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Subgenre Sampler
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas… - Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre are shipwreck survivors aboard the Nautilus under the strange command of Captain Nemo (James Mason). From Jules Verne's…
Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier (1954)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell… - TV version of the quintessential American story, which created such a phenomenal interest when screened that it was released in a movie version. Fess…
Elephant Walk (1954)- Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch… - Love–triangle melodrama set on Ceylon tea plantation is a tad overblown, with thunder stolen from the good cast by a climactic elephant…
River of No Return (1954)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum - A Western adventure set aboard a river raft in which the frayed temperaments of Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum endure the perils of raging water…
Robinson Crusoe (1954)- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Dan O'Herlihy - Daniel Defoe's classic novel of a shipwreck's sole survivor. Luis Bunuel directs with a few surrealist flourishes.
Beneath The 12-Mile Reef (1953)- Dir. Robert D. Webb
Feat. Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland… - Adventure yarn about a Greek father and son team off the coast of Florida who dive for living sponges in dangerous waters. Brought down a little by a…
Conquest of Everest, The (1953)- Dir. George Lowe
- Technicolour documentary about the various expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest. Both cameraperson Tom Stobart and New Zealand director George…
Mogambo (1953)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly - Clark Gable squeezes in wooing both Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly between bouts of elephant shooting in the African jungle.
Peter Pan (1953)- Dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
- Walt's version of the J M Barrie classic, animated with consummate skill by his army of inhouse artisans. The flying imp Peter Pan leads Wendy and…
Return to Paradise (1953)- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes - Understated drama with Cooper as a carefree drifter content to live aimlessly in his Pacific Island paradise. His idyllic existence is threatened by…
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