at the premiere by emerging from a coffin; at a Minneapolis theater he also sealed himself in a coffin like the kidnapped child of the story. The promotions proved successful and ""Macabre"" grossed as much as $5 million. Macabre (1958 film) Macabre is a 1958 horror film directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, and starring William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott, and Susan Morrow. The film falls into both horror and suspense genres. It involved one of Castle's first forays into using the that later made him famous. A certificate for a $1,000 life insurance policy"
"was going to star. Step Down to Terror Step Down to Terror (also known as The Silent Stranger) is a 1958 film noir crime film directed by Harry Keller and starring Colleen Miller, Charles Drake and Rod Taylor. It is a remake of the 1943 Alfred Hitchcock film ""Shadow of a Doubt"". Johnny Williams (Drake), a psychotic serial killer who returns to his hometown to visit his mother (Hutchinson) and widowed sister-in-law Helen (Miller), both of whom are ignorant of his criminal past. Johnny hopes to settle down and start life anew, but Helen, her suspicions aroused by visiting detective"
"appearances in horror films; following his performance as Arthur Holmwood in Hammer’s original ""Dracula"" (1958), his horror roles mainly saw him feature as slimy villains, notably in ""Horrors of the Black Museum"" (1959), ""Konga"" (1961), ""The Phantom of the Opera"" (1962), ""Black Zoo"" (1963), ""Trog"" (1970), ""The Corpse"" (1971), ""Horror Hospital"" (1973) and Norman J. Warren's cheaply-made Satanism shocker ""Satan's Slave"" (1976). He also spoofed his horror persona in ""What a Carve Up!"" as a sinister butler. He also appeared in the comedy film ""Top Secret!"" (1984), alongside Val Kilmer (the latter's first feature film), with whom he would also"
"Science Theater 3000"" during its eighth season (1997). It currently holds a low 2.4/10 rating at the Internet Movie Database. It is now listed as a later 1950s low buget film. Terror from the Year 5000 Terror from the Year 5000 (a.k.a. Cage of Doom in the UK) is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Robert J. Gurney Jr., Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, and Gene Searchinger, directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr., and starring Ward Costello, Joyce Holden, John Stratton, Salome Jens, and Fred Herrick. The screenplay is based (uncredited) on the short"
"face of their new, instantly-acquired affliction, some cooperating, some fighting: after just a few days society is collapsing. Columbia (1957), released in the United States as ""Curse of the Demon"" A 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis. An adaptation of M. R. James' ""Casting the Runes"" (1911), the plot revolves around American professor John Holden going to England and investigating a Satanic cult suspected of being responsible for more than one death in recent months. The film's production was turbulent due to clashing ideas between producer Hal E. Chester against"
"remain highly obscure, not being released on home media until 2009 when Warners issued it on DVD through their burn-to-demand Digital Distribution arm. An Enemy of the People (film) An Enemy of the People is a 1978 American drama film directed by George Schaefer based on Arthur Miller's 1950 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play. The film stars Steve McQueen in the lead role of scientist Thomas Stockmann, Charles Durning as his brother Peter and Bibi Andersson as his wife Catherine. Thomas Stockmann (Steve McQueen) is a doctor and amateur scientist in a small unnamed Norwegian town. The town is"
"the film's performances, and strong logical storyline, calling it ""enjoyable"". Dennis Schwartz from Ozus' World Movie Reviews awarded the film a grade B-, criticizing the film's storyline as ""unpleasantly grim"", but commended the film's performances as its saving grace. The Mad Ghoul The Mad Ghoul is a 1943 American science fiction and Universal Monsters horror film, also known as Mystery of the Ghoul, directed by James Hogan and starring Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, and David Bruce, and featuring George Zucco, Robert Armstrong, and Milburn Stone. Dr. Alfred Morris (Zucco) is curious about the effects of an ancient nerve gas, used"
"the leading role in ""House of Wax"" (1953) as a homicidal sculptor, the first 3-D film to land in the year's top ten at the North American box office. His next roles were ""The Mad Magician"" (1954), the monster movie ""The Fly"" (1958) and its sequel ""Return of the Fly"" (1959). That same year, he starred in a pair of well-loved thrillers by producer-director William Castle: ""House on Haunted Hill"" (1959) as eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren, and ""The Tingler"" (also 1959) as Dr. Warren Chapin, who discovered the titular creature. He appeared in the radio drama ""Three Skeleton Key"", the"
"The Unknown Terror The Unknown Terror is a 1957 black and white widescreen American science fiction/horror film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards and May Wynn. It was produced by Robert Stabler. The narrative follows a group of explorers who, while searching for a missing man, come across the ""Cave of the Dead,"" filled with parasitic fungi and inhabited by foamy, fungus-covered monster men. The film was released theatrically in the US in August 1957 on a double bill with ""Back from the Dead"". The mysterious disappearance of Jim Wheatley (Charles Gray) while"
"the U.S. box office, it was the final Ernest film to be released under the Disney label Touchstone Pictures. All future Ernest films were independently produced, and following the financial failure of the theatrical release ""Ernest Rides Again"", the Ernest films shifted to a straight-to-video market. Its opening credits feature a montage of clips from various horror and science fiction films, including ""Nosferatu"" (1922), ""White Zombie"" (1932), ""Phantom from Space"" (1953), ""The Brain from Planet Arous"" (1957), ""The Screaming Skull"" (1958), ""Missile to the Moon"" (1958), ""The Hideous Sun Demon"" (1958), ""The Giant Gila Monster"" (1959), ""The Killer Shrews"" (1959),"
"Escapement (film) Escapement (a.k.a. The Electronic Monster in the U.S.) is a 1958 black and white British science fiction film. It was based on the sci-fi novel ""Escapement"" by Charles Eric Maine (London, 1956). Original working titles included ""Zex, the Electronic Fiend"". The film was released in England (as ""Escapement"") in 1958, but was only shown in the USA in 1960 on a double bill with either ""13 Ghosts"" or the Japanese sci-fi classic ""Battle in Outer Space"". Inquiring into the mysterious death of a Hollywood star, insurance investigator Jeff Keenan uncovers an exclusive psychiatric clinic on the French Riviera."
"horror film roles include the innkeeper in ""Dracula"" (1958) and its sequel """" (1966), as well as parts in ""The Revenge of Frankenstein"" (1958), ""Jack the Ripper"" (1959), ""The Flesh and the Fiends"" (1959), ""The Curse of the Werewolf"" (1961), ""The Reptile"" (1966) and ""Doomwatch"" (1972). He also appeared in two M.R. James adaptations on television, in the ""Mystery and Imagination"" episode ""Room 13"" and the ""Omnibus"" episode ""Whistle and I'll Come to You"". His jovial manner lent itself to comedy films as well, including ""An Alligator Named Daisy"" (1955), ""Three Men in a Boat"" (1956), ""Two-Way Stretch"" (1960), ""Raising"
"The Mad Ghoul The Mad Ghoul is a 1943 American science fiction and Universal Monsters horror film, also known as Mystery of the Ghoul, directed by James Hogan and starring Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, and David Bruce, and featuring George Zucco, Robert Armstrong, and Milburn Stone. Dr. Alfred Morris (Zucco) is curious about the effects of an ancient nerve gas, used by the Mayans during rituals of human dissection to appease their gods. He takes medical student Ted Allison (David Bruce) under his wing to assist him with his experiments in using the gas on modern animals. However, despite Ted's"
"Pumpkinhead (film) Pumpkinhead is a 1988 American dark fantasy horror film. It was the directorial debut of special effects artist Stan Winston. The film has built up a cult following in the years since its release. The first in the ""Pumpkinhead"" franchise, it was followed by a direct-to-video sequel, two TV film sequels, and a comic book series. In the prologue set in 1957, Tom Harley waits inside his farm cabin with his wife and young son, Ed. A doomed man seeks sanctuary at Tom's cabin, but Tom refuses and threatens to shoot him if he does not leave. Watching"
"and Disson in Harold Pinter's ""Tea Party"". He appeared at the Royal Exchange, Manchester in ""Uncle Vanya"" in 1977 and in ""Crime and Punishment"" in 1978. McKern's film debut was in ""Murder in the Cathedral"" (1952). His other more notable film appearances included the science-fiction classics ""X the Unknown"" (1956), ""The Day the Earth Caught Fire"" (1961), the World War I drama ""King and Country"" (1964), ""Help!"" (1965), the Academy Award-winning adaptation of ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966), ""The Shoes of the Fisherman"" (1968), ""Ryan's Daughter"" (1970), ""Massacre in Rome"" (1973), ""The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother"" (1975),"
"The Curse of Frankenstein The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions, loosely based on the novel ""Frankenstein"" (1818) by Mary Shelley. It was Hammer's first colour horror film, and the first of their Frankenstein series. Its worldwide success led to several sequels, and the studio's new versions of ""Dracula"" (1958) and ""The Mummy"" (1959), and established ""Hammer Horror"" as a distinctive brand of Gothic cinema. The film was directed by Terence Fisher and stars Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein and Christopher Lee as the Creature, with Hazel Court and Robert Urquhart. Professor Patricia"
"Colossal Man"" (1957); ""Monster That Challenged the World"" (1957); ""Beginning of the End"" (1957); ""War of the Colossal Beast"" (1958); ""The Fly"" (1958) and ""The Alligator People"" (1959). The depiction of ""Mant!""'s use of ""Rumble-Rama"" is a riff on William Castle's many in-theatre gimmicks (), however, the only ""monster movie"" produced or directed by William Castle before 1970 was 1959's ""The Tingler"", which did not use a radiation theme. ""Rumble-Rama"" is also a nod to Sensurround, Universal's sound process of the 1970's. ""Matinee"" also mentions some of Woolsey's earlier ""films"": ""Island of the Flesh Eaters"", ""The Eyes of Doctor Diablo"","
"felt two decades later in ""Funeral Home"" and ""The Unseen"". Ridley Scott's successful ""Alien"" (1979) spawned its own sci-fi-horror subgenre that included slasher films ""Scared to Death"" and ""Without Warning"". The $86.4 million box office success of ""The Amityville Horror"" (1979) spurred an interest in the supernatural, from ""The Boogeyman"" to the Bigfoot slasher ""Night of the Demon"". Joe D'Amato's gruesome Italian horror film ""Antropophagus"" and the Australian slasher ""Nightmares"" showed that the genre was spreading internationally. Slasher films reached a saturation point in 1981, as heavily promoted movies like ""My Bloody Valentine"" and ""The Burning"" were box office failures."
"Yard. Lee's own appearance as Frankenstein's monster led to his first appearance as the Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula in the film ""Dracula"" (1958, known as ""Horror of Dracula"" in the United States). A critically acclaimed film that saw Lee fix the image of the fanged vampire in popular culture, ""Dracula"" has been ranked among the best British films. The film magazine ""Empire"" ranked Lee's portrayal as Dracula the 7th Greatest Horror Movie Character of All Time. Lee accepted a similar role in an Italian-French horror picture called ""Uncle Was a Vampire"" (1959). Lee returned to the role of Dracula in"
"a neo-New Wave band from Brooklyn, New York, released a song titled ""Monster on the Campus"" in 2017. Monster on the Campus Monster on the Campus (a.k.a. Monster in the Night and Stranger on the Campus) is a 1958 American black-and-white science fiction/horror film from Universal-International, produced by Joseph Gershenson, directed by Jack Arnold, from a script by David Duncan, that stars Arthur Franz, Joanna Cook Moore, Nancy Walters, Troy Donohue, and Whit Bissell. The film was theatrically released as a double feature with the British horror film ""Blood of the Vampire"". The film's storyline tells of a university science"
"An Enemy of the People (film) An Enemy of the People is a 1978 American drama film directed by George Schaefer based on Arthur Miller's 1950 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play. The film stars Steve McQueen in the lead role of scientist Thomas Stockmann, Charles Durning as his brother Peter and Bibi Andersson as his wife Catherine. Thomas Stockmann (Steve McQueen) is a doctor and amateur scientist in a small unnamed Norwegian town. The town is expecting a major boost in tourism due to the therapeutic powers of nearby springs but Stockmann has discovered they are being polluted by"
"Step Down to Terror Step Down to Terror (also known as The Silent Stranger) is a 1958 film noir crime film directed by Harry Keller and starring Colleen Miller, Charles Drake and Rod Taylor. It is a remake of the 1943 Alfred Hitchcock film ""Shadow of a Doubt"". Johnny Williams (Drake), a psychotic serial killer who returns to his hometown to visit his mother (Hutchinson) and widowed sister-in-law Helen (Miller), both of whom are ignorant of his criminal past. Johnny hopes to settle down and start life anew, but Helen, her suspicions aroused by visiting detective Mike Randall (Taylor), discovers"
"the title character in the film ""Martin Luther"" (1953). He played the villainous Julian Karswell opposite American actor Dana Andrews in the British horror film ""Night of the Demon"" (1957, released in the United States as ""Curse of the Demon""). He also played Zeus opposite Honor Blackman's Hera in ""Jason and the Argonauts"" (1963), played the arch-criminal A. J. Kent in an episode of ""Danger Man"" entitled ""Battle of The Cameras"" (1965); and had a supporting role in John Huston's film ""The Kremlin Letter"" (1969). MacGinnis returned to medical practice during the 1970s. He died of cancer in Haverfordwest, Wales"
"U.S. market. In 1956, distributor Joseph E. Levine financed the shooting of new footage with American actor Raymond Burr that was edited into the Japanese sci-fi horror film ""Godzilla"". The British Hammer Film Productions made the successful ""The Curse of Frankenstein"" (1957) and ""Dracula"" (1958), major influences on future horror film style. In 1959, Levine's Embassy Pictures bought the worldwide rights to ""Hercules"", a cheaply made Italian movie starring American-born bodybuilder Steve Reeves. On top of a $125,000 purchase price, Levine then spent on advertising and publicity, a virtually unprecedented amount. ""The New York Times"" was not impressed, claiming that"