Subgenre Sampler
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning
- A boatload of scientists variously misunderstand the actions of a subterranean humanoid that lurks in an Amazonian lagoon. Graceful handling of a…
Crucified Lovers, The (Chikamatsu Monogatari) (1954)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo
- Powerful, Bunraku–inspired tragidrama of adulterous lovers whose illicit romance is doomed in Feudal, 17th century Japan. Essential Mizoguchi.
Dambusters, The (Dam Busters, The) (1954)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Charles Carson
- British inventor Barnes Wallis's ingenious attempts to destroy German dams during WWII forms the basis of this splendid thriller. Michael Redgrave…
Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier (1954)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell…
- TV version of the quintessential American story, which created such a phenomenal interest when screened that it was released in a movie version. Fess…
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Victor Mature
- Efficient sequel to THE ROBE follows Demetrius, the Greek slave (Victor Mature), to Rome where he is trained as a gladiator. Rousing combat sequences.
Desiree (1954)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
- Marlon Brando plays a young Napoleon whose first romance, with Desiree Clay (Jean Simmons), is strained when he is swept into the cut–throat…
Devil Girl From Mars (1954)
- Dir. David MacDonald
Feat. Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Adrienne Corri…
- High camp sci–fi cheapie about a female alien commander from Mars who is sent to earth to collect human males as breeding stock to save the…
Dial M for Murder (1954)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Ray Milland, Grace Kelly
- An ageing tennis champion arranges the death of his wife for her inheritance. Hitch adapts the chilling stageplay, obviously well at home with the…
Doctor in the House (1954)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Dirk Bogarde
- First and best of a series in which Doctors and Nurses exchange fleeting glances and banter for comic effect while training at a med school. Dirk…
Dov'e La Liberta...? (Where Is Freedom?) (1954)
- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Toto, Vera Molnar, Nita Dover
- Legendary Italian comic Toto plays a barber who cannot abide the hypocritical society he is thrust into after spending two decades in prison, and…