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1950 The Asphalt Jungle Mystery N/R, 112 Minutes
Director: John Huston More Info
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, James Whitmore, Marilyn Monroe, Strother Martin, Marc Lawrence, Jean Hagen, John McIntire, Anthony Caruso A gang of criminals attempts to commit the perfect crime when a corrupt lawyer (Louis Calhern) backs a jewel robbery, but the scheme is doomed from the start. Academy Award nominations include Best Director and Supporting Actor (Sam Jaffe). |
1950 Backfire Mystery N/R, 91 Minutes
Director: Vincent Sherman More Info
Starring: Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Ed Begley, Monte Blue, John Ridgely, Ida Moore, Richard Rober Ex-GI Bob Corey (Gordon MacRae) is searching for his war buddy, Steve (Edmond O'Brien), who is on the run because of a bum murder rap. With his army nurse friend (Virginia Mayo) in tow, Bob intends to clear his friend, but the real murderer is now on the trail of Bob. |
1950 D.O.A. Drama / Mystery N/R, 83 Minutes
Director: Rudolph Mate More Info
Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching, Henry Hart, Neville Brand, Jess Kirkpatrick, Laurette Luez This good, tense mystery starts with Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) walking into the police station to report his own murder. He had gone to San Francisco for a week on the town before his marriage. But, he gets poisoned, and the doctor says he has but a week to live and no known antidote exists. He sets out to discover who did it and why. Remade in 1969 as "Color Me Dead" and again in 1988. |
1950 Dark City Drama / Mystery N/R, 97 Minutes
Director: William Dieterle More Info
Starring: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Jack Webb, Ed Begley, Harry Morgan, Mark Keuning, Walter Sande Danny Haley (Charlton Heston) becomes involved in a crooked card game in which he wins. However, the losing player, Arthur (Don DeFore), commits suicide as a result of his loss. When Arthur's older brother, Billy (Mark Keuning), learns of the suicide, he sets out for revenge. |
1950 In a Lonely Place Mystery N/R, 94 Minutes
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1950 Mystery Street Mystery N/R, 93 Minutes
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1950 Quicksand Drama / Mystery N/R, 79 Minutes
Director: Irving Pichel More Info
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Taylor Holmes, Art Smith, Wally Cassell, Richard Lane, John Gallaudet, Minerva Urecal Auto mechanic Dan (Mickey Rooney) falls for conniving waitress Vera (Jeanne Cagney). Needing money to take her out, Dan lifts $20 from the garage cash register, intending to return it before the accountant checks the books. But, this initiates a downward spiral when he takes on ever more debt to pay the last one, which leads to destruction. |
1950 Rashomon Foreign / Drama / Mystery / Thriller N/R, 88 Minutes
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1950 So Long at the Fair Mystery N/R, 86 Minutes
Director: Antony Darnborough More Info
Starring: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Marcel Poncin, Cathleen Nesbitt, Honor Blackman, Betty Warren, Zena Marshall, Felix Aylmer, Eugene Deckers Vicky (Jean Simmons) and Johnny (David Tomlinson) Barton arrive in Paris for the 1889 Exhibition, but Johnny suddenly disappears. Frantic, Vicky has trouble getting anyone to help–until she meets George Hathaway (Dirk Bogarde) who comes to the rescue and solves the mystery. |
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1951 13th Letter Mystery N/R, 85 Minutes
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1951 Calling Bulldog Drummond Mystery N/R, 80 Minutes
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1951 Cry Danger Mystery N/R, 79 Minutes
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1951 Hollywood Story Mystery N/R, 76 Minutes
Director: William Castle More Info
Starring: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus, Paul Cavanagh, Houseley Stevenson, Francis X. Bushman, Joel McCrea A movie director was murdered 20 years ago. Now, Larry O'Brien (Richard Conte) comes to Hollywood to make a movie about the crime and uncovers the real story behind the murder. |
1951 Kind Lady Mystery N/R, 80 Minutes
Director: John Sturges More Info
Starring: Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn, Betsy Blair, John Williams, Doris Lloyd, John O'Malley, Henri Letondal Mary Herries is a kind old woman. And rich. Along comes painter Henry Elcott, who enters her home after demonstrating his painting skills. But, of course, he is after her money. A good update of the 1936 film, partly because the author of the original play, Edward Chodorov, coscripted this tale. |
1951 M Mystery N/R, 88 Minutes
Director: Joseph Losey More Info
Starring: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Jim Backus, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Karen Morley, Norman Lloyd, John Miljan This remake of the 1931 German film is not as good; however, it is an entertaining thriller about the tracking-down of a child murderer. |
1951 The Man with a Cloak Mystery N/R, 80 Minutes
Director: Fletcher Markle More Info
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Joe De Santis, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly, Richard Hale, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts Set in New York during 1848, this mystery is about a plot to get money to support the cause of the new French republic. |
1951 Strangers on a Train Mystery N/R, 101 Minutes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock More Info
Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Patricia Hitchcock, Leo G. Carroll, Laura Elliot, Jonathan Hale, Howard St. John, Norma Varden, Robert Gist In this thriller, Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) is the psychopathic stranger on a train who has a conversation with Guy Haines (Farley Granger) about exchanging murders. Later, Guy learns that Bruno has carried out the murder of Guy's wife, and now Guy is expected to perform his part of the bargain. Tense all the way; an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece. |
1951 Whispering Smith Hits London Mystery N/R, 77 Minutes
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1952 Angel Face Drama / Mystery N/R, 91 Minutes
Director: Otto Preminger More Info
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Jim Backus, Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil, Kenneth Tobey, Raymond Greenleaf, Griff Barnett When a beautiful–but psychotic–rich woman, Diane (Jean Simmons), plots to kill her stepmother Catherine (Barbara O'Neil), ambulance driver Frank (Robert Mitchum) unwittingly becomes involved in the crime. Frank is hired as the family chauffeur, and Diane fixes the car so that it goes over a cliff, but the accident kills not only Catherine but Diane's father Charles (Herbert Marshall) as well. Frank and Diane are now charged with murder. In an effort to sway the jury, Diane's lawyer (Leon Ames) suggests Diane and Frank marry, they do, and are acquitted. After being freed, Frank realizes that he cannot be married to a murderess and tells Diane that he is leaving her. Not a good move because Diane now puts the car into reverse, they fall over a cliff, and hurtle to their deaths. |
1952 Diplomatic Courier Mystery N/R, 97 Minutes
Director: Henry Hathaway More Info
Starring: Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Stephen McNally, Karl Malden, Hildegarde Neff, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Michael Ansara, James Millican, Stefan Schnabel During a train ride from Salzburg to Trieste, the Cold War heats up as an American agent (Tyrone Power) seeks revenge over his friend's death and determines to get the KGB agents who were responsible. Look for Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, and Michael Ansara in small roles. |
1952 Five Fingers Mystery N/R, 108 Minutes
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz More Info
Starring: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oscar Karlweis, Herbert Berghof, John Wengraf, Nestor Paiva, Michael Pate, Richard Loo Based on a true story of World War II German spy Ulysses Diello (whose code name was Cicero (James Mason)), this is a great thriller. Stationed in Turkey, Cicero's mission was to gain information from documents in the British Embassy. |
1952 The Green Glove Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Romance N/R, 88 Minutes
Director: Rudolph Mate More Info
Starring: Glenn Ford, Cedric Hardwicke, Geraldine Brooks, George Macready, Gaby Andre, Jany Holt, Paul Bonifas, Frederick O'Brady, Roger Treville, Georges Tabet Former paratrooper Michael Blake (Glenn Ford) strives to return a pilfered religious artifact–the jeweled gauntlet of St. Elizire, the Green Glove–to the French church from which it was stolen. Jewel thief Count Paul Rona (George Macready) had stolen the relic during World War II but lost it. Along the way, Blake meets tour guide Chris Kenneth (Geraldine Brooks), and they fall in love while tracking down the relic with Rona in pursuit. |
1952 The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By Drama / Mystery N/R, 83 Minutes
Director: Harold French More Info
Starring: Claude Rains, Marius Goring, Marta Toren, Ferdy Mayne, Herbert Lom, Lucie Mannheim, Anouk Aimee, Eric Pohlmann, Felix Aylmer, Gibb McLaughlin A very honest man, Kees Popinga (Claude Rains), finds that his boss Julius de Koster, Jr. (Herbert Lom) has been stealing from their Dutch trading company to support his French mistress Michele (Marta Toren). Kees' solution: steal the money himself to prevent his boss from getting his hands on it. Kees does get the money and boards a trans-European train to Paris. After arriving in Paris, he manages to become entangled with Michele. And, of course, problems lie ahead through a series of twists and turns. |
1952 My Cousin Rachel Mystery N/R, 98 Minutes
Director: Henry Koster More Info
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton, Ronald Squire, George Dolenz, John Sutton, Tudor Owen, J.M. Kerrigan, Argentina Brunetti, Mario Siletti This is the film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Gothic novel about tragic Rachel (Olivia de Havilland) who is suspected of being a murderess. Richard Burton won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for his role of Philip Ashley, Rachel's young cousin who loves and suspects her at the same time. Burton also received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor. |
1952 Trent's Last Case Mystery N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Herbert Wilcox More Info
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Orson Welles, John McCallum, Sam Kydd, Miles Malleson, Hugh McDermott, Jack McNaughton, John Chandos, Henry Edwards After international businessman Sigsbee Manderson (Orson Welles) is found dead, his wife Margaret (Margaret Lockwood) is accused of murdering him. Now, ace newspaper reporter Philip Trent (Michael Wilding) steps in to investigate. The story is told in flashbacks to reveal what really happened, and Trent concludes that Sigsbee committed suicide and left evidence to frame Margaret. |
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