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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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Force of Arms
1951 · Drama
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958 · Drama
Town on Trial
1957 · Mystery
The Miracle
1959 · Drama
Rock Around the Clock
1956 · Music
Red Mountain
1951 · Western
A Home for Tanya
1959 · Drama
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956 · Drama
Bujang Lapok
1957 · Comedy
The Killer Shrews
1959 · Horror
The Cobweb
1955 · Drama
The Steel Trap
1952 · Crime
Lafayette Escadrille
1958 · War
…And God Created Woman
1956 · Romance
Home, Tweet Home
1950 · Family
Battle in Outer Space
1959 · Action
Do Ankhen Barah Haath
1957 · Thriller
Beachhead
1954 · War
Something to Live For
1952 · Drama
Rose Marie
1954 · Music
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954 · Western
Flagpole Jitters
1956 · Comedy
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Thriller
One Minute to Zero
1952 · Drama
I Often Think of Piroschka
1955 · Comedy
Fraulein
1958 · War
Angel Face
1952 · Crime
Show Boat
1951 · Romance
Home at Seven
1952 · Crime
The Iron Sheriff
1957 · Western
Broken Lance
1954 · Western
Girls in the Night
1953 · Thriller
Fear Strikes Out
1957 · Drama
The Alligator People
1959 · Horror
Night and the City
1950 · Crime
Danger Within
1959 · War
Giant from the Unknown
1958 · Horror
Miss Julie
1951 · Drama
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Drama
Cops and Robbers
1951 · Comedy
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