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    Ambush at Tomahawk Gap 1953 POSTER

    Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

    1953

    English

    5.9

    5

    14%

    14%

    Action

    Drama

    ghost town

    money

    prison

    Romance

    Western

    Fred F. Sears Fred F. Sears Director David Brian David Brian as Egan John Qualen John Qualen as Jonas P. Travis Harry Cording Harry Cording as Stableman Trevor Bardette Trevor Bardette as Twin Forks Sheriff
    Hodiak, Brian, Derek and Teal have just been released from prison. They return to Tomahawk Gap, now a ghost town, to retrieve the money that they stole and was buried by a partner somewhere in the town. While hunting, the Indians attack, and a life and death battle ensues.
    Kansas Pacific 1953 POSTER

    Kansas Pacific

    1953

    English

    5.8

    1

    30%

    30%

    Drama

    railroad

    sabotage

    Western

    Ray Nazarro Ray Nazarro Director Barton MacLane Barton MacLane as Cal Bruce Irving Bacon Irving Bacon as Casey Douglas Fowley Douglas Fowley as Max Janus Frank Hagney Frank Hagney as Workman
    Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.
    The Mississippi Gambler 1953 POSTER

    The Mississippi Gambler

    1953

    English

    6.6

    4

    56%

    56%

    Drama

    gambling

    new orleans, louisiana

    riverboat

    Romance

    Western

    Rudolph Maté Rudolph Maté Director John Roy John Roy as Businessman Bill Walker Bill Walker as Dureau Butler Edward Earle Edward Earle as Stanley - Dureau Lawyer Gwen Verdon Gwen Verdon as Voodoo Dancer
    Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.
    Column South 1953 POSTER

    Column South

    1953

    English

    6.3

    4

    Drama

    navajo

    u.s. cavalry

    Western

    Frederick De Cordova Frederick De Cordova Director Gregg Palmer Gregg Palmer as Chalmers Dennis Weaver Dennis Weaver as Menguito James Best James Best as Primrose Jack Kelly Jack Kelly as Trooper Vaness
    In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territory. Director Frederick de Cordova's 1953 western stars Audie Murphy, Robert Sterling, Joan Evans, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Palmer Lee, Jack Kelly, James Best, Bob Steele and Ralph Moody.
    Jennifer 1953 POSTER

    Jennifer

    1953

    English

    5.8

    2

    Action

    caretaker

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    gardner

    Mystery

    paranoia

    Thriller

    Joel Newton Joel Newton Director Ida Lupino Ida Lupino as Agnes Langley Russ Conway Russ Conway as Gardener Ned Glass Ned Glass as Grocery Clerk Howard Duff Howard Duff as Jim Hollis
    A young woman is hired to take care of an eerie old mansion, where she finds herself entangled with an enigmatic murderer.
    Violated 1953 POSTER

    Violated

    1953

    English

    5.0

    2

    Crime

    Drama

    fashion photographer

    Film-Noir

    greenwich village

    model

    serial killer

    stripper

    Walter Strate Walter Strate Director Charles McClelland Charles McClelland as Det. Collins Dan Bergin Dan Bergin as Editor Mitchell Kowall Mitchell Kowall as Lt. Mack McCarthy Tom Carroll Tom Carroll as (uncredited)
    A Psycho stalks the streets of Greenwich Village, killing and cutting off their hair!
    A Queen Is Crowned 1953 POSTER

    A Queen Is Crowned

    1953

    English

    6.8

    1

    100%

    100%

    british monarchy

    coronation

    Documentary

    History

    royalty

    A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.
    Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953 POSTER

    Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

    1953

    English

    5.9

    15

    33%

    44%

    Action

    black and white

    Comedy

    Family

    Fantasy

    new orleans, louisiana

    newspaper headline

    Sci-Fi

    stilts

    ticker tape parade

    wrong turn

    Charles Lamont Charles Lamont Director Mildred Kornman Mildred Kornman as Girl Martha Hyer Martha Hyer as Janie Howe Horace McMahon Horace McMahon as Mugsy Gregg Palmer Gregg Palmer as Radio Announcer
    Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.
    The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953 POSTER

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    1953

    English

    7.0

    6

    79%

    79%

    based on true story

    Comedy

    countryside

    english countryside

    railroad

    train

    village

    Charles Crichton Charles Crichton Director George Roderick George Roderick as Bus Passenger Sidney James Sidney James as Hawkins Sam Kydd Sam Kydd as Policeman Stanley Holloway Stanley Holloway as Valentine
    When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.
    Fair Wind to Java 1953 POSTER

    Fair Wind to Java

    1953

    English

    5.8

    3

    19th century

    Action

    Adventure

    Drama

    dutch east indies

    indonesia

    sunken treasure

    treasure

    volcano

    Joseph Kane Joseph Kane Director Virginia Brissac Virginia Brissac as Bintang Philip Ahn Philip Ahn as Gusti Keye Luke Keye Luke as Pidada Chuck Hayward Chuck Hayward as Sailor
    The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption...
    The Man from the Alamo 1953 POSTER

    The Man from the Alamo

    1953

    English

    6.4

    3

    100%

    63%

    alamo

    Western

    Budd Boetticher Budd Boetticher Director Brett Halsey Brett Halsey as Courier Trevor Bardette Trevor Bardette as Davy Crockett Victor Jory Victor Jory as Jess Wade Dennis Weaver Dennis Weaver as Tennessean
    During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead. Can he save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas?
    Mogambo 1953 POSTER

    Mogambo

    1953

    English

    6.6

    11

    75%

    55%

    Action

    Adventure

    Drama

    gorilla

    human vs nature

    kenya

    man between two women

    Romance

    safari

    sexual tension

    John Ford John Ford Director Ava Gardner Ava Gardner as Eloise Y. Kelly Denis O'Dea Denis O'Dea as Father Josef Grace Kelly Grace Kelly as Linda Nordley Bruce Seton Bruce Seton as Wilson
    On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
    Donovan's Brain 1953 POSTER

    Donovan's Brain

    1953

    English

    5.9

    4

    50%

    34%

    brain surgery

    Horror

    mad doctor

    Sci-Fi

    Felix E. Feist Felix E. Feist Director James Anderson James Anderson as Chief Tuttle Lew Ayres Lew Ayres as Dr. Patrick J. Cory Steve Brodie Steve Brodie as Herbie Yocum Nancy Reagan Nancy Reagan as Janice Cory
    A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
    I Confess 1953 POSTER

    I Confess

    1953

    English

    7.2

    27

    81%

    77%

    blackmail

    confession

    Crime

    Drama

    noir

    police

    secret

    suspicion of murder

    Thriller

    Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Director Henry Corden Henry Corden as Det. Sgt. Farouche Karl Malden Karl Malden as Inspector Larrue Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase Judson Pratt Judson Pratt as Murphy
    When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.
    Trouble in Store 1953 POSTER

    Trouble in Store

    1953

    English

    6.6

    3

    71%

    71%

    Comedy

    John Paddy Carstairs John Paddy Carstairs Director Michael Brennan Michael Brennan as Davis Joan Sims Joan Sims as Edna Stringer Davis Stringer Davis as Shop Assistant Aileen Lewis Aileen Lewis as Shopper
    Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.
    The Redhead from Wyoming 1953 POSTER

    The Redhead from Wyoming

    1953

    English

    6.1

    6

    50%

    71%

    Action

    cattle

    Drama

    range war

    redhead

    Romance

    sheriff

    Western

    Lee Sholem Lee Sholem Director Harold Goodwin Harold Goodwin as Chet's Henchman Gregg Palmer Gregg Palmer as Hal Jessup Maureen O'Hara Maureen O'Hara as Kate Maxwell Jack Kelly Jack Kelly as Sandy
    A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling.
    Dangerous When Wet 1953 POSTER

    Dangerous When Wet

    1953

    English

    6.2

    7

    58%

    58%

    Action

    Comedy

    contest

    english channel

    manager

    musical

    Musical

    Romance

    swimmer

    swimming

    Joseph Barbera Joseph Barbera Director Fernando Lamas Fernando Lamas as André Lanet Ed Fury Ed Fury as Hercules John Roy John Roy as Swimmer Jack Carson Jack Carson as Windy Weebe
    The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!
    Man in the Dark 1953 POSTER

    Man in the Dark

    1953

    English

    6.2

    4

    15%

    15%

    amnesia

    brain surgery

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    hidden loot

    lobotomy

    prisoner

    Thriller

    Lew Landers Lew Landers Director Horace McMahon Horace McMahon as Arnie Carleton Young Carleton Young as Assistant Surgeon Nick Dennis Nick Dennis as Cookie Edmond O'Brien Edmond O'Brien as Steve Rawley
    Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital.
    The Hitch-Hiker 1953 POSTER

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953

    English

    6.9

    15

    94%

    63%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    hitchhiker

    mexico

    noir

    Thriller

    woman director

    Ida Lupino Ida Lupino Director Martin Garralaga Martin Garralaga as Bartender Frank Lovejoy Frank Lovejoy as Gilbert Bowen Jean Del Val Jean Del Val as Inspector General Edmond O'Brien Edmond O'Brien as Roy Collins
    Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
    It Came from Outer Space 1953 POSTER

    It Came from Outer Space

    1953

    English

    6.5

    17

    81%

    56%

    Action

    alien life-form

    arizona

    Horror

    meteorite

    Sci-Fi

    small town

    southwest desert

    spacecraft

    Jack Arnold Jack Arnold Director Barbara Rush Barbara Rush as Ellen Fields Kathleen Hughes Kathleen Hughes as June Ned Davenport Ned Davenport as Man Edgar Dearing Edgar Dearing as Sam
    Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...
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