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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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Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Western
The Man Behind The Gun
1953 · Western
Blue Cat Blues
1956 · Animation
Baiju Bawra
1952 · Drama
Sealed Cargo
1951 · Drama
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · War
Edge of Doom
1950 · Crime
Here Come the Girls
1953 · Music
Sailor of the King
1953 · Drama
Tiger in the Smoke
1956 · Crime
Mystery Submarine
1950 · Thriller
The Brave Engineer
1950 · Family
Frenchie
1950 · Western
The Eternal Sea
1955 · Drama
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 · Drama
Union Station
1950 · Thriller
Halls of Montezuma
1951 · Drama
A Life of Her Own
1950 · Drama
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955 · Western
Shree 420
1955 · Comedy
Design for Leaving
1954 · Animation
Toto and the Women
1952 · Comedy
Red Planet Mars
1952
The Golden Hawk
1952 · Adventure
Where Danger Lives
1950 · Thriller
Forbidden
1953 · Romance
Variety Lights
1950 · Comedy
The Broken Star
1956 · Romance
Attack
1956 · Drama
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Drama
Seven Samurai
1956 · Action
Vertigo
1958 · Mystery
Time Limit
1957 · Drama
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Drama
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Comedy
The Racers
1955 · Drama
The Star
1952 · Drama
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Drama
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Adventure
Niagara
1953 · Thriller
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