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Subgenre Sampler
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.
Generation, A (Pokolenie) (1954)- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Roman Polanski - Fast–moving account of the Polish Resistance during WWII, as a scrappy young recruit falls in love with his unit leader. Depicts the spirited,…
Glenn Miller Story, The (1954)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong… - A creditable star–biography of the big–band leader and trombonist, which, verging on the overly sentimental, is saved by its reverance to…
Godzilla (Gojira) (1954)
- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura - The original Japanese version of GODZILLA, complete with the anti–nuclear subplot which was cut from the 1956 US version. Concerns a…
Good Die Young, The (1954)- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Sir Stanley Baker, Joan Collins… - Fiery British heist–noir with a debt–burdened Laurence Harvey leading a motley crew of down–on–their–luck military men…
Hell and High Water (1954)- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen… - Cold war thriller with Widmark helming a submarine in pursuit of a Red freighter. Unexceptional by Samuel Fuller's usual standards – he was…
High and the Mighty, The (1954)- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day… - John Wayne undercuts his bravura persona as the reluctant hero piloting a stricken passenger flight over the Atlantic. Solid disaster clichés and a…
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