The Man in the White Suit

1951

English

7.2

♡ 6

100%

Alexander Mackendrick Director

Cecil Parker as Alan Birnley

Howard Marion-Crawford as Cranford

Duncan Lamont as Harry

David Boyd as Office Boy

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...

Othello

1951

English

7.5

♡ 19

Action

based on play or musical

Drama

History

husband wife relationship

Orson Welles Director

Doris Dowling as Bianca

Joan Fontaine as Page

Robert Coote as Roderigo

Joseph Cotten as Senator

When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself with Iago, who has his own grudge against Othello, and the two conspire to bring Othello down. When their first plan, to have him accused of witchcraft, fails, they plant evidence intended to make him believe Desdemona is unfaithful.

On Dangerous Ground

1951

English

7.2

♡ 8

89%

78%

Action

based on novel or book

Nicholas Ray Director

Nestor Paiva as Bagganierri

Ida Lupino as Mary Malden

Ian Wolfe as Sheriff Carrey

William Challee as Thug

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.

The Magic Box

1951

English

7.0

♡ 2

76%

Biography

Drama

History

John Boulting Director

Roland Culver as 1st Company Promoter

Janette Scott as Ethel Friese-Greene

Dennis Price as Harold

James Kenney as Kenneth Friese-Greene

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.

When Worlds Collide

1951

English

6.6

♡ 14

81%

64%

Action

based on novel or book

Rudolph Maté Director

Forbes Murray as Delegate

Ramsay Hill as French U.N. Representative

Rachel Ames as Julie Cummings

John Roy as Police Officer

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.

Halls of Montezuma

1951

English

6.6

♡ 8

88%

Lewis Milestone Director

Karl Malden as Doc

Edward Binns as First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot

Joe Turkel as Marine

Robert Wagner as Private Coffman

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the enemy rockets. As the mission progresses, the squad and leader overcome many challenges as they are transformed into an effective and efficient fighting unit.

Double Crossbones

1951

English

6.0

♡ 5

Adventure

buccaneer

musical

Charles Barton Director

Donald O'Connor as Davey Crandall

Kathryn Givney as Lady Montrose

Frank Richards as Tavern Bouncer

John Roy as Tavern Patron

Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of the pox, which causes the panicked captain and crew to desert the ship. The two find themselves alone, and when a lucky cannon shot hits a mast on a British ship, they find themselves mistaken for pirates. They sail to Tortuga, where they recruit such notorious corsairs as Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonney, and Blackbeard to lay siege to Chaleston and expose the villain Elden.

Westward the Women

1951

English

7.6

♡ 7

69%

William A. Wellman Director

Gene Roth as Bartender

George Chandler as Mackeral Face

Frank McGrath as Outrider

Roy Jenson as (uncredited)

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.

He Ran All the Way

1951

English

7.0

♡ 2

88%

John Berry Director

John Garfield as Nick Robey

Dale Van Sickel as Officer Newcomb

Shelley Winters as Peg Dobbs

Robert Hyatt as Tommy Dobbs

A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

Cry Danger

1951

English

7.3

♡ 12

76%

Dick Powell Director

Hy Averback as Bookie

Regis Toomey as Cobb

Richard Erdman as Delong

Rhonda Fleming as Nancy

After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.

Flying Leathernecks

1951

English

6.3

♡ 7

75%

Nicholas Ray Director

Mack Williams as Colonel

Carleton Young as Col. Riley

John Mitchum as Lt. Black

Hal Bokar as Lt. Deal

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.

Santa Fe

1951

English

6.2

♡ 3

29%

Irving Pichel Director

Paul Stanton as Col. Cyrus K. Holliday

Frank Hagney as Railroad Worker

Charles Evans as Stevenson

William Haade as Union Veteran

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

Father's Little Dividend

1951

English

6.5

♡ 5

100%

parent-in-law child-in-law relationship

pregnant daughter

Romance

Vincente Minnelli Director

Georgia Holt as Baby Shower Guest

Hayden Rorke as Dr. Andrew Nordell

Joan Bennett as Ellie Banks

Russ Tamblyn as Tommy Banks

Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.

Dear Caroline

5.8

Richard Pottier Director

Martine Carol as Caroline de Bièvre

Robert Hommet as Charmeil

Robert Seller as Le commissaire

Pierre Cressoy as Pont-Bellanger / Malenger

France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.

Royal Wedding

1951

English

6.7

♡ 8

91%

Stanley Donen Director

Shirley Jean Rickert as Dancer in Haiti Number

John Brascia as Dancer in Haiti Number

Joan Vohs as Dancer in Haiti Number

Keenan Wynn as Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger

A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.

Racket Girls

1951

English

1.9

♡ 3

9%

Robert C. Dertano Director

Mary Jean Walker as Jackie - A Bookie

Tony Zarro as Lefty - A Mobster

Phil Bernard as Mr. Big - The Gang Leader

William Lamont as Senate Investigator

Scalli is a gangster who manages women wrestlers as a front for his bookmaking, drug, and prostitution rackets. He trusts the wrong people and ends up trying to run away from both the police and mysterious mob boss Mr. Big, to whom he owes $35,000.

Cause for Alarm!

1951

English

6.4

♡ 5

Tay Garnett Director

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer as Guy with Tex

Richard Anderson as Lonesome Sailor

Irving Bacon as Mr. Carston - Postman

Kathleen Freeman as Woman

A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

Cry, the Beloved Country

1951

English

7.0

♡ 7

92%

65%

Action

apartheid

based on novel or book

Drama

johannesburg south africa

minister

pre-unix

south africa

Zoltan Korda Director

Geoffrey Keen as Father Vincent

Joyce Carey as Margaret Jarvis

Michael Goodliffe as Martens

Sidney Poitier as Reverend Msimangu

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.