Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
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.
Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The (1953)
- Dir. Don Weis
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse…
- Lighthearted MGM college musical set on a Midwestern university campus, where two freshmen spend their time cutting class and courting two coeds.…
Albert Lamorisse's Classic Shorts (White Mane, The Red Balloon) (1953-1956)
- Dir. Albert Lamorisse
Feat. Alain Emery
- French director Albert Lamorisse's two landmark films WHITE MANE and THE RED BALLOON presented together on a single DVD is a must–have…
All I Desire (1953)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck
- Template Sirk melodrama features Barbara Stanwyck as an ambitious stage actress who abandons her husband and family for Broadway, only to return when…
Audrey Hepburn Boxset (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, Paris When It Sizzles, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, War and Peace) (1953-1964)
- Feat. Audrey Hepburn
- Striking 6–disc 'Ruby Collection' box set including six classic films starring the unforgettable Audrey Hepburn, also includes a series of…
Band Wagon, The (1953)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse
- In the top echelon of screen–musicals, this follows the fortunes of toe–tapping movie actor Fred Astaire, revue style, as he attempts a…
Beat the Devil (1953)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre…
- Spoofing their own suspense movies (such as CASABLANCA and MALTESE FALCON), Humphrey Bogart and dir. Huston produced this comic oddity with the help…