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Subgenre Sampler
Cry, The Beloved Country (1951)- Dir. Zoltan Korda
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Joyce Carey, Canada Lee… - Deeply felt racial drama has Rev. Sidney Poitier encountering South African–style bigotry as he searches for his son in Johannesburg.
David and Bathsheba (1951)- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey… - The Hollywood romance as Biblical epic, with Gregory Peck as an adulterous King David who falls for the foxy Bathsheba (Hayward) – nevermind…
Desert Fox, The (1951)- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. James Mason, Jessica Tandy, Sir Cedric Hardwicke… - James Mason gives a definitive performance as Nazi General Rommel (which he repeated for THE DESERT RATS), whose troubles proved overwhelming despite…
Detective Story (1951)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, Cathy O'Donnell… - Kirk Douglas is his grizzled, hard–bitten self as one of several detectives trying to get through the work day at a busy Brooklyn…
Five (1951)- Dir. Arch Oboler
Feat. William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubeš, James Anderson… - Apocalyptic 50's sci–fi set in the aftermath of an atomic bomb disaster where five survivors (a pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a…
Fixed Bayonets (1951)- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea - Brassy Korean War flick with a diminished platoon struggling for survival, and Basehart as the soldier terrified of having leadership thrust upon…
Flight to Mars (1951)- Dir. Lesley Selander
Feat. Cameron Mitchell, Marguerite Chapman, Virginia Huston… - Expedition adventure set on a Red Planet inhabited by an underground–dwelling but dying civilization that appear to be human.
Go for Broke! (1951)- Dir. Robert Pirosh
Feat. Van Johnson, Warner Anderson, Don Haggerty - The story of the 442nd Regiment, a team composed of second–generation Japanese–American soldiers fighting in Italy who were heavily…
Great Caruso, The (1951)- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Mario Lanza - Entertaining biopic of the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso with American protege Mario Lanza in the title role. His hokey performance and some…
Green Grow the Rushes (1951)- Dir. Derek Twist
Feat. Richard Burton, Honor Blackman, Roger Livesey… - Minor comedy, of the English variety, set in a brandy–soaked Kent village.
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