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Subgenre Sampler
To Catch a Thief (1954)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly - Hitchcock takes a whimsical approach for this caper about a reformed cat burglar who sets about catching the thief that is imitating his old style.…
Tobor the Great (1954)- Dir. Lee Sholem
Feat. Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Franz Roehn… - Sentimental sci–fi curio examines the attachment between a young boy and a robot called Tobor. When dastardly communists kidnap the youngster…
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Hands Off the Loot) (1954)
- Dir. Jacques Becker
Feat. Jean Gabin, RenĂ© Dary, Jeanne Moreau - Laid–back though influential French noir chronicling a wealthy, retired racketeer (Gabin) who is pulled back into the life of crime when his…
Track of the Cat (1954)- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Tab Hunter… - Claustrophobic allegorical western finds a feuding family snowbound and under siege from a less than benevolent panther. Certainly something of a…
Twenty-Four Eyes (24 Eyes/Nijushi no hitomi) (1954)- Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
Feat. Hideko Takamine, Chishu Ryu - An elegiac triumph of nostalgia for youth and wartime humanism, this cherished landmark of Japanese cinema gracefully chronicles the 20–years…
Ulysses (1954)- Dir. Mario Camerini
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano… - Kirk Douglas muscles his way home in this admittedly pretty, but vacant, adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Anthony Quinn is gets all the best lines, but…
Uwasa no onna (Her Mother's Profession, The Woman in the Rumour) (1954)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga - Dir. Mizoguchi's longtime muse, Kinuyo Tanaka, plays the madame of a geisha house who falls prey to rumour when both herself and her daughter become…
Vera Cruz (1954)- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster - Humour and suspense reflect the uneasy alliance of Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster who collaborate to depose a corrupt Emperor in 1860s Mexico.
Victoria in Dover (The Story of Vickie) (1954)- Dir. Ernst Marischka
Feat. Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven - A prequel of sorts to the SISSI trilogy lovingly details the formative romance between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Romy Schneider features…
War of the Worlds, The (1954)- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne… - Atomic–age adaptation of H.G. Wells frightening novel about the Martian invasion is excitingly paced with special–effects that were then…
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