Tag: 1954

Director: Eric Fawcett
Stars: Alfie Bass, David Kossoff, Alan Tilvern
Genre: Short, Drama
Country: UK

The ghost of a poor warehouse clerk who died from the cold persuades a tailor to steal a coat.

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Björnstrand, Yvonne Lombard
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden

After a 15-year marriage, the spouses are going to divorce, but suddenly find out that their feelings have not vanished yet.

Director: Anthony Asquith
Stars: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Noelle Middleton
Genre: Drama
Country: UK

A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit’s funds.

Director: Kenneth Anger
Stars: Samson De Brier, Marjorie Cameron, Joan Whitney
Genre: Short, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA

A Slavonic Mass by Leos Janácek plays as historical figures, biblical characters, and mythical creatures gather in the pleasure dome.

Director: Anthony Mann
Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

Director: René Clément
Stars: Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France | UK

From the Louis Hemon novel “M. Ripois and His Nemesis” about Andre Ripois, a philanderer in pursuit of love and riches from Paris to London.

Director: Charles Crichton
Stars: Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell, Armin Dahlen
Genre: Drama
Country: UK

A story of litigation between a birth mother and an adopted family due to a child lost during a war.

Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography
Country: Japan

Depicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai.

Director: Roberto Rossellini
Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy | West Germany | Monaco

Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover’s jealous ex-girlfriend. The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage.

Director: Stan Brakhage
Stars: A. Austin, Robert Benson, Yvonne Fair
Genre: Short, Romance
Country: USA

Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. Activities ensue.

Director: Robert Vernay
Stars: Jean Marais, Lia Amanda, Daniel Ivernel
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy | France

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d’If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of.

Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Stars: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: UK | USA

A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong as the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Stars: Irasema Dilián, Jorge Mistral, Lilia Prado
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico

A partial retelling of Wuthering Heights in 19th century Mexico.

Director: Fritz Lang
Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Country: USA

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker’s wife following a murder on a train where they meet.

Director: Victor Saville
Stars: Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA

An amnesiac finally learns his true identity…as a murder suspect. And he doesn’t even know whether he is guilty…

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Stars: Hideki Gôko, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.

Director: Robert Wise
Stars: William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson
Genre: Drama
Country: USA

When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.

Director: Richard Fleischer
Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Director: Mikio Naruse
Stars: Haruko Sugimura, Ken Uehara, Sadako Sawamura
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan

What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved her money, and has become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days cold-heartedly collecting debts.

Director: Roberto Rossellini
Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Tullio Carminati, Giacinto Prandelli
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy | France

Surreal musical about the time of the execution of Joan of Arc.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan

Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out about her mother’s profession. Hatsuko is having a discreet love affair with the young Dr. Matoba, who looks after the geisha. The doctor is attracted to Yukiko, who initially despises him and everything connected with the geisha house. However, Yukiko gradually changes her views.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Stars: Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie, James Copeland
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK

An American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat.

Director: Guy Hamilton
Stars: Alastair Sim, Arthur Young, Olga Lindo
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK

When a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each member of the family has a guilty secret – each one is partly responsible for her death.

Director: Jack Arnold
Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA

A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.

Director: Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton
Stars: Richard Burton
Genre: Documentary, Short
Country: UK

The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton’s calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children.

Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Giorgos Pappas, Dimitris Horn
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Greek

On a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?

Director: Mikio Naruse
Stars: Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, Ken Uehara
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

Director: Vittorio De Sica
Stars: Totò, Lianella Carell, Pasquale Cennamo
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy

A portrait of the people, the defects and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.

Director: Don Siegel
Stars: Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Country: USA

Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.

Director: George Cukor
Stars: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA

When a young woman with dreams of fame rents a billboard to advertise herself, her life changes overnight.

Director: Robert Aldrich
Stars: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: USA

During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Stars: Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Stars: Lilia Prado, Carlos Navarro, Fernando Soto
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to “take ‘er for one last spin.”

Director: Daniel Mann
Stars: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA

A rooming house landlady recalls her past in flashbacks.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Stars: Dan O’Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico | USA

The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.

Director: Edward Dmytryk
Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: USA

The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880’s Arizona.

Director: Edward Dmytryk
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA

When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy | USA

This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry et al, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.

Director: Anthony Mann
Stars: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet
Genre: Action, Romance, Western
Country: USA

A self-minded adventurer (Jeff Webster) locks horns with a crooked lawman (Mr. Gannon) while driving cattle to Dawson.

Director: Douglas Sirk
Stars: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA

A rich playboy whose recklessness inadvertently causes the death of a prominent doctor tries to make amends to his widow, and falls for her in the process.