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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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Dancing Girl
1951 · Drama
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955 · Crime
Sagarika
1956 · Romance
The Colditz Story
1955 · War
Code Two
1953 · Crime
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952 · Drama
Love Me or Leave Me
1955 · Drama
Man on a Tightrope
1953 · Thriller
Little Boy Lost
1953 · Drama
The Man with My Face
1951 · Thriller
Call Me Madam
1953 · Comedy
September Affair
1950 · Romance
Two Captains
1955 · Adventure
The Seekers
1954 · Drama
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956 · Comedy
Scrambled Brains
1951 · Comedy
The ‘Maggie’
1954 · Comedy
Crosswinds
1951 · Action
The Limping Man
1953 · Thriller
I, the Jury
1953 · Crime
Jungle Moon Men
1955 · Adventure
Blood Alley
1955 · Drama
Francis in the Navy
1955 · Comedy
I Am a Camera
1955 · Comedy
Early Summer
1951 · Drama
Huracán Ramírez
1953 · Action
The Spoilers
1955 · Adventure
The New Neighbor
1953 · Animation
Three Arabian Nuts
1951 · Comedy
The Young Lovers
1954 · Drama
The Yellow Balloon
1953 · Crime
Black Jack
1950 · Adventure
Toward the Unknown
1956 · Drama
The Great American Pastime
1956 · Comedy
Skirts Ahoy!
1952 · Comedy
24 Hour Alert
1955 · Drama
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951 · Western
The Girl on the Pier
1953 · Crime
Sharey Chuattar
1953 · Drama
Rugged Bear
1953 · Comedy
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