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- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsJill AdamsEddie ByrneLyndon BrookAs he is about to retire, a police officer discovers that his daughter is mixed up with a criminal gang and is about to go to prison for a crime she didn't commit. Against his better judgment, he comes up with a plan to keep her from going to prison.
- DirectorMax NosseckStarsLawrence TierneyAllene RobertsMarjorie RiordanParoled sociopath and career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsRobert RyanJan SterlingBrian KeithThe owner of a salmon cannery in Alaska hires a man who had formerly been his partner, and comes to regret it.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsGene BarryLydia ClarkeMichael MooreAn atomic scientist's son is kidnapped by enemy agents.
- DirectorCharles LedererStarsJoan EvansMelvyn DouglasLynn BariShunned by her self-absorbed parents, a teenage girl's need for love and attention drives her to delinquency and a suicide attempt - an act that finally brings her parents to their senses.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJack PalanceConstance SmithByron PalmerAfter an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsRichard ToddEva BartokJohn GregsonTravelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.
- DirectorHenry S. KeslerStarsRuth RomanSterling HaydenWerner KlempererDuring the 1950s, a man's car trip from L.A. to Texas turns into a Cold-War espionage drama after his car breaks down and he accepts a lift from a stranger.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsHoward DuffColeen GrayJohn HowardA young woman gets involved in a racket in which beautiful young models marry for money.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsRobert HarlandPippa ScottMajel BarrettScandal erupts in a small town when a high school teacher is romantically linked with one of her male students.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsAlan LaddCarolyn JonesDiane BrewsterA struggling artist in a small town becomes the prime suspect when his wife mysteriously disappears.
- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsSusan HaywardKirk DouglasPaul StewartUnhappy about the appointment of an army general to the chairmanship of an atomic energy committee, a publishing empire female tycoon invites the general to her country estate in an effort to entrap him and ruin his reputation.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsElizabeth TaylorVittorio GassmanJohn EricsonSpoiled heiress Louise Durant (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) decides to leave the comfort of her father's estate in southern France to study piano at the Music Conservatory in Zurich, despite knowing that she does not have the talent nor desire to be a professional pianist. She is going there to follow her new boyfriend, violinist Paul Bronte (Vittorio Gassman), who is completing his final year of studies there, and who she hopes eventually to marry. Not even knowing Paul, this move does not sit well with Louise's father, Nicholas Durant (Louis Calhern), as he values success over all else, and Paul is not a success. Louise hopes to find her place in Paul's musical life, she does not truly understand the all-consuming passion he and many of the other students have for music. In her view of their world, Louise finds that she cannot be a complementary figure in that musical life as she wants, but is in direct competition with it. As such, some students resent Louise for taking away from Paul's talent, while others resent Paul for believing he can give in to Louise's non-musical whims while believing that he is not sacrificing his music. While Paul may ultimately have to choose between the violin and Louise especially, as he seems to be on the brink of stardom, pianist James Guest (John Ericson), a freshman at the Conservatory who lives in the same building as Louise, seems like he is willing to give up everything for Louise as he is falling in love with her. In Paul and John possessing the true talent to make it big, they may end up resenting Louise if they choose her over their music. Louise has to find a way to foster their music while still being part of their lives in her love.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsRod CameronGale RobbinsAllison HayesLawyer Marc Hill helps clear the name of his girlfriend's father who is accused of murdering a man that was blackmailing him.
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsClaire TrevorSally ForrestCarleton G. YoungTennis prodigy Florence Farley is torn between romance and her mother's ambitions.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsLew AyresTeresa WrightVictor JoryA badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsTom ConwayEva BartokJoy SheltonA private detective solves a murder of which he has been accused, and tracks down a gang of jewel smugglers.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsCharles BickfordBonita GranvillePaul KellyThe story of Cardinal Josef Mindszenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary who spoke out against both the German occupation of his country during World War II and the Communist regime that replaced it after the war. Mindszenty was arrested, tortured, and eventually released, but was persecuted to the extent that he wound up taking refuge in the US Embassy in Budapest for many years, still acting as a spokesman for the Hungarians who wanted the Soviet occupation forces and their Hungarian collaborators out of the country.
- DirectorJoel NewtonStarsIda LupinoHoward DuffRobert NicholsAgnes Langsley gets a job, through Jim Hollis, as caretaker of an old and vacated estate. The owner's cousin, Jennifer, was the last occupant and mysteriously disappeared. Agnes soon begins to believe that Jennifer was murdered and that Jilm, whom she has fallen in love with, is responsible.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsDean StockwellNatalie TrundyJohn LarchHigh-school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove; unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsDebbie ReynoldsBobby VanBarbara RuickPansy is sent off broken-hearted to an eastern school, but with help from Happy Stella Kowalski's all-girl band, several hundred students, and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy's return to Grainbelt.
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsSally ParrPatrick WaltzWalter ReedA young man who insists that he is innocent is slated to be the first executed in the prison's electric chair.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleFrankie VaughanJanette ScottFrankie Vaughan stars as young pop singer Johnny Burns, who is enlisted reluctantly by Frances Baring (Anna Neagle), a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. As a result, Johnny falls for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by Janette Scott.
- DirectorWalter StrateStarsWilliam HollandLili DawnMitchell KowallPsycho stalks the streets of Greenwich Village, killing and scalping his victims.
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsJohn PayneWilliam DemarestAgnes MooreheadKelly Hansen, the tough boss of a timber crew clearing property owned by Jessie Crain and her niece Sharon Wilks, is--unknown to anybody else--working to pay back money stolen by his brother Joe Roberts, who has a changed name, and has no love for his brother. Just as the debt is about paid off, Joe is killed in a truck accident that starts a blazing forest fire.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsEddie FisherDebbie ReynoldsAdolphe MenjouAfter finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers.
- DirectorNoel LangleyStarsTeresa WrightLouis HaywardNancy GatesAfter being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. He experiments on a friend's wife, and she regresses into an early life - that of Bridey Murphy. Several hypnotic sessions explore the life and death of this 19th-century Irishwoman who lived in Cork and Belfast from 1778 until 1864, and the doctor attempts to verify that Bridey Murphy really existed.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsPatricia DaintonConrad PhillipsMadge RyanAn elderly woman is murdered by a thief, with the only witness a blind girl whom the killer returns to silence permanently.
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsGlynis JohnsJack BuchananDonald SindenThe trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
- DirectorJean BoyerStarsFernandelRenée DevillersArlette PoirierMario (Fernandel), a bumptious sheep-shearer, discovers he has a inimtable touch that makes women, as well as sheep, swoon at his professional caress. He is soon the most sought-after hairdresser in France and is awarded the Legion of Honor. Among the women whose lives are changed by a hairdo(and his "touch") are Renee Devillers, his understanding wife; Arlette Poirier, a busy demimondaine, and Blanchette Brunoy, his most appreciative customer who sets up his ritzy establishment.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsRosalind RussellPaul DouglasMarie WilsonA shallow society matron is urged by her senator father to join the Women's Army Corps.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsDirk BogardeMuriel PavlowDonald SindenRecent medical graduate Dr. Sparrow navigates humorous internships with eccentric mentors. After insulting a senior surgeon, he impresses hospital officials through timely intervention, securing a staff position.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsBrian KeithBeverly GarlandDick ForanIn Chicago, a crime syndicate tries to take over a labor union by killing its whistle blower treasurer and framing the honest union boss for the murder.
- DirectorRobert C. DertanoStarsEve BrentTimothy FarrellJan ReevesA gang of teenage girls, looking for kicks and ignoring their probation officers' warnings, embark on a crime spree of robberies and burglaries.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleSylvia SymsNorman WoolandPoor Valerie just can't seem to straighten out her delinquent teenage daughter Janet, whose sleazy boyfriend is leading her down a rebellious path of crime and moral turpitude that could end in death--or could she have a chance for redemption?
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsBasil RathboneAkim TamiroffLon Chaney Jr.Sir Joel Cadman, a mad scientist, kidnaps his victims and cuts open their brains in an effort to discover a means to cure his wife's brain tumor.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsDan DaileyCyd CharisseAgnes MooreheadIn 1950s Las Vegas, a gambling rancher and a ballerina discover that some people have luck at cards while others have luck at love.
- DirectorAntony DarnboroughTerence FisherStarsCelia JohnsonNoël CowardMargaret LeightonThis movie begins with a scene in which Barbara (Celia Johnson) rings Leonora (Margaret Leighton) to tell her that something has happened to Chris (Noël Coward). At this point, we don't know who Chris is or what has happened, only that he has lost conciousness. The movie then flashes back a year, to when old friends Barbara and Leonora meet again after having lost contact for many years. Time has not strained their relationship it seems, and Barbara invites Leonora to her house a few days later to meet her husband. Her husband Chris, a pompous, austere psychologist, gets off to a bad start with Leonora. The two despise each other until one night when Barbara has to leave town to look after her mother. Because of this, she is unable to go to the play she had arranged to go with Leonora to. Chris reluctantly decides to go in place of Barbara, and the two hit it off and begin a relationship.
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsRita HayworthJosé FerrerAldo RayA self-righteous missionary man seeks to save the soul of a former prostitute.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsDoris DayRay BolgerClaude DauphinA series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
- DirectorVictor SavilleGeorge WhiteStarsRobert BrayWhitney BlakeDonald RandolphPrivate eye Mike Hammer passes over beautiful women and corpses to find stolen jewels.
- DirectorDick PowellStarsJune AllysonJack LemmonCharles BickfordEllen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to Houston to be with her husband. Her father hires a private investigator to stop her. On the bus to Houston, a newspaper man (Jack Lemmon) figures out who she is. Instead of cashing in on the big story and the reward money he falls in love with her.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsYvonne De CarloCarlos ThompsonRita GamThe life and career of German composer Richard Wagner.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsWalter ReedMargaret LindsayJohn ArcherAbout the lives and loves of the staff of an emergency hospital as reflected in a single frenetic night of business-as-usual.
- DirectorEugène LouriéStarsJohn BaragreyMala PowersOtto KrugerA brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...
- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsBetty GrableMarge ChampionGower ChampionA widowed singer marries her late husband's songwriting partner, which leads to trouble when her first husband turns up very much alive.
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsVincent PriceAgnes MooreheadGavin GordonA crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsBelinda LeeRonald LewisMichael BrookeA beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardJoan CollinsAll about the citizens of Putnam's Landing and their reactions to an Army missile base in their backyard.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsKenneth MoreJayne MansfieldHenry HullAfter inadvertently stopping an Indian attack on his stagecoach while traveling in the American West, an English gentleman finds himself appointed sheriff of a nearby town.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsYvonne LimeBrett HalseyJana LundA good girl is forced to join a dangerous all-girl high school gang, and only her waiter boyfriend and a caring female teacher can possibly help her before it may become too late.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsLew AyresGene EvansNancy ReaganThree scientists unlawfully remove the still living brain of a dead tycoon and experiment with it but the evil brain begins to telepathically control the lead scientist.
- DirectorMichel BoisrondStarsBrigitte BardotJean BretonnièreFrançoise FabianNightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is a wild, shapely sex kitten.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsJohn AshleyJody FairGene VincentKid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsDavid NivenMitzi GaynorCarl ReinerA happily married father of two, who hates TV, brings a wedding anniversary gift for his wife, with the desire of a romantic interlude. Nonetheless, daily life chaos ensues, leading to TV screens being kicked in and everybody being angry.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsBetta St. JohnAlexander KnoxChristopher LeeJohn Preston meets Sally who agrees to marry him. Then, Preston begins to have dreams about Sylvia, a woman from his past, who comes to Deanbridge to blackmail him. In his dream, Preston strangles. He seeks help from Doctor Walton.
- DirectorAlexander HallStarsJane WymanRay MillandAldo RayIn this 1953 musical remake of "The Awful Truth", Wyman is married to womanizing composer Milland and sets out to give him some of his own medicine. She has an affair, but her ploy backfires, and the couple get a divorce. Once separated, they try every way to make each other jealous.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsLex BarkerCarole MathewsLisa GastoniA man, awakening with no memory, is told he is an heir to millions, but he suspects he is an heir to trouble instead.
- DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsJohn CassavetesRaymond BurrSara ShaneSongwriter falls in love with a crippled man's wife.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsTom ConwayHillary BrookeEddie MarrTwo conartists swindle a Los Angeles department store out of a mink coat, cheat a pawnbroker out of $8000 and leave the police baffled.
- DirectorRobert S. BakerStarsRod CameronLois MaxwellClifford EvansWhile investigating the mysterious death of a friend, a man discovers a peace organization is the front for a crime syndicate. Based on the novel of the same name by Manning O'Brien.
- DirectorSheldon ReynoldsStarsRobert MitchumGeneviève PageIngrid ThulinWhen a reclusive, enigmatic millionaire dies suddenly on the Riviera, his press agent begins to investigate his employer's shady past.
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsEdmond O'BrienWanda HendrixRudy ValleeEx-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsRuth WarrickRichard TravisGinger PrinceA once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous try to help her recover.
- DirectorPeter Graham ScottStarsDermot WalshRona AndersonRonald HowardAn insurance investigator has a chance encounter with the sister of a fur dealer and soon finds himself embroiled in intrigue involving a case filled with cash as well as a potential outbreak of anthrax.
- DirectorBurt TopperStarsAnita SandsRon FosterChris RobinsonA 17-year-old high-school senior must justify her wedding to a 24-year-old law student to both her parents and her unbalanced ex-boyfriend.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsKent SmithNan MartinJames FranciscusA police psychiatrist attempts to find a mugger obsessed with the need to seek out lonely women and slash their faces.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsDennis PricePeggy EvansRex GarnerA police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsEdmond O'BrienYvonne De CarloRichard ArlenAfter a desperate plot to rob his company office, a mining engineer leaves town humiliated. He takes up work elsewhere, agreeing to help a threatened father and his daughter extract silver ore from their mine before the lease expires.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsEdmund PurdomIda LupinoAnn HardingWhen a soldier is killed in action during the Korean War, his best friend returns home to fulfill his dying wish that he kill his two children if they are being raised by another man.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsCecil ParkerEileen HerlieDonald WolfitIn England, alcoholic Uncle Willie vexes his family. They let him buy a bike shop to woo American heiress Virginia, who loves Willie's nephew Frank.
- DirectorBill CliffordStarsBoyce BrownMarjory MorrisW.O. JarrettChicken farmer John Lloyd learns the importance of blood tests when he gives his pregnant wife a dose of the clap after a one-night fling with a lonely waitress. Shot in Harmony, Georgia, with a cast of non-professionals and produced in association with the Georgia Department of Health, Birthright originally began as a serious educational film but took a detour into degradation.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsLana TurnerBarry SullivanGlynis JohnsAn American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start.
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsTom ConwayDelphi LawrenceBrian WorthJ. D. Everleigh, a wealthy American, purchases a rare stamp in London from Geoffrey Blake, who says he represents Robert Coburn, a stamp agent. Everleigh begins to suspect the stamp is a counterfeit and hires private-detective Tom Martin to investigate. In London, Martin, assisted by Barney Wilson, a reformed crook, learns that the real stamp is still in the hands of Lady Hawksley but she refuses to show it to him. Martin gets friendly with Lady Hawksley's secretary, Jean Larson, and learns that Blake is a neer-do-well nephew of Lady Hawksley. Murder also rears its ugly head as Martin finds clues that seem to indicate that everybody he encounters is involved in one way or another with stamp counterfeiting.
- DirectorPaul GuilfoyleStarsAngela LansburyKeith AndesDouglass DumbrilleAn unemployed architect meets a married woman with a business proposition. The architect soon suspect her interest isn't just financial - and might be deadly.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsAnne BaxterSteve CochranLyle BettgerAn American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsPhyllis CalvertPatrick BarrSusan StephenTo Laura Hammond's large family, she is simply the mother who makes all their lives run more smoothly. But although they don't know it, she is a very successful novelist.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsMolly BeeAlan Reed Jr.Bill GoodwinTwo high school students manage to keep their marriage a secret from their family and friends, but that all changes when she becomes pregnant.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTom LaughlinPeter MillerRichard BakalyanA frustrated young man, separated from his younger girlfriend, gets involved in a juvenile gang.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsRay MillandArlene DahlWendell CoreyIn Jamaica, amid murder and deceit, a schooner skipper and a land developer search for the sunken ship containing proof regarding the identity of the true heirs of a legendary Jamaican estate.
- DirectorCharles BennettStarsLew AyresSonny TuftsMarjorie SteeleWhen the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a bar to be blamed for the crime. The girl, knowing that neither she nor the piano player committed the murder, helps him to escape from the police dragnet and try to find the real killer.
- DirectorGene Fowler Jr.StarsGregg PalmerKathleen CrowleyEdward PlattThree beatniks are brought together to rob an armored car, only to face betrayal from amongst their ranks.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsAnn SheridanDennis O'KeefeRobert KeithFrank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsRobert YoungBetsy DrakeJohn SuttonIn flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house.