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Subgenre Sampler

 
Strange Door, TheStrange Door, The (1951)
Dir. Joseph Pevney
Feat. Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest
Thriller based on the short story "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson, with Charles Laughton playing a sadistic man who…
Strangers On a TrainStrangers On a Train (1951) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Robert Walker, Farley Granger
The Master of Suspense justifies his mantle with this consummate thriller. He executes one glorious set piece after another as psycho Robert Walker…
Streetcar Named Desire, AStreetcar Named Desire, A (1951) Aro Favourite
Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter
Marlon Brando gives the performance of his career as the savage brute who taunts his disturbed sister–in–law (Vivienne Leigh). Virtuoso…
SusanaSusana (The Devil and the Flesh) (1951)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Rosita Quintana
A sexually devious reform girl seeks refuge in a decent working class family, only to cause upheaval with her devilish ways. Early Bunuel…
Tales of Hoffmann, TheTales of Hoffmann, The (1951) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Moira Shearer, Pamela Brown, Sir Robert Helpmann
Boldly visual imagining of Offenbach's 1880 opera which takes three tales of magic and deception by E.T. Hoffmann and weaves them into a disquieting…
Thing, TheThing, The (The Thing From Another World) (1951) Recommended
Dir. Christian Nyby
Feat. Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite
Howard Hawksian macho men in leather tussle it out with men in cardies over how to protect themselves from the abomidable alien outside in the snow.…
When Worlds CollideWhen Worlds Collide (1951) Recommended
Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen
When Earth faces imminent and total destruction from an errant star, scientists must organise an evacuation in time to save the human race. Thrilling…
A Christmas WishA Christmas Wish (The Great Rupert) (1950)
Dir. Irving Pichel
Feat. Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake
Holiday classic about a down and out family at Christmas who discover they have a squirrel guardian angel living in their rafters.
All About EveAll About Eve (1950) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Bette Davis is in her element as ageing Broadway star Margot Channing, under threat of the hidden menace of an ambitious young actress. A scathing…
American Geurrilla In The PhillipinesAmerican Geurrilla In The Phillipines (I Shall Return) (1950)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle
War film from Fritz Lang following a group of American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after a motor torpedo boat is destroyed by Japanese…

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