The Ladykillers. Farcical larceny, with light-fingered Alec Guinness lifting £60,000from an armored truck and then losing it—and the picture—to scene-stealing Katie Johnson (TIME, March 12).
Picnic. William Inge's play about a husky athlete (William Holden) who bounces around a small town like a loose ball, while the ladies (Rosalind Russell, Kim Novak) fumble excitedly for possession (TIME, Feb. 27).
The Night My Number Came Up. Thirteen people are caught in a dream that starts to come true: a low-voltage shocker from Britain, with crackling good performances by Michael Redgrave, George Rose (TIME, Jan. 2).
The Man with the Golden Arm. Nelson Algren's tale of...