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Little FugitiveLittle Fugitive (1953)
Dir. Raymond Abrashkin
Feat. Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster
A young boy runs away to Coney Island after fearing that he shot his older brother, who is only faking. An exquisitely naturalistic film with…
Madame De...Madame De... (Earrings Of Madame De..., The) (1953) Recommended
Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Charles Boyer
Widely considered one of the dir.'s peak achievements, this gracefully and ironically traces a doomed menage–a–trois in 18th century…
Malta StoryMalta Story (1953)
Dir. Brian Desmond Hurst
Feat. Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel
A taut wee adventure set among the special forces of the British Air Force defending the island of Malta during WW2. Real–life locations and a…
Man from the Alamo, The (1953)
Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills
Glenn Ford stars in a sprawling but nuanced Western from the legendary Budd Boetticher that hurtles from the battle of the Alamo to a gripping wagon…
Man Who Watched Trains Go By, The (1953)
Dir. Harold French
Feat. Claude Rains
Dutch office clerk Claude Rains hurtles on the Paris Express when he stumbles across stolen loot and his boss winds up dead. Based on the Georges…
Million Pound Note, TheMillion Pound Note, The (1953)
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell
A fairly neat adaptation of Mark Twain's satirical fable about a pair of rich brothers who bet over whether a man can live on a million pounds,…
Miss Sadie ThompsonMiss Sadie Thompson (1953)
Dir. Curtis Bernhardt
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray
Rita Hayworth turned it on in this lavish musical with a hard edge of sex and sin in the South Seas, here playing a smokin’ dame stranded on a…
MogamboMogambo (1953)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly
Clark Gable squeezes in wooing both Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly between bouts of elephant shooting in the African jungle.
Moon is Blue, TheMoon is Blue, The (1953)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. William Holden, Maggie McNamara, David Niven
Bright, bristling romantic comedy centered on the courtship of a blithe and carefree commercials actress (McNamara) by the smooth–as–silk…
Mr. Hulot's HolidayMr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) (1953) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud
Jacques Tati fine–tunes the virtues of JOUR DE FETE to create his most eponymous character. The first of four Hulot features follows the…

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