1950’s Classic Movies

On The Waterfront (1954) – Crime, Drama, Thriller

On The Waterfront (1954) Terry Malloy dreams about being a prizefighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the[…]

Paths of Glory (1957) The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a[…]

Some Like It Hot (1959) After two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine’s Day massacre, they[…]

Baby Doll (1956) Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle aged Archie Lee Meighan and nineteen year old “Baby Doll”[…]

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Blanche DuBois, a high school English teacher with an aristocratic background from Auriol, Mississippi, decides[…]

Plunder Road (1957) On a dark night of pelting rain, five men stage a well-planned train robbery and get away[…]

A Hole in the Head (1959) Tony Manetta runs an unsuccessful Miami hotel, on which he can’t meet the payments.[…]

Men in War (1957) In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson’s platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after[…]

North by Northwest (1959) Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he[…]

All About Eve (1950) Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) is waiting backstage to meet her idol, talented but aging Broadway star[…]