Young and Willing

1954

English

6.4

♡ 11

Crime

Drama

women's prison

J. Lee Thompson Director

Diana Dors as Betty Brown

Jean Anderson as Policewoman in Court

Bessie Love as Prisoner

Sandra Dorne as Stella

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.

Ulysses

1954

Italian

6.6

♡ 15

Mario Camerini Director

Anthony Quinn as Antinoos

Elena Zareschi as Cassandra

Mario Feliciani as Eurimaco

Piero Pastore as Leocrito

A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

English

7.2

♡ 53

91%

Richard Fleischer Director

Robert J. Wilke as First Mate of the Nautilus

Carleton Young as John Howard

Ron Nyman as Sailor

Harry Harvey as Ticket Agent

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Heat Wave

1954

English

6.0

♡ 4

18%

Ken Hughes Director

Hillary Brooke as Carol Forrest

Peter Illing as Harry Stevens

Alan Wheatley as Inspector MacLennan

Aileen Lewis as Party Guest

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.

Hobson's Choice

1954

English

7.7

♡ 14

91%

Action

based on play or musical

marriage of convenience

northern england

parent child relationship

Romance

David Lean Director

Shirley Stelfox as

Daphne Anderson as Alice Hobson

Julien Mitchell as Sam Minns

Prunella Scales as Vicky Hobson

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.

Make Haste to Live

1954

English

6.0

♡ 8

William A. Seiter Director

Ron Hagerthy as John 'Hack' Hackenthal

Carolyn Jones as Mary Rose

George Ford as Nightclub Patron

Edgar Buchanan as Sheriff Lafe

A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.

White Christmas

1954

English

7.6

♡ 15

76%

Michael Curtiz Director

Chuck Hicks as Anniversary Party Guest

Rosemary Clooney as Betty Haynes

Kenneth Gibson as Club Patron

John Brascia as John

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

Time Is My Enemy

1954

English

6.2

♡ 4

Crime

Drama

Don Chaffey Director

Duncan Lamont as Charles Wayne

Patrick Barr as John Everton

Dennis Price as Martin Radley

Bruce Beeby as Room-mate

A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.

On the Waterfront

1954

English

8.1

♡ 67

99%

Elia Kazan Director

Karl Malden as Father Barry

Martin Balsam as Gillette

Lee J. Cobb as Johnny Friendly

Rudy Bond as Moose

Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

Garden of Evil

1954

English

6.6

♡ 17

86%

Henry Hathaway Director

Manuel Dondé as Cantina Waiter

Hugh Marlowe as John Fuller

Cameron Mitchell as Luke Daly

Arturo Soto Rangel as Priest

A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.

The Yellow Mountain

1954

English

5.8

♡ 9

Jesse Hibbs Director

John McIntire as Bannon

Leo Gordon as Drake

John Roy as Miner

Howard Duff as Pete Menlo

A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly but is turned down. Pete is interested in "Nevada" Wray, daughter of mine-owner "Jackpot" Wray, but she has eyes only for Andy. The rejected Pete joins forces with Bannon and they learn that, because of location, "Jackpot" Wray may be the owner of all the gold in the respective veins. Bannon and his men try to get rid of Andy.

Phffft

1954

English

6.6

♡ 7

Mark Robson Director

Jack Carson as Charlie Nelson

Arny Freeman as Language Teacher

Merry Anders as Marsha

Joyce Jameson as Secretary

Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.

Dragon Around

1954

English

6.9

♡ 9

60%

Animation

anthropomorphic animal

Jack Hannah Director

Norma Swank as Chip

Dessie Flynn as Dale

Clarence Nash as Donald Duck

James MacDonald as Dragon Noises

Lost in a book of fairy tales, Dale imagines what it might be like to do battle with a vicious dragon---and thanks to Donald he'll soon get to find out. As Donald moves his hulking steam shovel into position, intent on clearing a path right through their tree for a new freeway, Chip and Dale ready themselves for battle just like the knights of old. With a tuna can for armor and a hat pin for a lance, Chip charges into battle atop his trusty steed, Dale. But with some quick thinking, Donald makes his phony dragon a fire breather. Who will prevail in the medieval battle for the junkyard?

The Miami Story

1954

English

6.1

♡ 3

Fred F. Sears Director

Forbes Murray as Doctor

George E. Stone as Louie Mott

John Baer as Ted Delacorte

Luther Adler as Tony Brill

Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.

Man with a Million

1954

English

6.8

♡ 3

Ronald Neame Director

Gregory Peck as Henry Adams

Brian Oulton as Lloyd

Lesley Scoble as Minor Role

Totti Truman Taylor as Singer

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.

Frisky

1954

Italian

6.6

♡ 5

60%

Action

Comedy

Romance

Luigi Comencini Director

Piero Pastore as Bit Part

Roberto Risso as Carabiniere Stelluti

Gina Lollobrigida as La Bersagliera

Vittorio De Sica as Maresciallo Carotenuto

The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.

The Fast and the Furious

1954

English

5.3

♡ 5

48%

John Ireland Director

Dorothy Malone as Connie Adair

Jonathan Haze as Connie's Rescuer

John Ireland as Frank Webster

Roger Corman as Roadblock State Trooper

A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman's Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other, and enter a road race that ends in Mexico.

Brigadoon

1954

English

6.8

♡ 9

79%

Vincente Minnelli Director

Tudor Owen as Archie Beaton

Stuart Whitman as New York Club Patron

John Roy as Townsman

Margaret Bert as Vegetable Woman

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.

Night People

1954

English

6.5

♡ 3

86%

Nunnally Johnson Director

Gregory Peck as Col. Steve Van Dyke

Marianne Koch as Kathy Gerhardt

John Horsley as Lt. Col. Stanways

Otto Reichow as Russian Ambulance Guard

A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.