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Subgenre Sampler
Strangers On a Train (1951)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Robert Walker, Farley Granger - The Master of Suspense justifies his mantle with this consummate thriller. He executes one glorious set piece after another as psycho Robert Walker…
Thing, The (The Thing From Another World) (1951)
- Dir. Christian Nyby
Feat. Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite - Howard Hawksian macho men in leather tussle it out with men in cardies over how to protect themselves from the abomidable alien outside in the snow.…
When Worlds Collide (1951)- Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen… - When Earth faces imminent and total destruction from an errant star, scientists must organise an evacuation in time to save the human race. Thrilling…
Blue Lamp, The (1950)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Patrick Doonan, Jack Warner - A confident, precisely–judged thriller set in post–war London, with feral petty–crooks Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan being hunted…
Clouded Yellow, The (1950)- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Kenneth More… - Superior British noir with Howard as a jaded ex–secret service agent pressed into service when he falls for the charms of mysterious young…
Damned Don't Cry, The (1950)- Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran… - Loosely based on the relationship between Bugsy Siegel and Virginia Hill, this riveting film tells of a New York socialite's involvement with an…
Enforcer, The (1950)- Dir. Bretaigne Windust
Feat. Humphrey Bogart - Gripping, well–characterized crime drama leads D.A. Humphrey Bogart into the seedy underworld to trail the leader of a notorious murder ring.
House by the River (1950)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt… - Crime noir which chillingly evokes the Victorian era thanks to director Fritz Lang's characteristic attention to detail and mood. When a rich…
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…
So Long at the Fair (1950)- Dir. Antony Damborough, Terence Fisher
Feat. Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson… - Spooky urban legend gets the cinematic treatment in this accomplished chiller. At the 1896 World Fair in Paris two siblings check into a hotel, in…
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