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Subgenre Sampler

 
Seven Brides for Seven BrothersSeven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards
Rollicking musical set in backwoods Oregon, with brothers all looking for brides–to–be.
Seven Samurai, TheSeven Samurai, The (1954) Aro Favourite
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune
Kurosawa's classic 'Eastern Western' about a village who hire an elite band of warriors to fend off marauders. Compassionate storytelling with combat…
Sleeping TigerSleeping Tiger (1954)
Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Dirk Bogarde
Suave street–crim Dirk Bogarde is sheltered by one of his victims, a psychiatrist who attempts to cure Bogarde's 'illness'. Shot with a baroque…
Sound of the MountainSound of the Mountain (Yama No Oto) (1954)
Dir. Mikio Naruse
Feat. Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara, Soh Yamamura
Dir. Naruse reprises the disintegrating marriage (and cast) of his earlier film, REPAST, in this profoundly affecting tale of a young woman (Hara)…
Student Prince, TheStudent Prince, The (1954)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson
Taken from the operetta by Sigmund Romberg, and the third filmed version of the tale of a young Prince breaking out into the real world by falling in…
SuddenlySuddenly (1954) Recommended
Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden
Frank Sinatra impresses in an unsympathetic role: a sneering, cynical war–veteran out to practice his marksmanship on the President of the…
Target EarthTarget Earth (1954)
Dir. Sherman Rose
Feat. Richard Denning, Virginia Grey, Kathleen Crowley
Invading alien robots trap people in an eerie deserted city. For all the 50s cliches this is mostly on–target.
Them!Them! (1954) Recommended
Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn
Mutated giant ants run amok after a nuclear test in the New Mexico desert. Atomic parable is a major studio '50s creature feature that benefits from…
There's No Business Like Show BusinessThere's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe
Gaudy musical about Show Business. Stars Marilyn and some great Irving Berlin songs.
This Island EarthThis Island Earth (1954) Recommended
Dir. Joseph Newman
Feat. Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue
Seriously cool sci–fi adventure with startling production values enriching its B–movie spirit. Rex Reason plays a scientist unwittingly…

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