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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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Rancho Notorious
1952 · Western
Hold Back Tomorrow
1955 · Drama
Desk Set
1957 · Comedy
The Boys from Leningrad
1954 · Comedy
Rockets Galore
1958 · Comedy
The President’s Lady
1953 · Western
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955 · Drama
The Flying Scot
1957 · Crime
The High Cost of Loving
1958 · Comedy
The Voice of Merrill
1952 · Mystery
Stella
1955 · Drama
Feather Bluster
1958 · Animation
The Black Orchid
1958 · Romance
Hold Back The Night
1956 · War
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 · Western
Sea of Sand
1958 · Drama
Female on the Beach
1955 · Romance
Grin and Bear It
1954 · Animation
Love That Brute
1950 · Crime
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953 · Romance
Sube y baja
1959 · Comedy
Crime in the Streets
1955 · Drama
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951 · Thriller
Rosemary
1958 · Drama
Yellowneck
1955 · Drama
Quatermass 2
1957 · Horror
Lost Continent
1951 · Adventure
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Comedy
Anastasia
1956 · Drama
Scrooge
1951 · Fantasy
Sincerely Yours
1955 · Romance
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957 · War
Indrani
1958 · Romance
The House I Live In
1957 · Drama
A Mother’s Love
1950 · Drama
The Vampire
1957 · Horror
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958 · Drama
Tight Spot
1955 · Crime
Serpent of the Nile
1953 · History
Torch Song
1953 · Music
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