41. Bitter Rice ( Riso amaro )
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Giuseppe De Santis
Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Checco Rissone, Nico Pepe
Plot: Francesca and Walter, a pair of petty criminal, evade police in Northern Italy. Francesca finds herself among a group of women rice workers, including Silvana, a voluptuous peasant and Marco, a soldier about to be discharged. Walter soon joins her and the four form an uneasy group - one that leads to robbery, jealousy and eventually murder.
42. Destination Moon
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Irving Pichel
Actors: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, Erin O'Brien-Moore
Plot: One of the first films to depict serious space travel - a trip to the moon is successful, but a miscalculation in fuel means, even after stripping the ship bare, in order to return to earth, someone will have to be left behind.
43. Shadow on the Wall
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pat Jackson
Actors: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau, Nancy Davis, Kristine Miller, John McIntire
44. The File on Thelma Jordon
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Siodmak
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober
45. Cheaper by the Dozen
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Betty Lynn, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Bates
46. Side Street
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey
47. Wabash Avenue
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris, Reginald Gardiner, James Barton, Barry Kelley
48. Fancy Pants
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: G
Director: George Marshall
Actors: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot, Jack Kirkwood, Lea Penman, Hugh French
49. No Man of Her Own
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter, Lyle Bettger, Henry O'Neill
50. Annie Get Your Gun
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sidney
Actors: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn
