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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…
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.
White Christmas (1954)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye - Timeless Irving Berlin musical, whose stocking full of great tunes – 'Sisters', 'Blue Skies' and of course the title–track – redeem…
Who Done It? (1954)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Benny Hill - A young Benny Hill nudges and winks his way through his only feature film, as a novice private eye who gets involved with foreign spies.
Wild One, The (1954)- Dir. Laslo Benedek
Feat. Marlon Brando - Marlon Brando leathers up for a bit of rebellion Hollywood–style, leading a gang of bikies to terrorise a small town. Controversial for their…
Witness to Murder (1954)- Dir. Roy Rowland
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill… - Film noir following a woman who doubts her sanity after witnessing a murder from her apartment window. While the cops think she is just some…
Young at Heart (1954)- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Doris Day - Slick musical with Frank Sinatra wooing Doris Day, while trying to make it as a singer.
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