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Subgenre Sampler

 
Far Country, TheFar 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, TheFast 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)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 EvilGarden 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, AGeneration, 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, TheGlenn 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…
GodzillaGodzilla (Gojira) (1954) Recommended
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, TheGood Die Young, The (1954) Recommended
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 WaterHell 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, TheHigh and the Mighty, The (1954) Recommended
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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