After a man is encased in a strange dark cloud whilst on a yacht, he soon becomes increasingly thinner - and smaller. The spectacle brings him fame - but turns him into a tyrant.

One of my favourite films when I was young. I won't mention the end in case some have not seen it but it was the cat that scared me the most.

3:10 to Yuma, directed by Delmer Daves, starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin
12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshall
An Affair to Remember, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
The Bridge on the River Kwai, directed by David Lean, starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Fire Down Below, starring Rita Hayworth and Robert Mitchum
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, directed by John Sturges, starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, directed by John Huston, starring Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum
Hell Drivers, directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stanley Baker, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan, Sean Connery – (GB)
The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed by Jack Arnold, starring Grant Williams
Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley
Love in the Afternoon, directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder with I. A. L. Diamond, starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
Paths of Glory, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
Peyton Place, based on novel by Grace Metalious, starring Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi
The Pride and the Passion, starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren
The Spirit of St. Louis, starring James Stewart in a biopic of Charles Lindbergh
Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, written by Ernest Lehman, starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis
The Three Faces of Eve, starring Joanne Woodward and Lee J. Cobb
Witness for the Prosecution, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton

1957 was an excellent year for movies - obviously, at the time, I was too young to see many of them but here are some that I liked then or have grown to like since: