Subgenre Sampler
Men, The (1950)- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane… - Famous as Marlon Brando's film debut, playing a paraplegic war veteran struggling to come to terms with post–war life. Brando's smouldering…
Miracle in Milan (1950)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Paolo Stoppa - Memorable foray into satirical fantasy for dir. de Sica, in which a hobo philanthropist is given the power to work miracles in the…
Morning Departure (Operation Disaster) (1950)- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough - A British submarine patrolling in the period just after WWII, hits a leftover mine and plunges seriously damaged to the sea–bed. The captain…
My Blue Heaven (1950)- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Dan Dailey, Betty Grable, David Wayne… - Treacly musical concerns a variety show couple enduring all manner of misfortune as they try to create a family of their own. Unusually bright…
Night and the City (1950)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers… - An overlooked film noir gem that fires on all cylinders, marked above all by a sensationally giddy performance by Richard Widmark as a two–bit…
Odette (1950)- Dir. Herbert Wilcox
Feat. Dame Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring… - Drama based on the true story of Odette Sansom, the British Special Operations Executive agent in WWII who miraculously evaded death after being sent…
Outrage (1950)- Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke - One of the earliest post–Code Hollywood films to deal with the subject of rape, this black–and–white B–movie follows a young…
Panic in the Streets (1950)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes… - Early New Orleans–set Kazan noir, follows the hunt for a killer who may be spreading a bubonic plague. Tense, detailed examination of morality…
Petty Girl, The (1950)- Dir. Nat Perrin
Feat. Constance Cummings - Robert Cummings stars in this comedy–musical as an artist who causes a scandal through his choice of model.
Rio Grande (1950)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson - Concluding instalment of John Ford's cavalry trilogy has John Wayne in more trouble with Indians on the Mexican border. Even minor Ford stands tall.
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