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Films with the genre "Action", sorted by production date
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The Glenrowan Affair (1951)
, 1h10Genres Action, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Bud Tingwell
Artist Rupert Kathner is sketching in near Benalla. He flashes back to the story of Ned Kelly and his gang.
The Golden Horde (1951)
, 1h17Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Ann Blyth, David Farrar, George Macready, Henry Brandon, Howard Petrie, Richard Egan
En l'an 1220, Sir Guy of Devon (David Farrar) et un petit groupe de croisés anglais, arrivent à Samarcande, en Asie centrale. La ville et la princesse régnante, Shalimar (Ann Blyth), sont menacées par Genghis Khan (Marvin Miller) et ses hordes. Shalimar espère vaincre le conquérant par la ruse, alors que Sir Guy préfère la bataille frontale. En dépit d'une attirance réciproque entre Shalimar et Sir Guy, leur méthode divergente compromet tout espoir de victoire.
Directed by Fred C. Brannon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Walter Reed, Dick Curtis, Mary Ellen Kay, George Meeker, John M. Pickard, Arthur Space
Two US government agents, Hal Duncan and Sam Bradley, must prevent agents of a foreign power, led by Regan and Cady, from hijacking trucks and stealing defence materials being transported by truck. They are hired by an interstate trucking
High Treason (1951)
, 1h30Directed by Roy Boulting
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Liam Redmond, Anthony Bushell, André Morell, Kenneth Griffith, Joan Hickson, Anthony Nicholls
Enemy saboteurs infiltrate the industrial suburbs of London, intending to plant high-powered bombs at several factory sites. Their motivation is to cripple the British economy and enable subversive forces to insinuate themselves in the government. The saboteurs are thwarted not by the traditional counterintelligence agents but by workaday London police officers.
My Favorite Spy (1951)
, 1h33Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films
Actors Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss, John Archer, Luis van Rooten
A comedian poses as an international spy to recover mysterious microfilm.
Mysterious Island (1951)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films
Actors Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Gene Roth, Leonard Penn, Rusty Wescoatt, Bernie Hamilton
During the siege of Richmond, Virginia, in the American Civil War, POW Capt. Cyrus Harding escapes from his Confederate captors in a rather unusual way – by hijacking an observation balloon. In his escape, Harding is accompanied by sailor Pencroft, his nephew Bert, writer Gideon, loyal soldier Neb, and a dog. A hurricane blows the balloon off course, and the group eventually crash-lands on a cliff-bound, volcanic, uncharted (and fictitious) island, located in the South Pacific, with very unusual inhabitants. They name it "Lincoln Island" in honour of American President Abraham Lincoln.
Pathala Bhairavi (1951)
, 3h15Directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action
Actors Kommareddy Savitri, Krishna Kumari, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Surabhi Kamalabai, Padmanabham, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah
The queen of Ujjain is keen for her daughter Indumathi (alias Indu) to marry her brother Surasena, a timid and mentally unstable person. When the gardener's son 'Thota' Ramudu beats Surasena at a concert for irritating the common people, he is summoned by the king to the court. His boldness leaves a considerable impression, but when Ramudu declares his love for Indu a day before his death sentence for meeting Indu secretly, the king is reminded of the astrologers' prediction that only a brave man can save her from a wicked sorcerer. He then challenges Ramudu to amass wealth equal to that of his in order to marry Indu, to which Ramudu agrees. He is released from prison.
Peking Express (1951)
, 1h25Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn, Marvin Miller, Marvin Miller, Benson Fong
Michael Bachlin, médecin américain et délégué des Nations unies, monte à bord de l'express pour Pékin. Officiellement, il est chargé de fonder un centre de chirurgie du thorax à Shanghai. Officieusement, il doit rencontrer le chef de l'opposition au régime chinois. Durant le voyage, il retrouve Danielle Grenier, une séduisante jeune femme qu'il a connue à Paris quelques années plus tôt...
South of Caliente (1951)
, 1h7Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Musical, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Douglas Fowley, Willie Best, Ric Roman, Pincus Leff (aka "Pinky Lee")
Spoilers of the Plains (1951)
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Gordon Jones, Grant Withers, Don Haggerty, House Peters, Jr., George Meeker
Sugarfoot (1951)
, 1h20Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey, S.Z. Sakall, Arthur Hunnicutt, Robert Warwick
Tarzan's Peril (1951)
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Lex Barker, Virginia Huston, Dorothy Dandridge, George Macready, Glenn Anders, Alan Napier
des bagnards évadés vendent des armes à une tribu indigène guerrière.
Two Lost Worlds (1951)
, 1h1Directed by Norman Dawn
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films
Actors James Arness, Kasey Rogers, Bill Kennedy, Pierre Watkin, Guy Bellis
The year is 1830. The American clipper ship, the Queen, is attacked by pirates in the New Hebrides (present day Vanuatu). The ship's mate Kirk Hamilton (Arness) is wounded and heads to Queensland, Australia for medical treatment. While at the hospital, he meets and falls in love with Elaine Jeffries (Rogers), the fiancee of Martin Shannon (Bill Kennedy) a rancher. A romantic rivalry develops and the pirates, who attacked Kirk and his ship kidnap her along with her friend, Nancy Holden (Jane Harlan). Kirk and Shannon pursue the pirates and they soon wind up on a volcanic island, inhabited by dinosaurs.
Vengeance Valley (1951)
, 1h18Directed by John Ireland, Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru, Richard Thorpe, Irving Ravetch
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest, Ted de Corsia
Fifteen years ago, wealthy but crippled Colorado cattleman Arch Strobie (Ray Collins), whose own son Lee (Robert Walker) is wild, took in young Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster) as a foster son to help raise him. Now Owen is ranch foreman, but Lee, despite being married to Jen (Joanne Dru), is wilder than ever.
Man in the Saddle (1951)
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Steven Rauber, John Russell
Owen Merritt, petit propriétaire d'un ranch, se fait voler la femme qu'il aime par un important propriétaire terrien, Will Isham. Mais quand celui-ci apprend que c'est un mariage d'intérêt, il décide de se débarrasser définitivement de celui qui reste son rival. Merritt ne réagit pas, jusqu'au jour où ses deux amis et associés sont assassinés par l'homme de main de Isham.