121. Room at the Top
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jack Clayton
Actors: Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, Hermione Baddeley
Plot: In order to climb the corporate ladder, a young man abandons his true love
to marry the boss' daughter.
122. Guys and Dolls
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye
Plot: It is a great movie about mobsters in the mid 1950's just trying to get a lousy craps game together it stars Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando as the two mobsters
123. The Far Country
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan, Jack Elam, John McIntire
Plot: The gold rush means big plans for Jeff Webster who sees a fortune in the
beef business. He starts a cattle drive, come hell or high water - where
he finds himself up against a crooked lawman before finding himself in the
gold business himself.
124. The War of the Worlds
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite, Sandro Giglio, Lewis Martin
Plot: A meteor hits in a small town outside of Los Angeles California. A scientist investigates only to discover the beginning of a deadly alien invasion.
125. The Three Faces of Eve
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Actors: Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Edwin Jerome, Nancy Kulp, Douglas Spencer
Plot: Eve White is sometimes Eve Black. A woman with dueling personalities has
hidden the reason for her suffering from even herself. Joanne Woodward won
the Oscar for this role.
126. Young and the Damned , The aka Forgotten Ones ( olvidados, Los )
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán, Alma Delia Fuentes, Francisco Jambrina, Efraín Arauz, Alfonso Mejía
Plot: In the violent slums of Mexico City, a group of juvenile delinquents survive on the streets. Pedro, a moral young man, is gradually drawn into the corrupt lives by those around him.
127. The Man Who Knew Too Much
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Daniel Gélin, Ralph Truman
Plot: An American doctor and former singer are traveling with their young son in Marrakesh when the doctor witnesses a murder. Shortly thereafter, their son is kidnapped and taken to London. As the couple attempts to save their boy, a fiendish plot extending far beyond them is revealed.
128. Separate Tables
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Delbert Mann
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Wendy Hiller, Gladys Cooper
Plot: Follows a group of residents, and unexpected visitors, at the off-season at the Beauregard Hotel as old flames and new are kindled and secrets uncovered.
129. The Bad and the Beautiful
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Gloria Grahame, Barry Sullivan
Plot: Three people in the movie biz recount how they'll never work with producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) again.
130. Gigi
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacqueline Audry
Actors: Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier, Yvonne de Bray, Franck Villard, Paul Demange, Madeleine Rousset
Plot: A teen raised to be a demimondaine isn't ready to step into that role until she becomes involved with a rich playboy and finds the perfect opportunity to perfect that role.
