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Cyrano De Bergerac (1950)
Dir. Michael Gordon
Feat. Jose Ferrer, Mala Powers
The original film version of the famous French fable with Jose Ferrer in Academy Award–winning form as Cyrano, the 17th Century poet and…
D.O.A.D.O.A. (1950)
Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Edmond O'Brien
Edmund O'Brien finds himself the victim of a slow poison and sets about finding his own murderer. Impressively detailed film noir uses location…
Damned Don't Cry, TheDamned Don't Cry, The (1950)
Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran
Loosely based on the relationship between Bugsy Siegel and Virginia Hill, this riveting film tells of a New York socialite's involvement with an…
Destination MoonDestination Moon (1950)
Dir. Irving Pichel
Feat. John Archer, Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson
Prescient sci–fi film that deals with the practical scientific and engineering challenges of space travel and to speculate on what a manned…
Diary of a Country PriestDiary of a Country Priest (Journal D'Un Cure De Campagne) (1950) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Claude Laydu
Compelling and uncompromising – this adaptation of Georges Bernanos' classic French novel is one of dir. Bresson's best examinations of the…
Father of the BrideFather of the Bride (1950) Recommended
Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor
The original comedy in which the affable Spencer Tracy gets his knickers in a twist when young daughter Elizabeth Taylor decides to tie the knot.
Flame and the Arrow, TheFlame and the Arrow, The (1950)
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Nick Cravat
Middling, though colourful medieval epic with Lancaster leading as a 'Robin Hood' who leads the peasants of Lombardy into a revolt against the local…
Francesco giullare di DioFrancesco giullare di Dio (Francis, God's Jester; The Flowers of St Francis) (1950) Recommended
Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Aldo Fabrizi
Following after dir. Rossellini's more obviously left–wing films (ROME OPEN CITY, PAISA), this unusual biopic would prove a transition work to…
Fuller Brush Girl, TheFuller Brush Girl, The (1950)
Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Lucille Ball
Slapstick comedy with Lucille Ball playing a quirky receptionist who loses her job and goes to great lengths to secure new employment as a…
Furies, TheFuries, The (1950) Recommended
Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston, Wendell Corey
Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston lock horns in this colossal, psychosexual western, notable for its Oedipal complex and Freudian horseplay. Anthony…

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