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The Elusive Pimpernel
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) on 17 april 1954
, 1h49
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Cyril Cusack, Robert Coote, Arlette Marchal
Rating60% 3.000833.000833.000833.000833.00083
During the French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpernel (David Niven), who is really Sir Percy Blakeney in disguise, risks his life to rescue French noblemen from the guillotine and take them across the English Channel to safety. As cover, Sir Percy poses as a fop at Court, and curries favour with the Prince of Wales (Jack Hawkins) by providing advice about fashion, but secretly he leads The League, a group of noblemen with similar views.
Hic-cup Pup
Hic-cup Pup (1954) on 17 april 1954
, 6minutes
Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Daws Butler
Rating75% 3.7635853.7635853.7635853.7635853.763585
Tom, en essayant d'attraper Jerry, a réveillé Tyke, le fils de Spike, qui était alors en pleine sieste. Le chiot fait maintenant une crise de hoquet. Spike menace Tom de le battre s'il fait encore du bruit pendant sa sieste.
Rhapsody
Rhapsody (1954) on 16 april 1954
, 1h55
Directed by Charles Vidor, Michael Kanin, Lawrence Weingarten, Fay Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Michael Chekhov, Barbara Bates
Rating62% 3.1023.1023.1023.1023.102
Based on the novel Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson, the film is about a wealthy and beautiful woman who follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at a conservatory.
Witness to Murder
Witness to Murder (1954) on 15 april 1954
, 1h23
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Jesse White, Harry Shannon, Claire Carleton
Rating65% 3.295343.295343.295343.295343.29534
Cheryl Draper (Barbara Stanwyck), while looking out her bedroom window, witnesses a young woman being strangled to death. The woman reports the killing to the police, but when the man named Albert Richter (George Sanders) notices detectives arriving downstairs, he moves the body. When the police show up to his door, Richter acts nonchalant, and when no body is found, the police are convinced that the woman saw something in her dreams.
Yankee Pasha
Yankee Pasha (1954) on 17 april 1954
, 1h24
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Jeff Chandler, Rhonda Fleming, Mamie Van Doren, Lee J. Cobb, Hal March, Rex Reason
Rating62% 3.1432553.1432553.1432553.1432553.143255
[On-screen text: "Salem, Mass. 1800"] Fur trapper Jason Starbuck (Jeff Chandler) arrives in Salem. A general store owner challenges him to a horse race, but his rider's fiancee, Roxana Reil, gives a helpful tip to Starbuck on how to win the race.
Carnival Story
Carnival Story (1954) on 16 april 1954
, 1h35
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Circus films
Actors Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, George Nader, Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens
Rating56% 2.849462.849462.849462.849462.84946
Grayson's traveling carnival comes to Munich with acts that include high-dive artist Frank Collini and silent strongman Groppo. A local girl named Willi picks the pocket of Joe, who works for the carny, but she ends up being offered a job.
Gunfighters of the Northwest
Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) on 14 april 1954

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, Clayton Moore, Phyllis Coates, Don C. Harvey, Marshall Reed, Rodd Redwing
Rating66% 3.314663.314663.314663.314663.31466
White Horse Rebels, under the command of a mystery villain known only as The Leader, attempt to create an independent "White Horse Republic" in Canada's north west. Funded by gold from the Marrow Mine, they attack Canadian settlements in the area. The North-West Mounted Police, represented primarily by hero Sgt. Ward and his sidekick Constable Nevin are, work to top the rebels and discover The Leader's real identity. An added complication comes in the form of First Nations, Blackfeet driven into Canada from the United States, who attack both sides and whom the rebels attempt to use as scapegoats for their own attacks.
The House Across the Lake
The House Across the Lake (1954) on 16 april 1954
, 1h8
Directed by Ken Hughes
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alex Nicol, Hillary Brooke, Sid James, Susan Stephen, Paul Carpenter, Alan Wheatley
Rating59% 2.995592.995592.995592.995592.99559
An American pulp novelist, Mark Kendrick (Nicol), meets his rich neighbors across the lake and is soon seduced by beautiful blonde Carol (Brooke), the wife of the older Forrest (James). Forrest is badly injured when his boat has an accident in the fog, and Carol throws him overboard.