Search results for "1953"
Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky
IMDb: 6.9
109

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane’s pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
IMDb: 6.3
82

After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Raiders of the Seven Seas

Raiders of the Seven Seas

Raiders of the Seven Seas
IMDb: 5.7
88

After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa (John Payne) takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida (Donna Reed), intending to trade her to her…

Genre: Adventure
Deadly Nightshade

Deadly Nightshade

Deadly Nightshade
IMDb: 6.5
61

Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.

Fighting Lawman

Fighting Lawman

Fighting Lawman
IMDb: 5.9
71

A US Marshal hunts down three bank robbers that are living under new identities.

Genre: Western
Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King
IMDb: 6.9
83

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
She’s Back on Broadway

She’s Back on Broadway

She’s Back on Broadway
IMDb: 5.9
95

When Catherine Terris’s career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs…Broadway! She takes the lead in a play which is being…

Genre: Comedy
South Sea Woman

South Sea Woman

South Sea Woman
IMDb: 6.4
99

Marine Sergeant James O’Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify…

The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur
IMDb: 7.3
91

Howard Kemp has been tracking killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. In the Colorado Rockies, he teams up with prospector Jesse Tate and former Union soldier Roy Anderson. Thinking…

Safari Drums

Safari Drums

Safari Drums
IMDb: 5.3
71

The eighth entry in the “Bomba The Jungle Boy” series, from 1953, starring Johnny Sheffield, Douglas Kennedy, Barbara Bestar, Leonard Mudie and Emory Parnell. Directed by Ford Beebe.

Genre: Adventure
Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope
IMDb: 7.1
105

Elia Kazan’s 1953 film stars Fredric March as the owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia who plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Eddie Cantor Story

The Eddie Cantor Story

The Eddie Cantor Story
IMDb: 5.7
115

Film biography of entertainer Eddie Cantor, with Keefe Brasselle starring as the popular stage, radio and movie comic.

Genre: Drama, Music
Big Leaguer

Big Leaguer

Big Leaguer
IMDb: 5.9
71

John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the 18-22 year old hopefuls to pick the best for a minor league…

Genre: Drama
Angel Face

Angel Face

Angel Face
IMDb: 7.2
92

An ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side.

Malta Story

Malta Story

Malta Story
IMDb: 6.6
97

In 1942 Britain was clinging to the island of Malta since it was critical to keeping Allied supply lines open. The Axis also wanted it for their own supply lines….

Genre: Drama, History, War
Topeka

Topeka

Topeka
IMDb: 7.4
69

Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the superior western Topeka. Elliot plays the archetypal Good Bad Man, hired to kick the crooked element out of a small…

Genre: Western
Northern Patrol

Northern Patrol

Northern Patrol
IMDb: 5.6
64

Northern Patrol was the last entry in Monogram/Allied Artists’ off-and-on “Northwest Mountie” series. Taking time off from his Sky King shooting schedule, Kirby Grant stars as mounted policeman Rod Webb,…

Genre: Western
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
IMDb: 5.9
78

Based on a 1944 West End stage success with Ralph Lynn, this is a classic bedroom farce for those who like them that way — its theatrical origins acknowledged in…

Genre: Comedy
The Man Behind The Gun

The Man Behind The Gun

The Man Behind The Gun
IMDb: 6
82

This 1952 western stars Randolph Scott as an army investigator who poses as a schoolteacher while working undercover to expose a group of secessionists. Also starring Patrice Wymore, Roy Roberts,…

Genre: Western
It’s a Grand Life

It’s a Grand Life

It’s a Grand Life
IMDb: 6.4
102

Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend Frank Randle in his final screen role, as he attempts to rescue a Corporal (played by icon…

Genre: Comedy
Hot News

Hot News

Hot News
IMDb: 5.3
61

An ex-prize fighter — now reporter — tries to expose a gambling ring after an uneven bout in the ring kills a pugilist.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Last Posse

The Last Posse

The Last Posse
IMDb: 6.6
73

A posse’s pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded.

Genre: Western
The Clown

The Clown

The Clown
IMDb: 6.6
91

Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn, is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes Dodo and…

Genre: Drama
The Good Beginning

The Good Beginning

The Good Beginning
IMDb: 6.2
62

After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her…

Genre: Drama
The Long Memory

The Long Memory

The Long Memory
IMDb: 7
96

1953 British noir thriller, starring John Mills. An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court. Based on…

Genre: Crime
The System

The System

The System
IMDb: 6.4
90

A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.

Genre: Crime
The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers
IMDb: 7.1
93

A Scotsman, Jim MacKenzie, living on a primitive homestead in Nova Scotia, is raising his two grandsons, Harry and Davy, following the death of their father in the Boer War….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Elephant Walk

Elephant Walk

Elephant Walk
IMDb: 6.3
103

The young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Private Eyes

Private Eyes

Private Eyes
IMDb: 6.2
64

After being punched in the nose, Sach finds out that he has the ability to read minds. Slip and the gang start up a detective agency try to cash in…

Genre: Comedy
The Girls of Pleasure Island

The Girls of Pleasure Island

The Girls of Pleasure Island
IMDb: 5.9
95

In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen, lives on a South Sea atoll with his three daughters, Gloria,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
City Beneath the Sea

City Beneath the Sea

City Beneath the Sea
IMDb: 5.4
87

Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.

Genre: Action, Adventure
City of Bad Men

City of Bad Men

City of Bad Men
IMDb: 6.1
81

Outlaws plan a robbery to take place during a championship prizefight in Carson City, Nevada.

Genre: Western
Girl on the Run

Girl on the Run

Girl on the Run
IMDb: 5.2
64

A hootchy-kootchy whodunit set at a small seedy carnival where a reporter tries to discover who killed his boss while his girlfriend inexplicably joins the burlesque show!

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose
IMDb: 6.4
92

Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to…

Genre: Drama, History
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
IMDb: 6.7
80

An atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle unfreezes a hibernating fictional dinosaur, a Rhedosaurus, that begins to wreak havoc in New York City.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
IMDb: 6.8
89

Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart’s existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the…

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Peter Pan
IMDb: 7.3
77

Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face…

The Simple Things

The Simple Things

The Simple Things
IMDb: 6.6
7

Mickey and Pluto go fishing. Pluto has a run-in with a clam, who eventually lodges in Pluto’s mouth; Mickey thinks the clam is Pluto’s tongue and can’t understand why Pluto…

War Arrow

War Arrow

War Arrow
IMDb: 5.9
78

A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting Seminole allies, against his superior’s wishes, to stop a planned Kiowa attack.

Those Redheads from Seattle

Those Redheads from Seattle

Those Redheads from Seattle
IMDb: 5.7
90

A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Alaska during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.

Genre: Western