Category Archives: 1951

Thunder on the Hill

IMDB Rating: 6.90
86 votes

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Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette Colbert) becomes convinced of her innocence and sets out to find the real killer.
Actors
Sister Mary BonaventureClaudette Colbert
Valerie CarnsAnn Blyth
Dr. Edward JeffreysRobert Douglas
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Distant Drums

IMDB Rating: 6.20
350 votes

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Army Lietenent Tufts accompanies Scout Quincey Wyatt into the everglades to route the Seminole Indians that are threatening the early settlers in Florida. When the command is forced to run, Wyatt and Seminole Chief Oscala square off in an exciting climax.
Actors
Capt. Quincy WyattGary Cooper
Judy BeckettMari Aldon
Lt. Richard TuftsRichard Webb
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Cry Danger

IMDB Rating: 7.20
290 votes

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"Rocky" Mulloy is framed for a murder and a holdup he didn't commit and pulls a five year stretch in prison. He is finally pardoned when a friend returns from overseas to corroborate his testimony in court. "Rocky" then goes hunting for the real culprits so this his prison buddy, believed to be innocent, can also be pardoned. Nancy Morgan, wife of his friend, falls in love with him along the way, and he also has a few bullets fired at him by an oily character. "Rocky" finds the guilty party in a place he didn't think about looking.
Actors
'Rocky' MulloyDick Powell
Nancy MorganRhonda Fleming
DelongRichard Erdman
Also posted in Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Show Boat

IMDB Rating: 7.00
1339 votes

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When Julie la Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom (their marriage is illegal because of Julie's mixed blood),their places are taken by Magnolia Hawks, the Captain's daughter, and Gaylord Ravenal, a gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago, where they live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke Gay feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not knowing she is pregnant.
Actors
Magnolia HawksKathryn Grayson
Julie LaVerneAva Gardner
Gaylord RavenalHoward Keel
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An American in Paris

IMDB Rating: 7.30
7413 votes

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Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic complications abound.
Actors
Jerry MulliganGene Kelly
Lise BouvierLeslie Caron
Adam CookOscar Levant
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

IMDB Rating: 6.90
431 votes

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In 1930, singer Pandora Reynolds, gorgeous, enigmatic, and fascinated by danger and destruction, has the men of a small Spanish town in despair. Just when race driver Stephen Cameron thinks he's won her, a mysterious yacht appears in the bay whose eerie captain may be the legendary Flying Dutchman. Stephen has an apparently more dangerous rival in the form of an arrogant bullfighter; but Pandora's friendship with the Dutchman may lead them both to a rendezvous with Fate...
Actors
Hendrik van der ZeeJames Mason
Pandora ReynoldsAva Gardner
Stephen CameronNigel Patrick
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

IMDB Rating: 6.60
1594 votes

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Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy's invisible help.
Actors
Bud AlexanderBud Abbott
Lou FrancisLou Costello
Helen GrayNancy Guild
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Scrooge

IMDB Rating: 8.00
5553 votes

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Stingy old Ebenezer Scrooge is known as the meanest man in London. He overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, whose little son, Tiny Tim, is crippled and may soon die. He also has nothing to do with his nephew, Fred, because his birth cost the life of his beloved sister. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a haunting nightmare. He is visited by three ghosts and is given one last chance to change his ways and save himself from the grim fate that befell his business partner, Jacob Marley.
Actors
Ebenezer ScroogeAlastair Sim
Mrs. DilberKathleen Harrison
Bob CratchitMervyn Johns
Also posted in Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

IMDB Rating: 8.10
18023 votes

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A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.
Actors
Helen BensonPatricia Neal
Tom StevensHugh Marlowe
KlaatuMichael Rennie
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The African Queen

IMDB Rating: 8.10
20186 votes

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At the start of World War 1, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Samuel Sayer dies, Charlie agrees to take Sayers' sister, Rose, back to civilization. taking on the Germans at the same time.
Actors
Rose SayerKatharine Hepburn
Rev. Samuel SayerRobert Morley
Charlie AllnutHumphrey Bogart
Also posted in Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, War | Comments (0)
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