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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1950s
1,920 movies from the 1950s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Aunt Clara
1954 · Comedy
Lizzie
1957 · Drama
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958 · Crime
The Tender Trap
1955 · Romance
Bright Leaf
1950 · Drama
The Lost Missile
1958
Hindle Wakes
1952 · Romance
Confession
1955 · Crime
Penny Princess
1952 · Romance
The Man in the Net
1959 · Drama
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953 · Drama
Son of Sinbad
1955 · Fantasy
Vendetta
1950 · Drama
Overland Pacific
1954 · Western
Love Me Tender
1956 · Drama
Pool of London
1951 · Drama
Out of Scale
1951 · Animation
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
1957 · Romance
Kentucky Rifle
1955 · Western
The Sound and the Fury
1959 · Drama
The Tall Stranger
1957 · Western
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952 · Fantasy
Three Violent People
1956 · Western
Park Row
1952 · Thriller
Our Miss Brooks
1956 · Comedy
Way of a Gaucho
1952 · Adventure
It Happened in Penkovo
1958 · Romance
On Distant Shores
1958 · War
John Paul Jones
1959 · Romance
Forbidden Fruit
1952 · Drama
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Action
Apache Territory
1958 · Action
The Rose Tattoo
1955 · Drama
Justice Is Done
1950 · Drama
The Secret Fury
1950 · Crime
Tripoli
1950 · Adventure
Show Biz Bugs
1957 · Animation
It’s a Big Country
1951 · Comedy
I Bury the Living
1958 · Horror
The Little Hut
1957 · Comedy
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