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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…
Drum Beat (1954): Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan…; Fine western with Indian fighter Ladd sent by President Grant to negotiate a treaty with the Medoc Tribe. Charles Bronson's first major role.
Egyptian, The (1954): Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Edmund Purdom…; Epic "CinemaScope" drama set in ancient Egypt where a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaoh's court where…
Elephant Walk (1954): Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch…; Love–triangle melodrama set on Ceylon tea plantation is a tad overblown, with thunder stolen from the good cast by a climactic elephant…
End of the Affair, The (1954): Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills; Original screen adaptation of Graham Greene’s tale of unrequited wartime love, with Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson entangled in a brief but illicit…
Far Country, The (1954): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Walter Brennan; The Yukon Ranges provide the unforgiving backdrop to this prototypical Anthony Mann western, in which James Stewart must battle the elements and…
Fast and the Furious, The (1954): Dir. Edward Sampson, John Ireland
Feat. John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Bruno Ve Sota…; Reputedly Roger Corman's first ever production, this low–budget noir follows the dueling relationship between a prison escaper (Ireland) and…
Father Knows Best (TV Series) (1954-1960): Dir. Peter Tewksbury
Feat. Sarah Selby, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray; Cloying sitcom bathed in the idealised glow of 50's apple–pie America, centred on a suburban family and their typically patriarchal upbringing.…
Garden of Evil (1954): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark, Susan Hayward…; A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches. In Cinemascope.

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