Thrills! Drama! Mystery! Suspense! Part 3: The 1950's...
While the noir elements are quite evident in the 50's, there's an increasingly different feel to these films. The evolution / influence of the "youth market" can clearly be seen as the decade goes on...
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- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsLouis HaywardLee BowmanJane WyattA deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, causing unexpected problems for both of them.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsJack WarnerDirk BogardeJimmy HanleyThe daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.
- DirectorMax NosseckStarsLawrence TierneyGeorge CoulourisMarissa O'BrienA man falsely accused of murder hides out in the South American jungle.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsCharles LaughtonBoris KarloffSally ForrestNoble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, 20 years after she married his brother (Cavanagh) instead, then passed away during childbirth. Maletroit is determined to have his revenge: the brother has been stowed away in the dungeon for two decades, while he's convinced his disreputable house guest will make a suitably hellish husband for his niece. As luck would have it, the young couple manage to fall in love, and with the help of manservant Voltan (Karloff), they try to make their escape, but not before a final confrontation with Maletroit in the dungeon's crushing deathtrap.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsDavid FarrarGeraldine FitzgeraldRoland CulverAfter a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death, over a cup of tea.
- DirectorCharles LedererStarsJoan EvansMelvyn DouglasLynn BariShunned by her self-absorbed parents, a teenage girl's need for love and attention drives her to delinquency and a suicide attempt - an act that finally brings her parents to their senses.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter ReynoldsLeslie DwyerEdward LexyA bizarre attempt at a humorous murder mystery. A fat rich man snoozing on a balcony is bludgeoned to death while the Smart Alec of the title has one of the dumbest alibis ever. Antics from Kynaston Reeves and young Charles Hawtrey involve lots of shouting.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsRichard GreeneBoris KarloffStephen McNallyMan investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsRichard ToddEva BartokJohn GregsonTravelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsDonald HoustonNatasha ParryPatricia Owens1952. Drama. Directed by Michael McCarthy. Starring Natasha Parry & Donald Houston. In a spooky mansion, one of three sinister spinsters tries to poison her nephew's wife to steal a large inheritance.
- DirectorArthur J. BeckhardJoseph LernerStarsRichard CooganRosemary PettitFrank AlbertsonPolice investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsDennis O'KeefeColeen GrayHugh WilliamsOn loan to the Tate Gallery in London, Da Vinci's 'Madonna and Child' is stolen and replaced with a fake but the American security expert working for Tate aims to recover the original painting and catch the culprits.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsRonald HowardOlga EdwardesJohn BentleyA doctor's ex-wife dies of nicotine poison.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsRichard ConteJoan BennettWanda HendrixWrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsIda LupinoSteve CochranHoward DuffWhen 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.
- DirectorRobert C. DertanoStarsGloria VictorTimothy FarrellHarry KeatonA sleazy gangster has a gang of young girls commit robberies and prostitution for him by getting them hooked on drugs.
- DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishA self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
- DirectorPaul GuilfoyleStarsAngela LansburyKeith AndesDouglass DumbrilleAn unemployed architect meets a married woman with a business proposition. The architect soon suspect her interest isn't just financial - and might be deadly.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsPaul CarpenterJune ThorburnMarla LandiIn this comedy adventure, a jewel thief hides his latest goods in a deserted barge, but ends up in jail. Two young models then buy the barge, and with the help of two little old ladies, find the jewels and claim the reward.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsRobert WagnerJeffrey HunterVirginia LeithA ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress.
- DirectorDon McDougallStarsJohn BromfieldJoi LansingMark DanaA salt-of-earth family man needs money for his sick son, and decides to keep a job at a used car lot despite realizing it is selling stolen cars.
- DirectorW. Lee WilderStarsJohn BromfieldLon Chaney Jr.Victor JoryThree deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsEdmund PurdomIda LupinoAnn HardingWhen a soldier is killed in action during the Korean War, his best friend returns home to fulfill his dying wish that he kill his two children if they are being raised by another man.