The Rooof  
Il Tetto

Director : Vittorio De Sica 
Released: 1956

Newlyweds needing a place of their own find that if the can put up a house overnight without the police finding it and it has a door and a roof then it can't be demolished

12 Aug '23

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• fiction
• social-realism

Ivanhoe  

Director : Richard Thorpe 
Released: 1952

from the Walter Scott novel

28 Sep '22

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Turn the Key Softly  

Director : Jack Lee 
Released: 1953

Three women released from prison (Holloway) on probation - their first day of freedom brings varying fortunes.

4 Jun '20

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People Will Talk  

Director : Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
Released: 1951

Synopsis extract: Medical student Jeanne Crain falls for her the prof Dr.Pratoreus who it turns out has a bit of an ...

Full synopsis 38 words

2 Apr '20

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Hunted  

Director : Charles Crichton 
Released: 1952

Synopsis extract: Small boy flees adopted home after accidentally setting fire to curtains, bumps into sailor on the ...

Full synopsis 39 words

4 Aug '19

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A Matter of Dignity  

Director : Michael Cacoyannis 
Released: 1958

Synopsis extract: A seemingly wealthy greek family going bankrupt pin their hopes on their daughter getting engaged ...

Full synopsis 35 words

2 Jun '19

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Violent Playground  

Director : Basil Dearden 
Released: 1958

Synopsis extract: Stanley Baker as tough detective assigned to the new controversial (because it is deemed being ...

Full synopsis 53 words

2 Sep '18

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Brothers In Law  

Director : Roy Boulting 
Released: 1957

Synopsis extract: Newly qualified barrister sets out on his new career and life in 1950s London.

Full synopsis 14 words

3 Jun '18

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All About Eve  

Director : Joseph Mankeovich 
Released: 1950

Synopsis extract: An ageing theatre star finds a protege who replaces her

Full synopsis 10 words

6 Nov '16

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The Bad and the Beautiful  

Director : Vincent Minelli 
Released: 1952

Synopsis extract: A movie about making movies. ...

Full synopsis 38 words

4 Sep '16

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Roman Holiday  

Director : William Wyler 
Released: 1953

Synopsis extract: Princess takes a day off in the hands of a journalist and photographer mate.

Full synopsis 14 words

3 Apr '16

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Journey to Italy  

Director : Roberto Rossellini 
Released: 1954

Synopsis extract: English couple visiting Naples to sell a family villa. ...

Full synopsis 14 words

3 Jan '16

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Miracle in Milan  

Director : Vittorio De Sica 
Released: 1951

Synopsis extract: Old woman finds a baby in her vegetable patch. ...

Full synopsis 52 words

1 Dec '15

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Les Diaboliques  

Director : Henri-Georges Clouzot 
Released: 1955

Synopsis extract: The wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistress conspire to kill him, but after the murder is ...

Full synopsis 31 words

11 Nov '15

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The Day The Earth Stood Still  

Director : Robert Wise 
Released: 1951

Synopsis extract: Human-type visitor with giant robot from another galaxy lands in Washington with a message of ...

Full synopsis 46 words

1 Feb '15

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No Man of Her Own  

Director : Mitchell Leisen 
Released: 1950

Synopsis extract: Train crash causes poor woman to accidentally take the place of a woman who is killed

Full synopsis 16 words

2 Nov '14

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The Seven Year Itch  

Director : Billy Wilder 
Released: 1955

Synopsis extract: A hot summer in new york wimpish bloke (Tom Ewell) tries to avoid having affair with young belle ...

Full synopsis 20 words

20 Sep '11

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North by Northwest  

Director : Alfred Hitchcock 
Released: 1959

Synopsis extract: Ordinary guy Grant gets caught up in spy caper as bad guys assume he is a spy for the good guys ...

Full synopsis 27 words

14 Sep '10

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Throne of Blood  

Director : Akira Kurosawa 
Released: 1957

No summary or synopsis provided

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Twelve Angry Men  

Director : Sidney Lumet 
Released: 1957

No summary or synopsis provided

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