Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3554 Films to Rent
Life at Stake, A (1954)
- Dir. Paul Guilfoyle
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglas Dumbrille…
- Minor noir elevated by the presence of Lansbury as a seductress who's business proposition to a struggling architect may not be strictly financial.
Lifeboat (1954)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix
- Enterprising thriller staged entirely within the confines of a lifeboat. Its simplistic anti–Nazi politic is perhaps redeemed by Tallulah…
Living It Up (1954)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh…
- One of the funnier Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedies of the 17 they made together. Jerry Lewis plays a stationmaster from provincial New Mexico…
Long, Long Trailer, The (1954)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
- Gallivanting in an enormous RV across America, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz journey to disaster in this winning slapstick comedy. The classic TV…
Maggie, The (High and Dry) (1954)
- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie
- Ealing comedy about the argumentative crew of an aged cargo boat, captained by a wily Scottish man who clashes with a wealthy American industrialist.
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman
- Douglas Sirk's famously tumultuous melodrama, starring Rock Hudson in his first leading role as a guilt–ridden playboy indirectly responsible…
Night People (1954)
- Dir. Nunnally Johnson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Bjork…
- Talky thriller with Gregory Peck as a Colonel trying to negotiate the release of a young G.I. held in East Germany. Plenty of political chicanery and…
On the Waterfront (1954)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb…
- Brooding tour–de–force with Marlon Brando in his prime as the square–jawed misfit entangled in corrupt union politics. Winner of 8…
Prince Valiant (1954)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner…
- Star studded tale of a young Viking prince striving to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
Purple Plain, The (1954)
- Dir. Robert Parrish
Feat. Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Bernard Lee…
- Strong psychological drama, shot in lush Technicolor, with Peck as a shell–shocked pilot stuck with wounded comrades behind enemy lines in the…