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Subgenre Sampler

 
Place in the Sun, APlace in the Sun, A (1951) Recommended
Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters
Montgomery Clift excels as a penniless youth whose determination to win the heart of socialite Elizabeth Taylor (in her debut as an adult actress) is…
Prowler, TheProwler, The (1951) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell
This underseen "perv noir" deliciously subverts archetypes by twisting its menacing male lead (a terrific Van Heflin) into a 'homme fatale', replete…
Quo Vadis?Quo Vadis? (1951)
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov
Lavish Roman epic, set during the decadent reign of Nero, has legionnaire Robert Taylor falling for lion–bait Christian Deborah Kerr, amid…
Racket, TheRacket, The (1951)
Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott
An incorruptible police captain's attempts to clean up the streets of his town leads to confrontation with the local mob boss. Minor noir, previously…
RashomonRashomon (1951) Recommended
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori
The film that brought Kurosawa to the attention of the world, and an Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film. Four wildly varying perspectives on a…
RawhideRawhide (1951)
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Dean Jagger
Tense western with a stagecoach stop employee and a stranded woman traveler finding themselves at the mercy of four desperate outlaws intent on…
Red Badge of Courage, TheRed Badge of Courage, The (1951) Recommended
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Audie Murphy, Royal Dano, Arthur Hunnicutt
A classic film version of the classic American Civil War novel by Stephen Crane, which depicts the line between courage and cowardice in the Yankee…
RepastRepast (Meshi) (1951)
Dir. Mikio Naruse
Feat. Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara
A perceptive study of a fading marriage, in which a housewife (Hara) confronts the tedium and unhappiness of her domestic life, brought into sharp…
River, TheRiver, The (1951) Recommended
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Nora Swinburne, Arthur Shields
A sublime and serene drama set on the banks of India's holy Bengal River in the 1920s, where a trio of young English girls come under the spell of a…
Roy Rogers Show, The (TV Series) (1951-1957)
Feat. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans
Much–loved early TV classic with 'King of the Cowboys' Roy Rogers hanging out on the Double R Ranch with Trigger ('The Smartest Horse in the…

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