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Sierra
Sierra (1950) on 1 june 1950
, 1h23
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Wanda Hendrix, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger, Tony Curtis, Elliott Reid
Rating63% 3.1933553.1933553.1933553.1933553.193355
Jeff Hassard (Dean Jagger) and his son Ring (Audie Murphy) lead an isolated existence in the mountains breaking horses, because Jeff is wanted for a murder he did not commit. Their lives are interrupted when they stumble upon a young woman, Riley (Wanda Hendrix). When Jeff is injured, Ring has to go into town to get help.
The Torch
The Torch (1950) on 2 june 1950
, 1h23
Directed by Emilio Fernández
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendáriz, Walter Reed, Gilbert Roland, Julio Villarreal, José Torvay
Rating55% 2.7631252.7631252.7631252.7631252.763125
The Mexican revolutionary General Jose Juan Reyes (Pedro Armendáriz) and his men descend upon and take over the small town of Cholula, Puebla, and take the money of the rich men of the zone for the Mexican Revolution. The revolutionary is a Robin-Hood type vigilante that forces the local businessmen to bend to his will, while the townspeople admire him for his cause. Jose Juan falls in love with the Señorita Peñafiel, the explosive daughter of the richest man of the zone. Despite her disdain for Jose, he pursues her romantically. She is eventually won over. The original script is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
The Lawless
The Lawless (1950) on 1 june 1950
, 1h23
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands, Lee Patrick, John Hoyt, Walter Reed
Rating66% 3.3383553.3383553.3383553.3383553.338355
California fruit picker Paul Rodriguez hopes to someday have a farm of his own. When his friend Lopo Chavez has a car accident, he is insulted with a racial slur by Joe Ferguson, a passenger in the other car.
Louisa
Louisa (1950) on 31 may 1950
, 1h30
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Charles Coburn, Ronald Reagan, Spring Byington, Edmund Gwenn, Ruth Hussey, Piper Laurie
Rating66% 3.339153.339153.339153.339153.33915
Grandma Louisa (Spring Byington) begins dating grocer Henry Hammond (Edmund Gwenn), much to the disgust of her son Hal (Ronald Reagan) and the rest of the family. To make matters worse, Hal’s boss, Mr. Burnside (Charles Coburn), also becomes a rival for Louisa’s affections.
The Good Humor Man
The Good Humor Man (1950) on 1 june 1950
, 1h20
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Adventure, Crime
Actors Jack Carson, George Reeves, Lola Albright, Jean Wallace, Peter Miles, Frank Ferguson
Rating62% 3.146573.146573.146573.146573.14657
Un marchand de glaces (Jack Carson) est accusé du braquage d'une banque lorsque des gangsters se servent de son camion frigorifique.
The Blue Lamp
The Blue Lamp (1950) on 1 june 1950
, 1h24
Directed by Basil Dearden, Alexander Mackendrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Jack Warner, Bernard Lee
Rating67% 3.3969953.3969953.3969953.3969953.396995
The action mostly takes place in the Paddington area of London, and is set in July 1949, a few years after the end of the Second World War. PC George Dixon (Warner) a long-serving traditional "copper" who is due to retire shortly, takes a new recruit, Andy Mitchell (Hanley), under his aegis, introducing him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic Ealing "ordinary" hero, but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of Tom Riley (Bogarde). Called to the scene of a robbery at a local cinema, Dixon finds himself face-to-face with Riley, a desperate youth armed with a revolver. Dixon initially tries to talk Riley into surrendering the weapon, but Riley panics and fires. Dixon is taken to hospital, but dies some hours later. The ending is another Ealing quirk, with ordinary, decent society banding together with professional criminals and dog-track identities to track down and catch the murderer, who tries to hide in the crowd at White City greyhound track in West London. To Andy Mitchell falls the honour of arresting Riley.
Rocketship X-M
Rocketship X-M (1950) on 2 june 1950
, 1h18
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Musical films, Political films, Martiens, Dystopian films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery, Jr, Hugh O'Brian, Morris Ankrum
Rating49% 2.4540852.4540852.4540852.4540852.454085
Four men and a woman blast into outer space from the White Sands Proving Ground aboard the RX-M (Rocketship Expedition-Moon) on humanity's first expedition to Luna. Halfway to their destination, the RX-M's engines shut down; the problem is resolved by recalculating the fuel mixture ratios and then moving around some of the propellent tanks and their connecting hoses. When the engines are reignited, the RX-M rapidly careens out of control, accidentally setting the spaceship on a runaway course heading beyond the Moon and into deep space. During this burst of rapid acceleration, the crew, one by one, becomes unconscious due to a drop in oxygen pressure. The engines are shut off just in time. At some later time, perhaps many days, they slowly come around. The revived crew soon discovers the RX-M has traveled some 50,000,000 miles while they were unconscious. Against all odds, this surprising sequence of events has put them on a direct course heading toward Mars. They also notice the RX-M's speed is still increasing, this time due to gravitational attraction: the Red Planet is drawing them in. They quickly calculate they are only 50,000 miles away. This forces Dr. Karl Eckstrom (John Emery) to "pause and observe respectfully while something infinitely greater assumes control.