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Lavender Hill Mob, TheLavender Hill Mob, The (1951)
Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. Alec Guinness
Clever, effervescent Ealing comedy stars Alec Guinness as a timid bank teller who organises an elaborate gold heist. The chase finale is magic.
Let's Make It LegalLet's Make It Legal (1951)
Dir. Richard Sale
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe has an ornamental role in this light ‘divorcee’ comedy.
LimelightLimelight (1951)
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Claire Bloom
Charlie Chaplin's final film recreates in spirit his poverty–stricken London boyhood and escape into the vaudeville world. With such…
Man From Planet X, TheMan From Planet X, The (1951)
Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, William Schallert
As a mysterious planet hurls itself toward earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions. An…
Man in the White SuitMan in the White Suit (1951) Recommended
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Lab–worker Alec Guinness invents a fabric that never wears out or gets dirty, only to have it suppressed by industry and unions alike. More…
No Highway in the SkyNo Highway in the Sky (1951)
Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns
Early disaster pic has Stewart as an aeronautical engineer convinced that a new model of airplane is doomed to disaster due to metal fatigue, and…
OliviaOlivia (1951)
Dir. Jacqueline Audry
Feat. Simone Simon, Edwige Feuillere
One of the first French films to portray lesbian relationships, Olivia is set in a girls' school in the late 1900s, where a newly arrived British…
On Moonlight BayOn Moonlight Bay (1951)
Dir. Roy Del Ruth
Feat. Doris Day, Gordon MacRae
Winning musical with Doris Day trading baseball obsession for the courtship of a strapping Gordon MacRae. Folksy tunes are blended with carefree…
On The RivieraOn The Riviera (1951)
Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet
Talented Broadway veteran Danny Kaye stars in this musical comedy, playing an American entertainer who develops a skit impersonating a wealthy…
Outcast of the IslandsOutcast of the Islands (1951)
Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson, Robert Morley
Sturdy British adventure melodrama from the director of THE THIRD MAN and FALLEN IDOL based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel. A riveting Trevor Howard…

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