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The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door (1953) on 13 may 1953
, 1h32
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer
Rating63% 3.190733.190733.190733.190733.19073
A popular performer, Jeannie Laird decides to buy her first house and celebrate with a big party. The guests' enjoyment is interfered with by the happenings at the home of the next door neighbor, Bill Carter.
Half a Hero
Half a Hero (1953) on 11 may 1953
, 1h11
Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Red Skelton, Jean Hagen, Jerry Hausner, Charles Dingle, Willard Waterman, Mary Wickes
Rating56% 2.810722.810722.810722.810722.81072
Freelance writer Ben Dobson (Skelton) who lands his first full-time writing job at a national magazine, tasked with rewriting other authors' work. His wife Martha (Hagen) uses this as the perfect time to start their family, and four years later pressuring Ben into moving from New York to the suburbs, where he's swiftly living beyond his means. His boss then wants him to write a story on those suburbs, titled "slums of tomorrow." While Martha happily embraces her new environment and friendly neighbors, Ben is cynical about their life there, and decides they should return to the city. However, while showing their home to another prospective buyer, he realizes he would miss the home's personal touches, and they should stay.
The Juggler
The Juggler (1953) on 11 may 1953
, 1h24
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Circus films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart, Joseph Walsh, Alf Kjellin, Charles Lane
Rating64% 3.2459253.2459253.2459253.2459253.245925
After World War II, a German named Hans Müller (Kirk Douglas) is one of a shipload of Jewish refugees who debark at Haifa in 1949. Like many other concentration camp survivors, Hans has psychological problems, including survivor guilt. At one point, he mistakes a woman and some children for his murdered family.
Law and Order
Law and Order (1953) on 13 may 1953
, 1h20
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone, Preston Foster, Alex Nicol, Russell Johnson, Barry Kelley
Rating60% 3.0450653.0450653.0450653.0450653.045065
Having cleaned up Tombstone, Arizona, marshal Frame Johnson (Ronald Reagan) quits after an attempted lynching. He hopes to settle down on a ranch near Cottonwood with his sweetheart Jeannie (Dorothy Malone). Before he can do so, he may have to clean up Cottonwood, too, making a great sacrifice to restore law and order.
Women of Twilight
Women of Twilight (1953) on 16 may 1953
, 1h29
Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Rene Ray, Lois Maxwell, Freda Jackson, Joan Dowling, Mary Germaine, Ingeborg von Kusserow
Rating64% 3.229553.229553.229553.229553.22955
"The scene throughout is a semi-basement living room in a house near London, a grim and sordid place inhabited for sleeping and eating by a motley group of unmarried young women with babies - already born or about to be hustled into an unfriendly world. The 'proprietress' - a sadistic, unscrupulous woman called Helen Allistair - though a qualified nurse, exploits these unfortunate outcasts from society until one of them - the despairing girl Vivianne, whose gangster lover is hanged and who has nothing to lose - discovers this ghoulish creature's baby-farming activities. Vivianne, whose baby is shortly to be born, faces Mrs Allistair with her accusation, is brutally assaulted and almost loses her life. In the end justice is done, and Mrs Allistair gets her deserts.
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) on 13 may 1953
, 2h28
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara, Yves Allégret, Georges Lacombe, Carlo Rim, Roberto Rossellini, Jean Dréville, Eduardo De Filippo
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Gérard Philipe, Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Isa Miranda, Louis de Funès, Viviane Romance
Rating63% 3.1859353.1859353.1859353.1859353.185935
Dans une fête foraine, un meneur de jeu attire les badauds et illustre pour eux les sept péchés capitaux.
Beautiful
Beautiful (1952) on 15 may 1953
, 1h50
Directed by Luchino Visconti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tecla Scarano, Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Lola Braccini, Alessandro Blasetti
Rating76% 3.84893.84893.84893.84893.8489
Bellissima centers on a working-class mother in Rome, Maddalena (Anna Magnani), who drags her young daughter (Tina Apicella) to Cinecittà to attend an audition for a new film by Alessandro Blasetti. Maddalena is a stage mother who loves movies and whose efforts to promote her daughter grow increasingly frenzied.
Phantom from Space
Phantom from Space (1953) on 15 may 1953
, 1h13
Directed by W. Lee Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Invisibilité
Actors Harry Landers, Noreen Nash, Jim Bannon, James Seay, Harry Strang, Michael Mark
Rating41% 2.0648652.0648652.0648652.0648652.064865
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigators arrive in the San Fernando Valley after what appears to be a UFO crashes, causing massive interference with teleradio transmissions. During their investigation they receive witness reports of what appears to be a man dressed in a bizarre outfit. Their investigation uncovers that this is a being from outer space who is invisible. They start a massive manhunt, causing a public panic over the invisible alien running loose.
Savage Frontier
Savage Frontier (1953) on 15 may 1953
, 54minutes
Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Allan Lane, Dorothy Patrick, Eddy Waller, Bob Steele, Roy Barcroft, Richard Avonde
Rating67% 3.383813.383813.383813.383813.38381
Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot (1953) on 15 may 1953
, 1h28
Directed by Robert Parrish
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Joel McCrea, Evelyn Keyes, Herbert Lom, Roland Culver, Marius Goring, Frank Lawton
Rating60% 3.049683.049683.049683.049683.04968
A retired American army officer living in the English countryside shoots at a man he takes to be a poacher. Believing he has killed him he goes on the run from the British police and security service.
Remains to Be Seen
Remains to Be Seen (1953) on 15 may 1953

Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Musical, Crime
Actors June Allyson, Van Johnson, Louis Calhern, Angela Lansbury, John Beal, Dorothy Dandridge
Rating61% 3.096163.096163.096163.096163.09616
A girl vocalist and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.
Sangaree
Sangaree (1953) on 17 may 1953
, 1h34
Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl, Lester Matthews, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Charles Korvin
Rating60% 3.0047453.0047453.0047453.0047453.004745
On his death bed, old Revolutionary War general Darby bequeaths his Georgia estate, Sangaree, to a man he trusts, Dr. Carlos Morales, requesting he seek freedom for servants and slaves.
Scandal at Scourie
Scandal at Scourie (1953) on 17 may 1953
, 1h30
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Corcoran, Arthur Shields, Agnes Moorehead, Michael Pate
Rating65% 3.294293.294293.294293.294293.29429
200px Catholic girl Patsy (Donna Corcoran) lives in an orphanage in Quebec. After the orphanage burns down due to Patsy's accidentally knocking over a lamp, she finds a new home with the McChesney couple, who live in Protestant Ottawa. While Victoria McChesney (Greer Garson) is excited about the new family member, Patrick McChesney (Walter Pidgeon) reacts reluctantly as he was uninformed of the adoption, and is also a candidate for the Parliament in Ottawa. After Victoria overcomes a case of mycetism caused by Patsy collecting poisonous mushrooms, Patsy is suspected of causing the flame cleaning of the local school. The examination of the case finds no concrete evidence against Patsy. McChesney declares to give up his candidature in order to accept Patsy as his daughter. Patsy, however, flees. In the meantime, her innocence is proven. Patsy is found again and accepted in the McChesney home as their daughter.