COLUMBIA HITS - Anos 50
by ongmonky-995-9183 | created - 04 Oct 2017 | updated - 18 Oct 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Western
In this Western comedy, the King Soap Company is doing poorly, and the banker says that to receive a bank loan, they must have orders, so daughter Mabel heads west as a traveling saleswoman... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Joan Davis, Andy Devine, Adele Jergens, Joe Sawyer
Votes: 66
2. The Nevadan (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Western
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker, Frank Faylen
Votes: 1,226
3. Trail of the Rustlers (1950)
Passed | 55 min | Western
Widow Mahoney, the best cook in town and hotel proprietor , along with her larcenous sons, is trying to take control of the town's water supply so she can acquire the valley ranchland cheaply.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Gail Davis, Tommy Ivo, Mira McKinney
Votes: 114
4. Girls' School (1950)
Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Peggy Donovan enters an exclusive but financially-strapped finishing school for girls operated by Colonel Matthews and his sister Emily. Student Lucille Farnsworth discovers the Peggy ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Joyce Reynolds, Ross Ford, Kasey Rogers, Julia Dean
Votes: 21
5. Tyrant of the Sea (1950)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, War
In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and the British Navy. The admiralty, learning that Napoleon has assembled an invasion fleet ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Rhys Williams, Ron Randell, Valentine Perkins, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 25
6. Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
Passed | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
William Holden plays a drifter who comes to a small town and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids--January, February, March, April, and May--are living on their own. Their ... See full summary »
Directors: Abby Berlin, Norman Foster | Stars: William Holden, Coleen Gray, Mary Jane Saunders, Charles Winninger
Votes: 526
7. A Woman of Distinction (1950)
85 min | Comedy
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter
Votes: 544
8. The Good Humor Man (1950)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An ice-cream seller unwittingly gets involved with a femme-fatale, leading to murder-charges, gangsters and factory payroll robberies.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Jack Carson, Lola Albright, Jean Wallace, George Reeves
Votes: 509
9. Blondie's Hero (1950)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Family
Dagwood accidentally enlists in the Army reserve. Blondie accompanies him to basic training camp.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 219
10. Cargo to Capetown (1950)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The plot involves Ireland, captain of a tired oil tanker, and Crawford, the ship's engineer. The pair soon find themselves at odds over their mutual affection for Drew (who happens to be Crawford's fiancee).
Director: Earl McEvoy | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 145
11. Cody of the Pony Express (1950)
Approved | 270 min | Western
An Eastern syndicate, plotting to gain control of the western frontier, hires a gang led by Mort Black to drive out the settlers. Army undercover agent Lt. Jim Archer and young Pony Express... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore, Peggy Stewart, William Fawcett
Votes: 41
12. No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
Approved | 88 min | Drama
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors, Natalie Wood
Votes: 514
13. Outcast of Black Mesa (1950)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Music, Western
Steve 'The Durango Kid' Norman is accused of a crime he didn't commit. With the help of his old friend Smiley Burnette Steve breaks jail to find the real culprits. The sneaky Ruth Dorn is Steve's main suspect.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Martha Hyer, Richard Bailey
Votes: 23
14. Beware of Blondie (1950)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Family
Mr. Dithers has gone on vacation and left Dagwood to look after the company. Toby tries to take advantage of Dagwood's naiveté, but Blondie saves the day.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 238
15. Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two military academy majors clash over their differing approaches to the four juvenile delinquents assigned to their institution.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Stanley Clements, Danny Welton, Gene Collins, Leon Tyler
Votes: 28
16. Kill the Umpire (1950)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Sport
An umpire-hating ex-baseball player loses many jobs because of his passion for watching ball games during working hours, but he decides to combine business with pleasure by becoming an umpire himself.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins, Gloria Henry
Votes: 632
17. Beauty on Parade (1950)
Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance 20 years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty title in order to marry Jeffrey Woodstock. She hopes to realize her past ambitions for fame and ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Robert Hutton, Ruth Warrick, Lola Albright, John Ridgely
Votes: 20
18. In a Lonely Place (1950)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 35,297
19. Customs Agent (1950)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama
U. S. Customs is trying to stop the illegal export of a miracle drug to China. A Customs agent in Shanghai inadvertently gets his partner killed and is fired. The now ex-agent goes on a ... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: William Eythe, Marjorie Reynolds, Griff Barnett, Howard St. John
Votes: 52
20. Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When some of his crew are captured by the Spaniards in Rio De La Hacha, pirate Captain Peter Blood enters the city in disguise in order to free his men from Marquis De Riconete's prison.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready, Alfonso Bedoya
Votes: 383
21. Texas Dynamo (1950)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Western
Stanton, backed by the citizen's peace patrol making him the only armed man in town but actually the head of a gang of crooks, has Julia Beck elected mayor as an honest front for his ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Lois Hall, Jock Mahoney
Votes: 21
22. Hoedown (1950)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, Music, Western
Cowboy movie star Stoney Rhodes (Jock Mahoney as Jock O'Mahoney) has made one western film and thinks he is on a personal appearance tour paid for by the studio, but he and his film were so... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Eddy Arnold, Jeff Donnell, Jock Mahoney, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Votes: 63
23. State Penitentiary (1950)
Passed | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Roger Manners (Warner Baxter), a former aircraft manufacturer is wrongly accused and convicted of embezzlement of $400,000 and is given a long prison sentence. There he must decide rather ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Warner Baxter, Onslow Stevens, Karin Booth, Robert Shayne
Votes: 83
24. Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Drama
When King John imposes oppressive taxes and cruel treatment upon the local population in medieval England, the son of legendary bandit Robin Hood reforms his father's "Merry Men" to once more rise against the king.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: John Derek, Diana Lynn, George Macready, Alan Hale
Votes: 410
25. David Harding, Counterspy (1950)
Passed | 71 min | Drama
Based on the long-running radio program created by Philips H. Lord, the film opens with a radio commentator blasting the U. S. government for the manner in which a certain foreign power has... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Willard Parker, Audrey Long, Howard St. John, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 127
26. Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
Approved | 252 min | Family, Sci-Fi
Superman battles Lex Luthor who is using a teleportation device and a new identity as Atom Man in his criminal plans.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Lyle Talbot, Tommy Bond
Votes: 833
27. Streets of Ghost Town (1950)
Passed | 54 min | Western
Steve, Smiley, and the Sheriff come to a ghost town looking for missing gold. In flashback, Steve tells the story of Bill Donner who doublecrossed his partners to get the gold. Donner, now ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, George Chesebro, Mary Ellen Kay, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 133
28. On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
Approved | 63 min | Adventure
Ex-flyer Kenneth Crandall is surprised by his boss in an Australian nightclub, while attempting a robbery. Papita, Crandall's accomplice and the boss's wife, is shot and killed by her ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Jon Hall, Susan Cabot, Raymond Greenleaf, Henry Marco
Votes: 63
29. The Petty Girl (1950)
Approved | 88 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his artwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester, Melville Cooper
Votes: 288
30. When You're Smiling (1950)
75 min | Musical
A Texas singer "Jerome Courtland" hits Hollywood and cues Frankie Laine, Bob Crosby, the Modernaires, the Mills Brothers.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Jerome Courtland, Frankie Laine, Lola Albright, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 33
31. Convicted (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A D.A. becomes the prison warden where he tries to help an inmate he prosecuted, because he believes his sentence was excessive.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 1,488
32. Rookie Fireman (1950)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Merchant seaman Joe Blake, in love with Peggy Walters, takes the job of a rookie fireman in a big city department. His commander is strict-disciplinarian Fire Captain Jess Henshaw. Margie ... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Bill Williams, Barton MacLane, Marjorie Reynolds, Gloria Henry
Votes: 24
33. Across the Badlands (1950)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
The Durango Kid exposes a gang making attacks on a band of surveyors laying a new railway line.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Helen Mowery, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 45
34. The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Scatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend's kit without permission and her attempts at selling cosmetics ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert, Carl Benton Reid, Gale Robbins
Votes: 1,071
35. Chain Gang (1950)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts (Douglas Kennedy), masquerades as a prison guard and gets a job attached to the chain gang. Using a tiny camera in the shape of a cigarette lighter, he ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Douglas Kennedy, Marjorie Lord, Emory Parnell, William 'Bill' Phillips
Votes: 109
36. Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka
Votes: 1,281
37. Raiders of Tomahawk Creek (1950)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
When a rancher, part of whose property is in Indian territory, is murdered and robbed of a silver ring of Indian origin, the new Indian Agent, Steve Blake (Charles Starrett) investigates. ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Edgar Dearing, Kay Buckley
Votes: 23
38. Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, History
Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie, Karin Booth, Mary Anderson
Votes: 166
39. He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy
Freddie Frisby is informed by Bob Sears that he can't marry Bob's daughter, Judy, as he is only a fumbling failure as an orange picker, and Judy can do better. Freddie's prospects brighten ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, William Demarest, Charles Arnt
Votes: 155
40. Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
Approved | 260 min | Action, Crime, Family
Two ex-Navy buddies travel to a tropical island to help search for a fugitive Nazi and a fortune in diamonds stolen by him during WWII, and encounter multiple dangers at the hand of a gang ... See full summary »
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell, Gene Roth
Votes: 56
41. Harriet Craig (1950)
Approved | 94 min | Drama
Harriet Craig enjoys married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not even trust her husband Walter and always checks up on him.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Lucile Watson, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 2,423
42. Emergency Wedding (1950)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In this remake of 1941's "You Belong to Me," a young millionaire, Peter J. Kirk, Jr., fails in all of his attempts to emulate his successful father. He meets and marries Dr. Helen Hunt, who... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, Willard Parker, Una Merkel
Votes: 120
43. The Tougher They Come (1950)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lumberjack Joe MacKinley (Preston Foster) inherits a valuable tract of forestland which is coveted by a large lumber company. He and his new bride, Helen (Kay Buckley), start a logging ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Wayne Morris, Preston Foster, Kay Buckley, William Bishop
Votes: 39
44. Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama
When enemy agents obtain leaked secrets about a guided missile reservation, the chief of America's counterspy division (Howard St. John) and Scotland Yard's best investigator Ron Randell ... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Howard St. John, Amanda Blake, Ron Randell, June Vincent
Votes: 167
45. Frontier Outpost (1950)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Steve Lawton, aka The Durango Kid, U.S. Army undercover man, and his assistant Smiley, are sent to Santa Fe by Army investigator Copeland to deliver a gold shipment and check on the strange... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Lois Hall, Steve Darrell, Fred F. Sears
Votes: 24
46. Lightning Guns (1950)
Passed | 55 min | Western
Luke Atkins and Captain Dan Saunders are ranchers in Piute Valley and are at odds with each other over a dam that Atkins is constructing to help the valley people. Their feud does nothing ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Gloria Henry, William Bailey, Edgar Dearing
Votes: 82
47. The Flying Missile (1950)
91 min | Drama, War
Fictional account of the role played by a somewhat impetuous US Naval commander in developing the first means of launching missiles from submarines.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Viveca Lindfors, Henry O'Neill, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 219
48. Born Yesterday (1950)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford, Howard St. John
Votes: 12,428
49. Stage to Tucson (1950)
Passed | 81 min | Western
A group of outlaws posing as Southern sympathizers and led secretly by freight-line owner Jim Maroon are raiding stagecoaches, and this is a threat to the Union communications. Grif ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Rod Cameron, Wayne Morris, Kay Buckley, Sally Eilers
Votes: 272
50. Gasoline Alley (1951)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Romance
The popular Frank O. King comic strip characters go from newspaper page to screen in this 1951 feature film from legendary comedy director Edward Bernds (of Three Stooges and Bowery Boys ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, Susan Morrow, Don Beddoe
Votes: 157
51. Prairie Roundup (1951)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Steve Carson, a former Texas Ranger Captain, shoots a fleeing hold-up bandit and is framed on a murder charge. He escapes with the help of his pal Smiley and they hire out as cowhands on a ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Mary Castle, Frank Fenton, The Sunshine Boys
Votes: 41
52. Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
Passed | 79 min | Biography, Western
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Dick Foran, Gloria Henry
Votes: 303
53. A Yank in Korea (1951)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, War
Shortly after the declaration of war between the United States and Korea, mechanical engineering college student Andy Smith inadvertently volunteers for enlistment in the Army while trying ... See full synopsis »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Lon McCallister, William 'Bill' Phillips, Brett King, Larry Stewart
Votes: 35
54. Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Steve Forsythe/The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is trailing holdup man Sam Barton (Lee Morgan) from Texas, but Barton is found first by hotel owner Ace Conley (Jim Bannon) who has his ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Sunny Vickers, Edgar Dearing, Jim Bannon
Votes: 19
55. Flame of Stamboul (1951)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A gang of thieves in Istanbul, led by a mastermind criminal known as "The Voice", are planning to steal defense plans important to the protection of the Suez Canal during a peace conference... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Richard Denning, Lisa Ferraday, Norman Lloyd, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 67
56. My True Story (1951)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Story of a female jewel thief.
Director: Mickey Rooney | Stars: Helen Walker, Willard Parker, Elisabeth Risdon, Emory Parnell
Votes: 132
57. Fort Savage Raiders (1951)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
Steve Drake/The Durango Kid is commissioned by the Army to track down a band of desperado's who have escaped from the stockade at Fort Savage. The gang is led by ex-army Captain Craydon who... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, John Dehner, Trevor Bardette
Votes: 28
58. Santa Fe (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Western
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson
Votes: 1,137
59. The Brave Bulls (1951)
106 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
In 1950s Mexico, a famous bullfighter loses his nerve after he's injured and witnesses the death of another matador in the ring.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Miroslava, Anthony Quinn, Eugene Iglesias
Votes: 207
60. Her First Romance (1951)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Betty Foster (Margaret O'Brien), a high school student, has a crush on Bobby Evans (Allen Martin Jr.), who is more interested in sports than girls. Betty and her kid brother,Herbie (Jimmy ... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Allen Martin Jr., Jimmy Hunt, Sharyn Moffett
Votes: 150
61. Smuggler's Gold (1951)
Passed | 64 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
"Pop" Hodges runs an equipment store and a fishing boat as blinds for a gold-smuggling operation, unknown to his niece, Susan Clarke who is engaged to deep-sea diver Mike Sloan. Mike knocks... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Amanda Blake, Carl Benton Reid, Peter M. Thompson
Votes: 49
62. Snake River Desperadoes (1951)
Approved | 54 min | Western
Hatching a scheme to sell rifles to the Indians as a protection against the white settlers, Jim Haverly (Monte Blue) works both sides against the middle by having his henchmen masquerade as... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Don Reynolds, Tommy Ivo, Monte Blue
Votes: 97
63. Roar of the Iron Horse - Rail-Blazer of the Apache Trail (1951)
Approved | 260 min | Western
A railroad agent named Jim Grant opposes hard-nosed German, Karl Ulrich, called The Baron. Head of a strong ring in America, the infamous Baron was thwarted time and time again as he tried ... See full summary »
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Virginia Herrick, William Fawcett, Harold Landon
Votes: 22
64. The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, Sport
Abe Saperstein, owner/manager of the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional basketball team, signs Billy Townsend, an All-American, to play with the "Globetrotters."... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Brown, Will Jason | Stars: Harlem Globetrotters, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Dandridge, Bill Walker
Votes: 249
65. China Corsair (1951)
76 min | Adventure
In 'The Green Dragon' gambling club, operated by Hu Chang (Ernest Borgnine), a merchant marine, McMillen (Jon Hall), bets the last of his money. He is cheated out of his winnings. He gets a... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Jon Hall, Lisa Ferraday, Ron Randell, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 57
66. Mask of the Avenger (1951)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, History
During the European revolutionary fervor of 1848, Italian Captain Renato Dimorna tries to avenge his father's death, goes against the corrupt local military governor Larocca and prevents an Austrian military invasion.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody Lawrance, Arnold Moss
Votes: 302
67. Two of a Kind (1951)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A lawyer for a rich elderly industrialist works out a complex inheritance scam to pass off a con as the industrialist's long-lost son and claim the huge inheritance.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Lizabeth Scott, Terry Moore, Alexander Knox
Votes: 809
68. The Big Gusher (1951)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure
Oil-field roughnecks Kenny Blake and Hank Mason, on a drinking spree with Betsy Abbott, buy a piece of worthless oil land from conman Jim Tolman. Cappy Groves, a diviner, locates oil on the... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Wayne Morris, Preston Foster, Dorothy Patrick, Paul E. Burns
Votes: 50
69. Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
Passed | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A small-time gambler on the run from the law hides in his ex-wife's house, accidentally kills a drunken detective during a fight, and takes his ex-wife hostage during a shootout with the LAPD.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Dane Clark, Cathy O'Donnell, Tom Drake, Jeff Corey
Votes: 285
70. Bonanza Town (1951)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
A man's pursuit of some wanted criminals is hindered by the interference of a crooked judge.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Fred F. Sears, Luther Crockett, Myron Healey
Votes: 133
71. The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
Approved | 96 min | Drama
Brad Adams is the new manager of a manufacturing plant in a small New Hampshire town. He is brought in by owner Mrs. Doubleday to calm labor relations plus layoff employees. Brad manages to also find romance.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish, Carleton Carpenter, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 404
72. The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Biography, Romance
A dramatization of the life of the English bandit Dick Turpin.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Suzanne Dalbert, Tom Tully
Votes: 103
73. Cyclone Fury (1951)
Passed | 53 min | Drama, Music, Western
Johnny is a young Indian boy who falls heir to thousands of wild horses when his adoptive white father is murdered by henchmen of the town's leading citizen, Grat Hanlon. With the aid of ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Fred F. Sears, Clayton Moore, Robert J. Wilke
Votes: 75
74. Criminal Lawyer (1951)
Approved | 74 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Alcoholic lawyer sobers up to defend friend in murder case.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Castle
Votes: 129
75. Chain of Circumstance (1951)
Approved | 68 min | Drama
Dell and Tom Dawson is a young married couple beset with woe. They lose their baby and have extreme difficulty adopting another. Both end up accused of stealing a baby. Dell and Tom are ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Richard Grayson, Margaret Field, Marta Mitrovich, Harold J. Kennedy
76. Saturday's Hero (1951)
111 min | Drama, Sport
A star high school football player goes through the ups and downs of 'big-time' college athletics in the 1950's.
Director: David Miller | Stars: John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer, Alexander Knox
Votes: 255
77. Mysterious Island (1951)
Approved | 252 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Union prisoners use a balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War and end up marooned on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, Ralph Hodges
Votes: 234
78. The Mob (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Johnny Damico botches a murder case and is suspended from the force. In reality, he is put undercover to identify the mysterious boss of the NY waterfront who has murdered everyone in his way. Will Johnny be next in line?
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Otto Hulett
Votes: 2,633
79. Corky of Gasoline Alley (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
Elwood Martin (Gordon Jones), a brash extrovert with an aversion to work come to live with Walt Wallet (Don Beddoe) and his wife, Phyllis (Madelon Baker). He blunders about their house, and... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, Don Beddoe, Gordon Jones
Votes: 67
80. Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Ted Mason is a studio guide at CBS Television in Hollywood. His ambition is to get a break and become a headline singer such as 'Frankie Laine (I)', Toni Arden, and Billy Daniels, whom he ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland
Votes: 106
81. Jungle Manhunt (1951)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Football player Bob Miller, played by an actual football player, is lost in the jungle. Who else to find him but Jungle Jim.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Robert Waterfield, Sheila Ryan, Rick Vallin
Votes: 391
82. Ten Tall Men (1951)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Adventure, War
During the Riff War in Morocco, the French Foreign Legion's outpost of Tarfa is threatened by Khalif Hussein's tribes but Sergeant Mike Kincaid devises a plan of survival until the arrival of French reinforcements.
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance, Gilbert Roland, Kieron Moore
Votes: 1,122
83. The Kid from Amarillo (1951)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Treasury agent Steve Ransom (Charles Starrett) is given the mission of unmasking Jonathan Cole (Fred Sears), head of a gang of smugglers operating near the Mexico/Texas border which is not ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Harry Lauter, Fred F. Sears
Votes: 28
84. The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
Passed | 78 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
Edward Jekyll, ignorant of how his father had brought forth death and destruction with his experiments, is pursuing a chemist career despite the fact that he has been discharged from school... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance, Alexander Knox, Lester Matthews
Votes: 380
85. Purple Heart Diary (1951)
Approved | 73 min | Drama
A trio of singers is entertaining wounded American soldiers during World War II. They encourage a mutilated soldier in his love for a nurse.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Frances Langford, Judd Holdren, Ben Lessy, Tony Romano
Votes: 30
86. Man in the Saddle (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Western
A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox
Votes: 1,588
87. Pecos River (1951)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Utilizing his past as a former outlaw and his secret identity as the Durango Kid, postal inspector Steve Baldwin goes undercover to arrest the three highwayman who murdered lovable old driver Old Henry.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Anne James, Steve Darrell
Votes: 91
88. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
Approved | 287 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Space hero Captain Video battles the evil Vultura on the planet Atoma.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell | Stars: Judd Holdren, Larry Stewart, George Eldredge, Gene Roth
Votes: 141
89. Boots Malone (1952)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Sport
Rich kid ducks school and goes to the racetrack to learn how to be a jockey.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Holden, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 464
90. Harem Girl (1952)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
Wisecracking, uninhibited American girl Susie Perkins (Joan Davis) is hired as a secretary/companion to Princess Shareen (Peggie Castle), a Middle-East ruler of a small desert kingdom. Soon... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Joan Davis, Peggie Castle, Arthur Blake, Paul Marion
Votes: 95
91. Smoky Canyon (1952)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
The Durango Kid tries to help a man framed for murder and stop a range war between sheepmen and cattlemen.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Danni Sue Nolan, Tristram Coffin
Votes: 90
92. The First Time (1952)
89 min | Comedy
Expectant parents Joe and Betsy Bennett anxiously await the arrival of their new baby. Then after the baby arrives, they discover the unpleasant side of parenting: sleepless nights, extra bills and no more free time.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Robert Cummings, Barbara Hale, Bill Goodwin, Jeff Donnell
Votes: 172
93. The Hawk of Wild River (1952)
Passed | 53 min | Western
Steve Martin (Charles Starrett) is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk (Clayton Moore) and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts to ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Clayton Moore, Eddie Parker
Votes: 116
94. Okinawa (1952)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Drama, History
Captain Hale takes over command of a U. S. Naval vessel as it prepares to take part in the invasion of Okinawa in the Second World War. His crew includes a rowdy gun crew who punctuate fire missions with banter and antics.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Denning, Rhys Williams
Votes: 269
95. The Sniper (1952)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Arthur Franz, Adolphe Menjou, Gerald Mohr, Marie Windsor
Votes: 3,747
96. The Marrying Kind (1952)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing, the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had, hoping that the ... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Sheila Bond
Votes: 1,642
97. King of the Congo (1952)
Approved | 252 min | Adventure
An Air Force captain is assigned to find some missing top-secret microfilm.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Gloria Dea, Leonard Penn, Jack Ingram
Votes: 43
98. Laramie Mountains (1952)
Approved | 54 min | Western
Carson and Drake discover a cave of gold that belongs to the Indians who are unaware of it, so they try to foment a war that will wipe out the Native Americans and claim the yellow metal.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Fred F. Sears, Marshall Reed
Votes: 104
99. Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A G-man searches for a communist sleeper-cell in Boston.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George Murphy, Finlay Currie, Virginia Gilmore, Karel Stepanek
Votes: 563
100. Thief of Damascus (1952)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A young man gathers a group of friends and adventurers to help battle an evil sultan.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 192
Tell Your Friends