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Director: Roy Ward Baker    More Info
Starring: John Mills, Helen Cherry, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick, Peter Hammond, Andrew Crawford, Michael Brennan, George Cole, Victor Maddern, Roddy McMillan

 While on a routine peace-time mission, the submarine "Trojan" strikes a mine and sinks to the bottom of the ocean. All but 12 men are killed. After deciding who will survive, the captain, LCDR. Armstrong (John Mills), manages to get eight men out through the gun hatch and the conning tower. The remaining four crewmen must wait, entombed in the submarine, hoping for rescue.

Director: Akira Kurosawa    More Info
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Machiko Kyo, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Fumiko Honma, Daisuke Kato

 This great philosophical story is built around a murder. Told in flashbacks, the key is the constructive memories of those who were part of the incident. At the end, it is impossible to tell who told the true story because each person saw it from only one point of view. The film was presented an Honorary Academy Award (for 1951) as Best Foreign Film.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock    More Info
Starring: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Kay Walsh, Sybil Thorndike, Miles Malleson, Joyce Grenfell, Andre Morell

 Drama student Eve Hill (Jane Wyman) has been told by her boyfriend (Richard Todd) that one of the stars, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich), is a murderess. Now Eve spies on Charlotte hoping for proof of the murder.

Director: Curt Siodmak    More Info
Starring: Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Tom Conway, Paul Cavanagh, Ray Corrigan, Paul Maxey, Carol Varga, Woody Strode, Martin Garralaga

 This movie is bad enough to be fun to watch. Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) oversees a jungle plantation and falls under a native curse after killing his employer.

Director: Tay Garnett    More Info
Starring: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore, Brad Morrow, Irving Bacon, Georgia Backus, Don Haggerty, Art Baker, Richard Anderson

 Suffering from both physical and mental ills, George Z. Jones (Barry Sullivan) writes a letter to the district attorney telling about his wife Ellen's (Loretta Young) supposed plans to murder him. After Ellen mails the letter, George tells her what it contained, and in the heat of the moment George drops dead. Now, Ellen must find a way to get the incriminating letter before it arrives at the D.A.'s office.

Director: Robert Wise    More Info
Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Frank Conroy, Fay Roope, Tyler McVey, Harlan Warde

 Alien Klaatu (Michael Rennie) with his robot Gort (Lock Martin) make a trip to Earth to discover the nature of its people. If they don't like what they find, they, along with members of other alien planets, are prepared to destroy the Earth. When the Earthlings discover the aliens and their purpose, they become very intent on a plan to capture the two spy aliens. This film set the standard for sci-fi movies.

Director: Henry Hathaway    More Info
Starring: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Howard Da Silva, Jeffrey Hunter, Grace Kelly, Martin Gabel

 Mentally disturbed Robert Cosick (Richard Basehart) climbs out onto a 15-story ledge and threatens to jump. This story about a policeman's (Paul Douglas) attempt to talk him down provides a suspenseful and well-performed thriller. It also features stars in early roles: Grace Kelly in her film debut as Mrs. Fuller, Ossie Davis as a taxi driver, and Joyce Van Patten as Ruth's (Debra Paget) girlfriend.

Director: Max Nosseck    More Info
Starring: Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan, Lisa Golm, Edward Tierney, Stuart Randall, Angela Stevens, John De Simone, Tom Hubbard, O.Z. Whitehead

 After his release from prison due to his mother's (Lisa Golm) pleading, vicious Vincent Lubeck (Lawrence Tierney) continues his abuse of his family and friends as he returns to a life of crime. First, he seduces his brother Johnny's (Edward Tierney) fiancee Rosa (Allene Roberts) who later commits suicide after learning that she is pregnant. Then Vincent forms a relationship with bank employee Eileen (Marjorie Riordan) and uses her for information in order to perform a robbery. Finally, Johnny has had enough and takes action against his brother.

Director: Robert Wise    More Info
Starring: Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan, Fay Baker, Gordon Gebert, Kei Thin Chung, Steven Geray, Herbert Butterfield, John Burton, Katherine Meskill

 After surviving a Nazi concentration camp imprisonment during World War II, Victoria (Valentina Cortese) takes the identity of her friend, Karin (Natasha Lytess), who died in the camp. Victoria visits Karin's young son, Chris (Gordon Gebert), who lives in a mansion on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, and she pretends to be his mother. Events take a turn when Chris' aunt/guardian is murdered to obtain the family fortune, and Victoria is scheduled to be the next victim. Once again, money does not buy happiness, and dangers lie ahead.

Director: Joseph Pevney    More Info
Starring: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Wyler, Michael Pate, Paul Cavanagh, Alan Napier, William Cottrell, Morgan Farley, Charles Horvath

 This is the adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" in which the mad Frenchman, Alan de Maletroit (Charles Laughton), cannot control his insane jealousy and throws his brother Edmond (Paul Cavanagh) in the dungeon while forcing a marriage on his brother's daughter, Blanche (Sally Forrest).

Director: Vincent Sherman    More Info
Starring: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis, Torin Thatcher, Howard Wendell, Karel Stepanek, Juanita Moore, Steven Geray, George Voskovec

 The husband of cabaret singer Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) is murdered by a spy believed to be Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby). When Chris' brother-in-law Steve (Glenn Ford) arrives on the scene, he is not pleased that Chris is going along with a story that his brother committed suicide. What Steve does not know is that Chris is working secretly with the police in an effort to get more information on Fabian. Her investigation leads to a plot to set up a rocket launching site within range of the United States. When Fabian realizes what Chris is doing, her life is in danger, but, in the nick of time, Steve comes to her rescue.

Director: William Beaudine    More Info
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo, Charlita, Muriel Landers, Al Kikume, Mickey Simpson, Martin Garralaga, Milton Newberger, Steve Calvert

 Dr. Zabor (Bela Lugosi) is conducting evolution experiments on a jungle island when into his world come the zany Duke and Sammy (Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo) who literally fall from a plane. Well, Doctor, do something to rid us of these irritating rip-offs of Martin and Lewis. In fact, Jerry Lewis sued the duo. Clearly a candidate for the "10 worst movies" list.

Director: Nathan Juran    More Info
Starring: Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Paula Corday, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hoyt

 When the friends of an English count, Beckett (Richard Greene), are murdered, Beckett sets out to avenge their deaths.

Director: Fred Zinnemann    More Info
Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Thomas Mitchell, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Harry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Lee Van Cleef

 Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for his portrayal of the Marshal who, despite his Quaker bride's (Grace Kelly) objections, bravely faces an avenging murderer. Oscars were also awarded for Best Song: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')," Musical Score, and Film Editing. Nominations were also received for Best Picture, Director, and Writing.

Director: William Spier    More Info
Starring: James Mason, June Havoc, Stephen Dunne, Fay Compton, Pamela Kellino, Odette Myrtil

 A woman (June Havoc) suffering from delusions believes she has been reincarnated in the living form of the dead wife of a pianist (James Mason).

Director: Arnold Laven    More Info
Starring: Adam Williams, Meg Randall, Ed Binns, Harlan Warde, John Maxwell, Angela Stevens, Byron Kane, Charles Tannen, Marilee Phelps, Robert Foulk

 After his wife leaves him, Carl Martin (Adam Williams) turns into a raging maniac as he picks up look-alikes for his wife and kills them with a pair of garden shears.

Director: Fritz Lang    More Info
Starring: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Lee Marvin, Carolyn Jones, Jeanette Nolan, Alexander Scourby, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Harry Lauter

 Following his colleague's suicide, homicide detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) investigates possible mob influence from within the city's police force. When a car bomb, meant for him, kills Bannion's wife Katie (Jocelyn Brando), he is taken off the case. Now, with help from Debbie (Gloria Grahame) who is the ex-mistress of gang leader Vince Stone (Lee Marvin), Bannion seeks revenge.

Director: Joseph M. Newman    More Info
Starring: Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Max Showalter, Carl Betz, Mary Anderson, Marjorie Hoshelle, Willis Bouchey, Yvonne Peattie, Carl Ludwig Lindt, Gayne Whitman

 Ruth and John Bowman (Jeanne Crain and Carl Betz) are enjoying a trans-Atlantic honeymoon cruise when John disappears. Ruth searches for John, but no one remembers John being on board, and their cabin number does not match with their names. To make matters worse, the passenger list has Ruth listed under her maiden name. Then the ship's doctor, Paul Manning (Michael Rennie), gets involved and helps Ruth uncover what has really happened to her husband.

Director: Felix E. Feist    More Info
Starring: Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Davis, Steve Brodie, Lisa Howard, Tom Powers, Michael Colgan, James Anderson, Victor Sutherland, Peter Adams

 Scientist Dr. Patrick Corey (Lew Ayres) specializes in brain research and has successfully kept a monkey's brain alive. When a ruthless millionaire dies in a plane accident, Corey notes that brain waves are still active and removes the brain for experimentation. The brain stays alive and even begins to control Corey–who continues the millionaire's corrupt work in a Jekyll/Hyde-like situation. As the brain becomes ever more powerful, it influences others to do its bidding. A good film based on Curt Siodmak's novel and was filmed previously as "Lady and the Monster" and later as "The Brain" a.k.a. "Vengeance." This film is closest to the novel's storyline.

Director: Andre De Toth    More Info
Starring: Vincent Price, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson, Frank Lovejoy, Roy Roberts, Paul Picerni, Angela Clarke, Paul Cavanagh, Richard Benjamin

 When first released into theaters, this movie caused quite a stir in its use of 3-D with all types of gimmicks to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. At home, viewing does not permit the 3-D effect, but this is still a good film about sculptor Professor Henry Jarrod (Vincent Price) who lost his hands in a fire and now has turned to the murder of pretty young women to complete his work.

Director: Charles DeLatour    More Info
Starring: Lloyd Bridges, Moira Lister, Alan Wheatley, Leslie Phillips, Helen Cordet, Rachel Roberts, Jean Marsh

 In this chilling thriller, an American, Franklyn Pryor (Lloyd Bridges), returns to England after World War II. He hopes to live happily ever after with his lover, Pauline French (Moira Lister) but becomes involved in solving a murder that he thinks he has seen in a dream.

Director: Ron Ormond    More Info
Starring: Jackie Coogan, Allan Nixon, Richard Travis, Mary Hill, Robert Knapp, Lyle Talbot, Tandra Quinn, Chris-Pin Martin, Harmon Stevens, Nico Lek

 A race of superwomen is the goal of mad scientist Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan). On the plateaus of New Mexico, he plies his trade of creation by growing gigantic spiders in order to inject the women.

Director: Ted Tetzlaff    More Info
Starring: Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon, Maurice Denham, Victor Maddern, Harcourt Williams, Sam Kydd, Harold Warrender, Harry Locke, Bill Fraser, John Horsley

 A time bomb is hidden on a train, and one man (Glenn Ford) is in the position to locate and try to defuse it before catastrophe strikes.

Director: Harry Horner    More Info
Starring: Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid, Richard Boone, Max Showalter, Alexander D'Arcy, Carl Betz, Aaron Spelling, John Dehner, Roy Engel

 Following the murder of supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters), police Lt. Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) vigorously steps into the case. He had been in love with Vicki before she gained success and has blamed her publicity man, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reed), for taking her away from him. Now, Cornell is determined to convict Christopher in what seems to be a personal vendetta. But Christopher, with help from Vicki's sister, Jill (Jeanne Crain), tracks down the identity of the real killer and puts an end to the madness.

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot    More Info
Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Vera Clouzot, William Tubbs, Antonio Centa, Darling Legitimus, Luis De Lima, Jo Dest

 Four men (Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, and Folco Lulli) are lured by high wages to drive two trucks, loaded with nitroglycerin, over treacherous roads in South America. The chemicals are needed to put out a fire in an American-owned oil field. Remade in 1977 as "Sorcerer."