Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
Naked Spur, The (1953)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan…
- Cited as one of the Great Westerns; a tough, hard little film about self–styled bounty hunter Stewart trying to capture Ryan, who stirs tension…
Norman Wisdom Collection, The (Trouble in Store, Up in the World, On the Beat.) (1953-1962)
- Feat. Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford
- Collection of three comedies – Trouble in Store, Up in the World and On the Beat – from admired British slapstick comedian Norman Wisdom,…
Otto Preminger Collection, The (The Moon is Blue, Saint Joan, Advise and Consent, Anatomy of a Filmmaker) (1953-1991)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
- Attractively–packaged Preminger trifecta, with the added bonus ANATOMY OF A FILMMAKER, a thorough two–hour documentary on the…
Pickup On South Street (1953)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Richard Widmark
- Pick–pocket Richard Widmark inadvertently steals a micro–film and becomes a fugitive from both police and spies. Vivid espionage thriller…
Plunder of the Sun (1953)
- Dir. John Farrow
Feat. Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina
- Insurance investigator Ford, in possession of a mysterious package, is embroiled in a high stakes treasure hunt in Mexico. Ancient, exotic locations…
Quatermass Experiment, The (TV Series) (1953)
- Dir. Rudolph Cartier
Feat. Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean
- The seminal serial (in six parts) by award–winning writer Nigel Kneale that laid the foundations of British Sci–Fi TV..
This first…
Redhead From Wyoming, The (1953)
- Dir. Lee Sholem
Feat. Maureen O'Hara, Alex Nicol
- Breakout Western for Maureen O’Hara – usually second fiddle to John Wayne – here as the plucky proprietress of saloon who’s equally adept on…
Return to Paradise (1953)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes
- Understated drama with Cooper as a carefree drifter content to live aimlessly in his Pacific Island paradise. His idyllic existence is threatened by…
Robe, The (1953)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Richard Burton
- Richard Burton acquires Jesus' robe after supervising his crucifixion and becomes wreaked with fear and guilt. A lavish biblical epic, the first film…
Robot Monster (1953)
- Dir. Phil Tucker
Feat. George Barrows
- Sharing the mantle with PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE as the "worst movie of all time", this lesser–known unpolished turd is just as bad, only…