211. The Lavender Hill Mob
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Crichton
Actors: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding, Edie Martin
Plot: Droll bank clerk has this perfect scheme for robbing a gold bullion truck.
The performance of Alec Guinness is worth the time spent watching the
movie.
212. The Thing from Another World
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christian Nyby
Actors: Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Robert Nichols, Eduard Franz, James Arness, Margaret Sheridan
Plot: In the Arctic north, a group of scientists and military personal discover an alien creature who un-thaws to harm humans while the scientists try to make peace with it.
213. Clash by Night
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe, J. Carrol Naish, Keith Andes
Plot: A cynical woman returns to her fishing village home after life and love have brought nothing but hurt in New York. She lodges with her brother, Joe, and quickly finds herself the object of affection for two men: the kind, naive Jerry D'Amato and the brutish Earl Pfeiffer, who is caught in a bitter marriage. Although she marries Jerry, and they have a daughter, it is a loveless relationship. When Earl's wife finally leaves hims, he becomes depressed, and she is there to comfort him.
214. The Trouble with Harry
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Royal Dano, Jerry Mathers, Mildred Natwick
Plot: Hitchcock dispenses with much of the suspense in favor of macabre humor. In a beautiful Vermont village in autumn, Harry's dead body appears. Various townspeople, believing they have killed Harry, bury him, only to discover that they were not the culprit, requiring them to unearth Harry--again and again and again.
215. Oklahoma!
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Shirley Jones
216. Creature from the Black Lagoon
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Horror
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Bernie Gozier
Plot: An Amazon River expedition uncovers an ancient Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. They capture the creature, but it breaks free - kidnapping a woman from camp, with whom he has fallen in love with.
217. Al Capone
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Wilson
Actors: Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Gist
Plot: A quite accurate portrayal of the life of prohibition era criminal kingpin Al Capone - from his days as a small-time Chicago hood to his rise as Chicago's most notorious gangster - ultimately leading to his ignoble end.
218. Go for Broke!
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Pirosh
Actors: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga, Ken K. Okamoto, Henry Oyasato
Plot: The story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team - a group comprised of
Japanese-American soldiers during WWII. Though commanding officer Lt. Mike
Grayson had his doubts, the unit proves their honor and sacrifice in
battle and Grayson realizes his prejudice is looking in the wrong place as
he turns the mirror on himself.
219. The Tingler
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Castle
Actors: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, Pamela Lincoln, Philip Coolidge
Plot: A scientist (Price) discovers a strange creature that latches on to
people's spines when they are afraid and causes a tingling sensation. A
person must scream to get rid of the tingler; otherwise, he or she will
die. When the film was first released in theaters, buzzers were attached
to some audience members' seats to replicate the tingling sensation at key
points in the movie.
220. The Men
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb, Richard Erdman, Arthur Jurado
Plot: A veteran is a paralyzed from the waist down, but, after a bout with depression, gets back thanks to the help of doctors, fellow patients and his fiancee. Yet with marriage on the horizon, she realizes she may not be able to cope with the pressure - sending him back into depression.
