Top Films 1957

This is a personal list of my Top 10 films of 1957. I can only rate the films I have seen so there will almost certainly be some classics that are not on the list yet. You are all welcome to your opinions, but this is mine. Comments are always welcome especially if you have your own Top 10 that you want to publish.

1. 12 Angry Men
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai
3. Town on Trial
4. 3:10 to Yuma
5. Paths of Glory
6. Witness for the Prosecution
7. Lucky Jim
8. Yield to the Night
9. Jailhouse Rock
10. The Halliday Brand

Märta Torén

Born: 21 May 1926, Stockholm, Sweden

Died: 19 February 1957, Stockholm, Sweden

Casbah (1948) as Gaby (Credited as Marta Toren)

E.H. Calvert

Born: 27 June 1863, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Died: 5 October 1941, Hollywood, California, USA

Elisha Helm Calvert was a stage and vaudeville actor, who entered silent films in 1912 and later became a film writer, director and producer while still maintaining an acting career. He retired at the end of the 1930s.

The Studio Murder Mystery (1929) as R.C. Grant

Donald MacKenzie is on the left.

Donald MacKenzie

Born: 17 April 1879, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Died: 21 July 1972, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

The Studio Murder Mystery (1929) as Police Capt. Coffin

Eugene Pallette is on the right.

Robert Woollard

Born: 12 April 1888, Poplar, London, England, UK

Died: 24 March 1971, St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK

The Fall of the House of Usher (1950) as Greville

Only appeared in this film.

Tony Powell-Bristow

Born: 16 September 1928, Islington, London, England, UK

Died: unknown

The Fall of the House of Usher (1950) as Richard (Credited as as A. Powell-Bristow)

Only appeared in this film.