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He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950) on 2 december 1950
, 1h16Directed by Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, William Demarest, Charles Arnt, Ned Glass, Mike Mazurki
Rating51%
Highway 301 (1950) on 1 december 1950
, 1h23Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby Andreu, Robert Webber, Edmon Ryan, Wally Cassell
Rating67%
A gang of robbers are terrorizing and robbing banks and payrolls in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. The gang's leader, George, seems to take particular delight in "bumping off" women who cross him. The film starts with comments from then-governors of North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland about how crime doesn't pay.
Woman on the Run (1950) on 29 november 1950
, 1h17Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, Ross Elliott, John Qualen, Frank Jenks
Rating71%
As the film opens, a man, Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), is walking his dog in the city at night. He witnesses a man in a car talking about a crime. The man then gets shot. But whoever shot that man then sees Frank and shoots at him. The shot misses, however, because it is mistakenly aimed at Frank's shadow. The killer then flees in the car.
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) on 1 december 1950
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, Dorothy Malone, Lola Albright, Barry Kelley, Carl Benton Reid
Rating63%
Arriving at New York City's Pennsylvania Station after a trip to Cuba, Sheila Bennet (Evelyn Keyes), who is smuggling $50,000 worth of diamonds into the country, realizes she's being followed by the authorities. She mails the diamonds to her husband, Matt Krane (Charles Korvin), instead of carrying them around, and then tries to shake the Treasury agent following her.
Let's Dance (1950) on 29 november 1950
, 1h47Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick, Shepperd Strudwick, Lucile Watson
Rating60%
A war widow returns to work with her former dancing partner, but her upper class mother-in-law is aghast that her grandson is being exposed to show business and takes legal steps to gain custody.
Orpheus (1950) on 29 november 1950
, 1h36Directed by Jean Cocteau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Jean Marais, François Périer, Maria Casarès, Marie Déa, Juliette Gréco, Henri Crémieux
Rating78%
Set in contemporary Paris, the story of the film is a variation of the classic Greek myth of Orpheus. The picture begins with Orpheus (Marais), a famous poet, visiting the Café des Poètes. At the same time, a Princess (Casares) and Cègeste (Edouard Dermithe), a handsome, young poet that she supports arrive. The drunken Cègeste starts a brawl. When the police arrive and attempt to take Cègeste into custody, he breaks free and flees,only to be run down by two motorcycle riders. The Princess has the police place Cègeste into her car in order to "transport him to the hospital." She also orders Orpheus into the car in order to act as a witness. Once in the car, Orpheus discovers Cègeste is dead and that the Princess is not going to the hospital. Instead, they drive to a chateau (the landscape through the car windows is presented in negative) accompanied by the two motorcycle riders as abstract poetry plays on the radio. This takes the form of seemingly meaningless messages, like those broadcast to the French Resistance from London during the Occupation.
The Mudlark (1950) on 28 november 1950
, 1h34Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Andrew Ray, Finlay Currie, Anthony Steel
Rating68%
A young street urchin (Andrew Ray), half-starved and homeless, finds a cameo containing the likeness of Queen Victoria (Irene Dunne). Not recognizing her, he is told that she is the "mother of all England". Taking the remark literally, he journeys to Windsor Castle to see her.
One Too Many (1950) on 1 december 1950
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ruth Warrick, Richard Travis, Rhys Williams, Thurston Hall, William Tracy, Onslow Stevens
Rating60%
Double Deal (1950) on 1 december 1950
, 1h5Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Marie Windsor, Richard Denning, Fay Baker, Carleton Young, James Griffith
Rating60%
After a dice game one night in the Oklahoma oil town of Richfield, out-of-work engineer Buzz Doyle is broke. Another gambler, Reno Sebastian, has been cleaned out, too, but hostess Terry Miller tips them off that her boss Walter Karns, the big winner, was cheating with loaded dice.
The Second Face (1950) on 1 december 1950
, 1h17Directed by Jack Bernhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ella Raines, Bruce Bennett, Rita Johnson, John Sutton, Patricia Knight, Roy Roberts
Rating58%
Claire Elwood runs to her car and speeds away. Phyllis Holmes chases after her in her own car, but crashes into a truck. She is taken to the hospital, where her head is heavily bandaged. Insurance claims adjustor Mr. West visits her to find out what happened, but she refuses to talk to him. A flashback ensues.
Mystery Submarine (1950) on 1 december 1950
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films
Actors Macdonald Carey, Märta Torén, Robert Douglas, Carl Esmond, Ludwig Donath, Katherine Warren
Rating57%
Mme Brenner, veuve d'un officier allemand, est accusée d'espionnage. Au service d'un savant allemand réfugié aux U.S.A., elle a contribué, en croyant sauver son mari, à faire tomber ledit savant aux mains des nazis, qui l'enlèvent dans un sous-marin.