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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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Space Master X-7
1958
Anna Lucasta
1958 · Drama
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Comedy
The Long, Hot Summer
1958 · Drama
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 · Drama
Follow a Star
1959 · Comedy
Bountiful Summer
1951 · Music
Invisible Invaders
1959 · Horror
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Action
Rough Shoot
1953 · Crime
Jeopardy
1953 · Drama
The Unknown Man
1951 · Drama
Satellite in the Sky
1956 · Drama
Up in the World
1956 · Comedy
The Long Gray Line
1955 · Drama
Eager to Live
1953 · Drama
The Prowler
1951 · Thriller
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Music
Gun Glory
1957 · Western
The Man Without a Body
1957 · Horror
The Pathfinder
1952 · Western
The Aztec Mummy
1957 · Horror
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 · Crime
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Romance
The Tooth Will Out
1951 · Comedy
Martin Luther
1953 · Drama
The Kidnappers
1953 · Drama
Return to Paradise
1953 · Drama
Guns a Poppin!
1957 · Comedy
Toto the Third Man
1951 · Comedy
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957 · Horror
Othello
1955 · Drama
Quack Shot
1954 · Animation
Carry On Sergeant
1958 · Comedy
From the Earth to the Moon
1958 · Adventure
Ducking the Devil
1957 · Family
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 · Adventure
Island in the Sun
1957 · Romance
Sudden Fear
1952 · Thriller
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Thriller
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