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Hercules (1958)

The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole. Director: Pietro Francisci Writers: Apollonios Rhodios (poem), Pietro Francisci (adaptation) Stars: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni

Run Silent Run Deep (1958)

A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. Director: Robert Wise Writers: John Gay (screenplay), Edward L. Beach (novel) (as Commander Edward L. Beach) Stars: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden

The Brain Eaters (1958)

Strange things are happening in Riverdale, Illinois. A huge, seemingly alien structure has been found jutting out of the earth. Sent to investigate the origin of the mysterious object, Senator Walter Powers discovers that parasites from the center of the earth have infiltrated the town, taking control of the authorities and workers, making communication with the outside world impossible, and leaving the responsibility of stopping the invasion up to Powers and a small group of free individuals. Director: Bruno VeSota Writer: Gordon Urquhart (screenplay) Stars: Ed Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, Cornelius Keefe

The Blob (1958)

An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. (uncredited) Writers: Theodore Simonson (screenplay), Kay Linaker (screenplay) (as Kate Phillips) Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe

Jet Attack (1958)

Three American pilots are shot down behind enemy lines during the Korean war, where they encounter a mysterious Russian nurse. Their life is on her hand. Director: Edward L. Cahn Writers: Orville H. Hampton (screenplay), Mark Hanna (story) Stars: John Agar, Audrey Totter, Gregory Walcott

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship. Director: Edward L. Cahn Writer: Jerome Bixby (screenplay) Stars: Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding

New Orleans After Dark (1958)

Director: John Sledge Writer: Frank Phares (adapted from a screenplay by) Stars: Stacy Harris, Louis Sirgo, Ellen Moore

High School Hellcats (1958)

The Hellcats are an all-female gang bent on bucking authority and terrorizing the schools by doing things like having a bad attitude toward their teachers and parents. When Joyce, a new student, moves into the neighborhood, she draws the attention of The Hellcats. Desperate for acceptance and unhappy with her homelife, Joyce goes along with the gang, and is soon drinking, dancing and meeting boys. Can her parents stop her descent into depravity? Director: Edward Bernds Writers: Robert Lowell (story) (as Mark Lowell), Jan Englund (story) (as Jan Lowell) Stars: Yvonne Lime, Brett Halsey, Jana Lund

Teenage Caveman (1958)

A young man defies tribal laws and searches for answers. The result of his quest yields knowledge of past generations. Director: Roger Corman Writer: R. Wright Campbell (screenplay) Stars: Robert Vaughn, Darah Marshall, Leslie Bradley

The Crawling Eye (1958)

A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud. Director: Quentin Lawrence Writers: Jimmy Sangster (screenplay), Peter Key (story) Stars: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne

The Cool and the Crazy (1958)

High school thug is front man for a local marijuana ring. Director: William Witney Writer: Richard C. Sarafian Stars: Scott Marlowe, Richard Bakalyan, Gigi Perreau

The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that Yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder them all when he learns of his country's defeat, Dutch, a Dutch planter, smashes the camp radio. British officer Lambert and, in the women's prison, the recently-widowed Kate, join Dutch in arming the prisoners. Director: Val Guest Writers: Jon Manchip White (story), Val Guest (screenplay) Stars: André Morell, Carl Möhner, Walter Fitzgerald

I Mobster (1958)

The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. Director: Roger Corman Writers: Joseph Hilton Smyth (novel), Steve Fisher Stars: Steve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert Strauss