The Caine Mutiny 1954  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, E.G. Marshall, Tom Tully, Robert Francis, Arthur Franz, Claude Akins, May Wynn, Warner Anderson, Katherine Warren, Jerry Paris, Steve Brodie
Humphrey Bogart plays Captain Queeg, the slightly mentally unbalanced captain of the U.S.S. Caine. Following a typhoon, Lieutenant Maryk (Van Johnson) is tried for mutiny because of his actions during the storm. Queeg's testimony and downfall as he rolls ball bearings in his fist is a classic scene. The film received several Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Bogart), and Supporting Actor (Tom Tully).
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The Farmer Takes a Wife 1953  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, Thelma Ritter, John Carroll, Eddie Foy Jr., Charlotte Austin, Kathleen Crowley, Merry Anders, May Wynn, Gwen Verdon
This musical remake of the 1935 version is OK fare, but it drags too much. It is the story of an Erie Canal worker (Dale Robertson) who falls in love and becomes a farmer.
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 The Girl Next Door 1953 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer, Clinton Sundberg, Hayden Rorke, Mary Jane Saunders, May Wynn, Herb Vigran, Jeffrey Sayre, Mona Knox, Gordon Clark, Michael Ross
Singing star Jeannie Laird (June Haver) is tired of city life, so she moves to a home in suburbia. Widower Bill Carter (Dan Dailey), a cartoonist, lives next door with his 10-year-old son Joe (Billy Gray). Jeannie and Bill fall in love. But, will their new relationship create problems between Bill and Joe?
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The Violent Men 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Jack Kelly, May Wynn, Warner Anderson, Basil Ruysdael
John Parrish (Glenn Ford) takes the lead among his fellow ranchers as they fight off a wealthy rancher who would take over their land.
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| 1. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
2. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
3. The Girl Next Door (1953)
4. The Violent Men (1955)
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