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So Little Time
So Little Time (1952) on 14 august 1953
, 1h28
Directed by Compton Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Marius Goring, Maria Schell, Lucie Mannheim, Gabrielle Dorziat, Barbara Mullen, John Bailey
Rating68% 3.4317053.4317053.4317053.4317053.431705
In occupied Belgium during World War II, the chateau where Nicole de Malvines (Schell) lives with her mother (Gabrielle Dorziat) is partially requisitioned for use by German forces. Among those billeted there is Colonel Hohensee (Goring), a ruthlessly efficient officer. Having lost several male members of her family in the war, the proud and outspoken Nicole holds the Germans in contempt and has no hesitation in making her feelings clear.
The Caddy
The Caddy (1953) on 10 august 1953
, 1h35
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Donna Reed, Clinton Sundberg, Marshall Thompson, Barbara Bates
Rating64% 3.2004653.2004653.2004653.2004653.200465
The story centers around Harvey Miller (Jerry Lewis), whose father was a famous golf pro. He wanted Harvey to follow in his footsteps, but poor Harvey is afraid of crowds. Instead, at the advice of his fiancée Lisa (Barbara Bates), Harvey becomes a golf instructor. Lisa's brother Joe (Dean Martin) becomes Harvey's first client and becomes good enough to start playing in tournaments, with Harvey tagging along as his caddy. Donna Reed plays the wealthy socialite who Dean wins over.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds (1953) on 13 august 1953
, 1h21
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Cedric Hardwicke, Sandro Giglio, Robert O. Cornthwaite
Rating69% 3.4982853.4982853.4982853.4982853.498285
In early 1950s southern California, Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry), a scientist who had worked on the Manhattan Project, is fishing with colleagues when a large object crashes near the town of Linda Rosa. At the impact site, he meets Sylvia Van Buren (Ann Robinson) and her uncle, Pastor Matthew Collins (Lewis Martin). Van Buren was told that the meteorite came down at a low angle, while Forrester observes it appears far lighter than normal for its massive size. His Geiger counter also detects it is slightly radioactive, but the object is still too hot to examine closely. Unable to account for these anomalies, Forrester is intrigued and decides to wait in town overnight for the object to cool down.
I, the Jury
I, the Jury (1953) on 14 august 1953
, 1h27
Directed by Harry Essex
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan, Alan Reed, Mary Anderson
Rating60% 3.0481253.0481253.0481253.0481253.048125
Shortly before Christmas in New York City, one-armed insurance investigator Jack Williams (Robert Swanger) is looking at a college yearbook photo of John Hansen when someone slips into his apartment and shoots him to death. Hot-headed private investigator Mike Hammer (Biff Elliot), Jack's war buddy, vows to avenge his friend's death despite a warning from Pat Chambers (Preston Foster), captain of the homicide squad, to let the police handle the case. Pat is unable to calm Mike, who roughs up a wisecracking reporter before leaving the crime scene. Knowing that Mike will forge ahead with an investigation regardless of his advice, Pat urges the offended reporter to publish an article disclosing that Mike is on the job.
Inferno
Inferno (1953) on 12 august 1953
, 1h23
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Children's films
Actors Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Larry Keating, Henry Hull, Carl Betz
Rating69% 3.490493.490493.490493.490493.49049
During a trip to the Mojave Desert, millionaire Donald Carson III, having broken his leg falling off his horse, has been abandoned and left to die by Geraldine, his adulterous femme fatale wife, and mining engineer Joe Duncan, a man she's known for just a few days.
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953) on 14 august 1953
, 1h12
Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Barbara Ruick, Bob Fosse, Lurene Tuttle, Hanley Stafford
Rating60% 3.0488553.0488553.0488553.0488553.048855
At Grainbelt University, a Midwestern university, freshman Dobie Gillis (Bobby Van) and his pal Charlie Trask (Bob Fosse) court cute coeds Pansy Hammer (Debbie Reynolds) and Lorna Ellingboe (Barbara Ruick). Pansy's wealthy father George (Hanley Stafford) can't stand Dobie and does everything in his power to keep them apart. Along the way, Dobie and Pansy manage to blow up the chemistry lab, while Dobie's officious English professor Pomfritt (Hans Conried) is misled to believe that the feckless Gillis is a literary genius.
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) on 13 august 1953
, 1h30
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Merle Oberon, Richard Todd, Leo Genn, Joan Dowling, June Clyde, Peter Illing
Rating50% 2.533012.533012.533012.533012.53301
Robert Sterling a writer, is visiting a café, when suddenly a scandal becomes known. To keep the others from overreacting, Sterling tells them about something similar that he saw happen long time ago. He had been in Monte Carlo, and was playing host to a young widow whom he knew well. When he persuaded her to visit the casino one night, she became irresistibly attracted to an unstable young man who became suicidal after losing all his money at roulette. Sterling describes how they fell deeply in love, and how both of them then had to face difficult decisions about the future.
Pardon My Backfire
Pardon My Backfire (1953) on 15 august 1953

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Benny Rubin, Frank Sully
Rating68% 3.4300953.4300953.4300953.4300953.430095
The Stooges are auto mechanics who need money in order to marry their sweethearts. The short starts with the Stooges marveling over a decorated cake in the childhood home of their sweethearts. The ladies have prepared a meal, and they are about to eat when Shemp attempts to sneak a bite of the cake. Moe punishes him for it and then the group tries to have dinner.
Clipped Wings
Clipped Wings (1953) on 14 august 1953
, 1h5
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Mary Treen
Rating62% 3.1461253.1461253.1461253.1461253.146125
The boys' friend, Dave Moreno, is being held for treason by the U.S. Air Force. Slip and Sach go to headquarters to help Dave, but mistakenly enlist. Sach is also mistakenly assigned to a WAF barracks. When the boys finally do visit Dave he tells them he does not need help, as he is secretly being used to capture enemy agents. Undeterred by Dave's words, the boys continue to investigate and Slip and Sach wind up airborne. Good luck allows them to land safely, just where the spies are hiding out. They capture the spies and Dave's true mission is revealed.
Devil's Canyon
Devil's Canyon (1953) on 13 august 1953
, 1h32
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Stephen McNally, Robert Keith, Jay C. Flippen
Rating54% 2.70722.70722.70722.70722.7072
Arizona, 1897: A female outlaw, Abby Nixon, warns a lawman, Billy Reynolds, that her accomplices Bud and Cole Gorman are nearby. Reynolds manages to kill both in a gunfight, but finds himself arrested for murder, convicted and sentenced to a desert prison known as Devil's Canyon.