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Subgenre Sampler
Student Prince, The (1954)- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson… - Taken from the operetta by Sigmund Romberg, and the third filmed version of the tale of a young Prince breaking out into the real world by falling in…
Suddenly (1954)
- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden - Frank Sinatra impresses in an unsympathetic role: a sneering, cynical war–veteran out to practice his marksmanship on the President of the…
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe… - Gaudy musical about Show Business. Stars Marilyn and some great Irving Berlin songs.
To Catch a Thief (1954)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly - Hitchcock takes a whimsical approach for this caper about a reformed cat burglar who sets about catching the thief that is imitating his old style.…
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…
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