Top Movies of 1950s


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231. The Hound of the Baskervilles

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, André Morell, Marla Landi, David Oxley, Francis De Wolff
Plot: Sherlock Holmes is hired by the newest heir of the Baskerville estate to
investigate a curse where the family is stalked and killed by a
supernatural hound.

232. Sudden Fear

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Miller
Actors: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Mike Connors, Bruce Bennett, Virginia Huston
Plot: Ambitious actor Lester Blaine seems destined to be the star in Myra Hudson's new play, until the woman dashes his hopes by proclaiming is his not romantic enough. Seeing opportunity, he romances Myra himself - all the while plotting with his mistress to murder her.

233. The Wild One

Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: László Benedek
Actors: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin, Jay C. Flippen, Peggy Maley
Plot: A biker gang rides into a small town to raise some hell.

234. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher, Alec Mango, Danny Green
Plot: A brief stop on the island of Colossus has Sinbad rescuing a magician from a Cyclops - thanks to the use of a magic lamp. But during the escape, the lamp is lost. Landing at their destination, the magician performs many feats, but wants nothing more than to return to the island and reclaim his lamp. When the caliph refuses his request, the magician maliciously shrinks the princess. He can turn her back - but only if a special ingredient is located - one which can only be found on Colossus - thus Sinbad returns.

235. Big Deal on Madonna Street ( I Soliti Ignoti )

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mario Monicelli
Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto, Claudia Cardinale, Tiberio Murgia, Rosanna Rory
Plot: A ragtag group of thieves, including an unemployed photographer, an ex-jockey, a receiver and a retired burglar - plan to burgle a pawnshop, but a simple plan turns into a big hassle.

236. Love in the Afternoon

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver, Van Doude, Lise Bourdin
Plot: The daughter of a private detective falls in love with a man who is the subject of one of her father's cases after she saves his life.

237. Treasure Island

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, Finlay Currie
Plot: Young Jim Hawkins searches for "pieces of eight" along with wily, one-legged pirate of all pirates Long John Silver

238. Teacher's Pet

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Seaton
Actors: Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren, Marion Ross, Charles Lane

239. The River's Edge

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Allan Dwan
Actors: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Harry Carey Jr., Chubby Johnson, Byron Foulger

240. 5 Fingers

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oskar Karlweis, John Wengraf

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