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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) on 15 october 1951
, 2h2
Directed by Albert Lewin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Romantic drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Bullfighting films, Ghost films
Actors Ava Gardner, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, Marius Goring
Rating68% 3.445483.445483.445483.445483.44548
In 1930, fishermen in the small Catalan port of Esperanza make a grim discovery in their nets, the bodies of a man and a woman. The resultant ringing of church bells in the village brings the local police and the resident archaeologist, Geoffrey Fielding (Harold Warrender), to the beach. Fielding returns to his villa, and, breaking the "fourth wall", retells the story of these two people to the audience.
Slaughter Trail
Slaughter Trail (1951) on 15 october 1951
, 1h18
Directed by Irving Allen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Brian Donlevy, Gig Young, Virginia Grey, Andy Devine, Robert Hutton, Lois Hall
Rating46% 2.3286152.3286152.3286152.3286152.328615
A trio of masked bandits rob a stagecoach secretly assisted by one of the passengers. The fleeing bandits come across some unarmed Navajo who they shoot and steal their horses. One of the Navajo survives and informs the tribe who sets his tribe on the warpath against all whites. The commander of the US Cavalry fort who is friendly with the Navajo chief is caught in the middle.
Thunder on the Hill
Thunder on the Hill (1951) on 17 october 1951
, 1h24
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper, Michael Pate, Philip Friend
Rating67% 3.3917353.3917353.3917353.3917353.391735
Sister Mary Bonaventure is in charge of the hospital ward of a convent in the county of Norfolk, England. She is troubled by her own sister's suicide, which she confides to her Mother Superior.
A Bear for Punishment
A Bear for Punishment (1951) on 20 october 1951
, 7minutes
Directed by Chuck Jones
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Bea Benaderet, Stan Freberg
Rating70% 3.5336553.5336553.5336553.5336553.533655
Henry est réveillé d'une façon cavalière car Junyer qui a mis une ribambelle de réveils. L'ours colérique tape Junyer et s'apprête à frapper Ma lorsqu'il se rend compte que c'est la fête des pères. Junyer renverse le petit déjeuner au lit sur Henry en trébuchant sur un patin à roulettes. Junyer, en voulant vérifier le fonctionnement de son rasoir (pour raser Henry), le casse et poursuit Henry à travers la maison avant de le découper en petits morceaux. Henry se retrouve propulsé dans un poêle après que Junyer ait malencontreusement mis de la poudre à canon à la place de tabac dans sa pipe. Devant le regard agacé du père, Junyer récite un poème avant que Ma ne fasse un numéro de danse. Henry, devant un numéro où Junyer et Ma se déguisent respectivement en Abraham Lincoln et en George Washington, est finalement maquillé en statue de la Liberté.
Across the Wide Missouri
Across the Wide Missouri (1951) on 21 october 1951
, 1h18
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Clark Gable, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalbán, James Whitmore, Adolphe Menjou, María Elena Marqués
Rating61% 3.098113.098113.098113.098113.09811
In the 1830s in the Rocky Mountains, fur trapper Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) meets at the summer "Rendezvous" with other mountain men, cashing in his furs, drinking, and enjoying contests among his friends. He organizes a hunting "brigade" into the beaver-rich Blackfoot territory, buying horses and recruiting trappers, despite protests from his Scottish friend and former trading partner, Brecan (John Hodiak), who lives among the Blackfoot and warns him that the land belongs to them. Flint outbids Brecan for Kamiah (María Elena Marqués), the granddaughter of Blackfoot medicine man Bear Ghost and adopted daughter of a Nez Perce chief, Looking Glass (J. Carrol Naish). Brecan wants to return her to the Blackfoot, to promote peace between the tribes, while Flint wants to marry Kamiah and ensure the brigade's safety.
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield (1951) on 19 october 1951
, 1h39
Directed by Clarence Brown, George Wells, Dorothy Kingsley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Sports films, Baseball films, Films about angels
Actors Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Lewis Stone, Donna Corcoran, Spring Byington
Rating70% 3.545633.545633.545633.545633.54563
With baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates in last place, their combative, foul-mouthed manager Guffy McGovern has plenty to complain about. All this changes when, while wandering through Forbes Field in search of his good luck charm one night, Guffy is accosted by the voice of an angel (voice of James Whitmore), who hints at having been a ballplayer during his earthly life.
Fathers Are People
Fathers Are People (1951) on 21 october 1951
, 6minutes
Directed by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Pinto Colvig, Bobby Driscoll, June Foray, Rhoda Williams
Rating67% 3.382013.382013.382013.382013.38201
Dingo, ici sous le nom de George, découvre les joies et les malheurs d'être père.
The Family Secret
The Family Secret (1951) on 21 october 1951

Directed by Henry Levin
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Santos Ortega, Henry O'Neill
Rating60% 3.046563.046563.046563.046563.04656
Law student David Clark kills best friend Art Bradley in self-defense after an argument. He flees, but later confesses to his father, Howard, a lawyer. The next morning, Howard expects his son to explain what happened to district attorney Redman, but instead David merely asks the DA if he can be of any help after another man, Joe Elsner, is arrested. Elsner is a bookie to whom the dead man owed a debt.
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) on 15 october 1951
, 1h21
Directed by Jim O'Connolly, Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Audrey Hepburn, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Edie Martin
Rating74% 3.747133.747133.747133.747133.74713
Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) is dining with a fellow Englishman in a posh restaurant in Rio de Janeiro where he is well known. He relates a story explaining his presence in Rio. It seems he was a seemingly unambitious London bank clerk in charge of gold bullion deliveries for over 20 years. He had a reputation for fussing over details and suspecting all cars he observed following the bullion van, but all in all appeared to be a man dedicated to his job and the gold's security. In fact, he had hatched the "perfect" plot to steal a load of bullion and retire. The one thing stopping him had been that selling the gold on the black market in Britain was too risky, and he was at a loss as to how to smuggle it abroad.
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) on 16 october 1951
, 1h28
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Children's films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, William Reynolds, Luther Adler, Leo G. Carroll
Rating68% 3.447513.447513.447513.447513.44751
The film begins with a pre-credit sequence depicting Operation Flipper, a British commando raid whose aim is to assassinate Rommel. It fails.
Anne of the Indies
Anne of the Indies (1951) on 18 october 1951
, 1h21
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall, Thomas Gomez, James Robertson Justice
Rating65% 3.2939853.2939853.2939853.2939853.293985
After seizing a British ship, the female pirate captain Anne Providence (Jean Peters) spares Pierre LaRochelle (Louis Jourdan), a Frenchman captured by the British, from walking the plank. He agrees to join Providence's crew and soon she begins to fall for the handsome officer.