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Subgenre Sampler

 
Gone to EarthGone to Earth (1950) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack
Marvellous Technicolor evocation of the rustic Welsh border–country, set around Jennifer Jones’ entry into the world of passionate desire and…
KimKim (Rudyard Kipling's Kim) (1950)
Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas
Adventure based on the classic Rudyard Kipling novel of the same name, set during the British Raj in India, where the orphan of a British soldier…
Kiss Tomorrow GoodbyeKiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. James Cagney, Ward Bond, Luther Adler
Hard gangster flick about an escaped con who blackmails, betrays and murders his way through a robbery scam. Hits the mark with a great script and…
Magnet, TheMagnet, The (1950)
Dir. Charles Frend
Feat. Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, James Fox
After tricking a school–chum out of a toy magnet, an 11yr–old James Fox gets the guilts and resolves to 'do good'. Quirkily…
Men, TheMen, 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…
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.
Rocketship X-MRocketship X-M (1950)
Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges leads a bunch of wisecracking astronauts to the moon, only they get diverted to Mars! Prototype sci–fi cheapie rolls out the…
StromboliStromboli (1950) Recommended
Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Ingrid Bergman
After his neo–realist masterpieces, this is one of the dir.'s best films, concerning a WW2 refugee who hastily marries an Italian fisherman and…
Three SecretsThree Secrets (1950)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman
Three women exchange handkerchiefs and spill their secrets while awaiting news of their children after a plane crashes. You may need the tissues…
Wagon Master, The (1950)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Ben Johnson
Pioneering saga starring Ben Johnson. A personal favourite of its director.

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