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The Miracle on 34th Street

1955

The Miracle on 34th Street

1955
5.2
One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases. But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real thing.
5 Against the House

1955

5 Against the House

1955
5.9
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

1955

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

1955
7.4
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.
To Hell with Women

1955

To Hell with Women

1955
5.5
Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the men rebel.
The Big Combo

1955

The Big Combo

1955
7
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954
6.1
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.
The Fast and the Furious

1954

The Fast and the Furious

1954
4.9
A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman's Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other, and enter a road race that ends in Mexico.
The Beachcomber

1954

The Beachcomber

1954
6
Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jordans, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.
Robinson Crusoe

1954

Robinson Crusoe

1954
6.3
An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.
John Wesley

1954

John Wesley

1954
1
Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, his disagreements with the church over the social position of the clergy, his mission to America, the founding of Methodism, and his bringing of the Gospel into the lives of ordinary people.
The Bigamist

1953

The Bigamist

1953
6.4
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
Reportaje

1953

Reportaje

1953
7.2
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
The Joe Louis Story

1953

The Joe Louis Story

1953
5.9
The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
Stalag 17

1953

Stalag 17

1953
7.7
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
City Beneath the Sea

1953

City Beneath the Sea

1953
5
Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.
Indiscretion of an American Wife

1953

Indiscretion of an American Wife

1953
5.9
While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?
A String of Blue Beads

1953

A String of Blue Beads

1953
6
A STRING OF BLUE BEADS is a slight little Christmas tale that was a pilot for an anthology series of short stories that never came to be. What makes this little film fascinating is it was one of the earliest color broadcasts on television and happily is one of the few early color productions for TV that can be seen in color now. Early color television productions seem to have had a limited color capability much like the early 1930's attempts at Technicolor. This actually adds to the charm of this little Christmas story giving in an "old time" feel.
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

1952

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

1952
5.8
A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952
5.9
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
24 Hours of a Woman's Life

1952

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

1952
4.8
A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.