Subgenre Sampler
Conquest Of Space (1955)- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy - Technicolor space adventure that redeems some of its contrived script with whimsical special effects.
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish - A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
Desiree (1954)- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons - Marlon Brando plays a young Napoleon whose first romance, with Desiree Clay (Jean Simmons), is strained when he is swept into the cut–throat…
Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (1953)- Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata - Tragic story of unrequited love set during the Heiji Rebellion in 1159, where a samurai warrior falls in love with a married…
Quiet Man, The (1952)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara - Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…
An American in Paris (1951)- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gene Kelly - Ebullient, multi–styled musical with Gene Kelly dancing his socks off. Terrific George Gershwin score.
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…
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…
All About Eve (1950)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders… - Bette Davis is in her element as ageing Broadway star Margot Channing, under threat of the hidden menace of an ambitious young actress. A scathing…
Harvey (1950)- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. James Stewart - Jimmy Stewart's personal favourite role is his middle–aged drunk who has a six–foot rabbit friend that only he can see. From Mary Chase's…
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