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Subgenre Sampler

 
Les DiaboliquesLes Diaboliques (1954) Recommended
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
Simone Signoret stars as one of two women who conspire to murder the man they share – a sadistic schoolmaster. Iconic French thriller with a…
Life at Stake, ALife at Stake, A (1954)
Dir. Paul Guilfoyle
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglas Dumbrille
Minor noir elevated by the presence of Lansbury as a seductress who's business proposition to a struggling architect may not be strictly financial.
LifeboatLifeboat (1954)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix
Enterprising thriller staged entirely within the confines of a lifeboat. Its simplistic anti–Nazi politic is perhaps redeemed by Tallulah…
Night PeopleNight People (1954)
Dir. Nunnally Johnson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Bjork
Talky thriller with Gregory Peck as a Colonel trying to negotiate the release of a young G.I. held in East Germany. Plenty of political chicanery and…
Rear WindowRear Window (1954) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, Grace Kelly
Convalescing photographer Jimmy Stewart observes what may have been a murder in an opposing apartment. A Hitchcock must.
Ring Of FearRing Of Fear (1954)
Dir. James Edward Grant
Feat. Clyde Beatty, Mickey Spillane, Pat O'Brien
Campy thriller with lion tamer Clyde Beatty and crime writer Mickey Spillane, appearing as themselves, teaming up to track a killer obsessed with a…
Sleeping TigerSleeping Tiger (1954)
Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Dirk Bogarde
Suave street–crim Dirk Bogarde is sheltered by one of his victims, a psychiatrist who attempts to cure Bogarde's 'illness'. Shot with a baroque…
SuddenlySuddenly (1954) Recommended
Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden
Frank Sinatra impresses in an unsympathetic role: a sneering, cynical war–veteran out to practice his marksmanship on the President of the…
This Island EarthThis Island Earth (1954) Recommended
Dir. Joseph Newman
Feat. Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue
Seriously cool sci–fi adventure with startling production values enriching its B–movie spirit. Rex Reason plays a scientist unwittingly…
To Catch a ThiefTo Catch a Thief (1954)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly
Hitchcock takes a whimsical approach for this caper about a reformed cat burglar who sets about catching the thief that is imitating his old style.…

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