Subgenre Sampler
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Long John Silver (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll, Basil Sydney…
- Rambunctious adventure with arch pirate Long John Silver on the hunt for his young friend Jim Hawkins and maybe some treasure. Arrrrrgh!!! Notably…
Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned, aka The Forgotten Ones) (1950)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
- Ground–breaking masterwork from dir. Luis Bunuel's Meixcan period, set among slum children in Mexico City, whose harsh circumstances and…
Miracle in Milan (1950)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Paolo Stoppa
- Memorable foray into satirical fantasy for dir. de Sica, in which a hobo philanthropist is given the power to work miracles in the…
Morning Departure (Operation Disaster) (1950)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
- A British submarine patrolling in the period just after WWII, hits a leftover mine and plunges seriously damaged to the sea–bed. The captain…
My Blue Heaven (1950)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Dan Dailey, Betty Grable, David Wayne…
- Treacly musical concerns a variety show couple enduring all manner of misfortune as they try to create a family of their own.
Unusually bright…
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
- Dir. Hal Walker
Feat. John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn…
- Comedy sequel to MY FRIEND IRMA, based on the popular 1940's radio show of the same name. One of the early outings of comedy duo Dean Martin and…
Night and the City (1950)
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers…
- An overlooked film noir gem that fires on all cylinders, marked above all by a sensationally giddy performance by Richard Widmark as a two–bit…
Odette (1950)
- Dir. Herbert Wilcox
Feat. Dame Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring…
- Drama based on the true story of Odette Sansom, the British Special Operations Executive agent in WWII who miraculously evaded death after being sent…
Outrage (1950)
- Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke
- One of the earliest post–Code Hollywood films to deal with the subject of rape, this black–and–white B–movie follows a young…
Panic in the Streets (1950)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes…
- Early New Orleans–set Kazan noir, follows the hunt for a killer who may be spreading a bubonic plague. Tense, detailed examination of morality…