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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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The Lone Chipmunks
1954 · Animation
Summer Interlude
1951 · Drama
The Torch
1950 · Action
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 · War
Executive Suite
1954 · Drama
Star in the Dust
1956 · Western
Anne of the Indies
1951 · Drama
Ordet
1955 · Drama
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow
1959 · Comedy
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957 · Drama
I’m All Right Jack
1959 · Comedy
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
1957 · Horror
The Best of Everything
1959 · Romance
Corridors of Blood
1958 · Drama
Yankee Pasha
1954 · Adventure
The West Point Story
1950 · Music
Man on Fire
1957 · Drama
Head Against the Wall
1959 · Drama
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953 · Comedy
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Drama
Montana
1950 · Romance
Tiger Bay
1959 · Thriller
The Whole Truth
1958 · Thriller
The Goddess
1958 · Drama
I, Mobster
1959 · Crime
The Crooked Circle
1957 · Drama
Whirlpool
1950 · Crime
The Hole Idea
1955 · Crime
Raw Edge
1956 · Romance
Passage West
1951 · Western
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959 · War
Face of a Fugitive
1959 · Western
Jubilee Trail
1954 · Western
Cosh Boy
1953 · Drama
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · Adventure
Listen Judge
1952 · Comedy
The Dalton Girls
1957 · Western
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 · Drama
The Human Jungle
1954 · Crime
The Halliday Brand
1957 · Western
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