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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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Talk About a Stranger
1952 · Mystery
The Man from Laramie
1955 · Western
Appointment with Danger
1950 · Drama
Give a Girl a Break
1953 · Romance
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959 · Thriller
Mister Scoutmaster
1953 · Comedy
Make Mine a Million
1959 · Comedy
Piker’s Peak
1957 · Animation
The King and Four Queens
1956 · Adventure
Johnny Concho
1956 · Western
The Spessart Inn
1958 · Music
The Zurich Engagement
1957 · Comedy
Appointment with Venus
1951 · Romance
Drop the Curtain
1955 · Comedy
Three Young Texans
1954 · Western
Turn the Key Softly
1953 · Drama
Man in the Vault
1956 · Thriller
Yesterday’s Enemy
1959 · Drama
Three Guys Named Mike
1951 · Comedy
Sleepless
1957 · Drama
A Life in the Balance
1955 · Mystery
Geordie
1955 · Comedy
The Night the World Exploded
1957
Riders to the Stars
1954 · Drama
The Desert Song
1953 · Romance
The Big Land
1957 · Romance
Elephant Walk
1954 · Adventure
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959 · Mystery
Judas’ Kiss
1954 · Drama
Branded
1950 · Western
Happy Ever After
1954 · Comedy
The Story of Will Rogers
1952 · Drama
Radar Secret Service
1950 · Drama
Rogue Cop
1954 · Crime
The Black Scorpion
1957 · Horror
The Far Horizons
1955 · Western
Jet Storm
1959 · Thriller
The Journey
1959 · Romance
Storm Fear
1955 · Crime
Bhowani Junction
1956 · Romance
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