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Subgenre Sampler
Treasure Island (Long John Silver) (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney… - This definitive version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story was the first live–action feature from Disney studios, and contains…
Un Chant D'amour (A Song of Love) (1950)- Dir. Jean Genet
- Sole foray into cinema for French convict–turned–playwright Jean Genet is a brief and intense visual poem about the fantasies of…
Variety Lights (1950)- Dir. Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada
Feat. Giulietta Masina - Fellini co–directed this carnivalesque drama about a mediocre theatre troupe in need of a crowd puller before breaking out solo with THE WHITE…
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dana Andrews, Karl Malden, Gary Merrill… - In one of his keynote roles, Dana Andrews plays an over–aggressive cop on the dirty sidewalks of New York who takes matters into his own hands…
Winchester '73 (1950)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Shelley Winters - Lean, mean, and superbly photographed, this helped repopularise the Western in the '50s. Stewart wins a rare 'perfect' rifle, which is subsequently…
Woman on the Run (1950)- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith… - Twisty, San Fransisco–set noir spins a gripping yarn around a mob witness on the run and his estranged wife in grave danger. Excellent and…
Wooden Horse, The (1950)- Dir. Jack Lee
Feat. Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel… - Allied P.O.W.'s attempt to escape a Nazi prison camp by way of an excercise vaulting horse.
56 Rue Pigalle (1949)- Dir. Willy Rozier
Feat. Raymond Cordy, Marie Dea - Distinctive French noir telling the tale of a boss, suspected of murdering his blackmailing manservant, who flees to Africa with his mistress once…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)- Dir. Tay Garnett
Feat. Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix… - Mark Twain's comedy given a light musical spin with Bing Crosby.
Act of Violence (w/ Mystery Street) (1949-1950)- Dir. Fred Zinnemann, John Sturges
Feat. Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh… - Van Heflin's blissful small–town existence is upended when a returning WWII–vet arrives, determined to settle an old score. Disturbingly…
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