1950s
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The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Man in the White Suit
Alexander Mackendrick actor: Alec Guinness / Joan Greenwood …
other title: Lo scandalo del vestito bianco / O Homem do Fato Claro …
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment
★ 6.6 5 ratings
Val Guest actor: Brian Donlevy / Richard Wordsworth …
other title: L'astronave atomica del dottor Quatermass / Terror Que Mata …
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
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4D Man (1959)
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Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. actor: Robert Lansing / Lee Meriwether …
other title: Delitto in quarta dimensione / Demônio Enfurecido …
Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.
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Night and the City (1950)
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Jules Dassin actor: Richard Widmark / Francis L. Sullivan …
other title: I trafficanti della notte / Foragidos da Noite …
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob
★ 7.4 5 ratings
Charles Crichton actor: Alec Guinness / Stanley Holloway …
other title: L'incredibile avventura di Mr. Holland / Masser af guld …
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
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Diabolique (1955)
Les Diaboliques
★ 8.0 9 ratings
Henri-Georges Clouzot actor: Véra Clouzot / Simone Signoret …
other title: I diabolici / Rædslernes hus …
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
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Tomboy Samurai (1958)
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Kunio Watanabe actor: Hibari Misora / Jun Tazaki …
other title: 女ざむらい只今参上
The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man and changing her name, she heads for the capital...
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Crossroad (1956)
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Umetsugu Inoue actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: 死の十字路
Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.
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Mohawk (1956)
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Kurt Neumann actor: Scott Brady / Rita Gam …
other title: La principessa di moak / L'attaque de Fort Douglas …
An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the army and the braves at each other's throats his troubles really begin.