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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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Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Western
Escape Route
1952 · Crime
Double Dynamite
1951 · Comedy
New Mexico
1951 · Western
The Proud Rebel
1958 · Drama
Decision at Sundown
1957 · Western
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · History
Mister 880
1950 · Crime
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Western
The Colossus of New York
1958 · Horror
North West Frontier
1959 · Adventure
The Pride and the Passion
1957 · Romance
Husbands Beware
1956 · Comedy
Side Street Story
1950 · Comedy
These Thousand Hills
1959 · Western
The Enemy Below
1957 · War
Journey to Italy
1954 · Romance
Chicago Syndicate
1955 · Drama
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · War
The Raid
1954 · War
War Paint
1953 · Western
Tom Tom Tomcat
1953 · Animation
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959 · Action
The Law and Jake Wade
1958 · Western
I Was Monty’s Double
1958 · War
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Horror
Musty Musketeers
1954 · Comedy
The Horse’s Mouth
1958 · Comedy
Invaders from Mars
1953 · Horror
Princess of the Nile
1954 · Romance
Francis Goes to the Races
1951 · Comedy
The Bravados
1958 · Western
It’s Great to be Young!
1956 · Comedy
The Gift of Love
1958 · Romance
Warlock
1959 · Western
Navrang
1959 · Drama
Libel
1959 · Mystery
Hot Spell
1958 · Drama
The Green-Eyed Blonde
1957 · Crime
Rawhide
1951 · Western
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