Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
Synopsis: A young Native American, Jim Thorpe (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry), discovers his aptitude for sports while attending college. Thorpe’s fierce determination culminates in a historic victory at the 1912 […]
Category Archives: 1951
Vengeance Valley (1951)
Synopsis: Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Grantry) is the easy-going foreman of his adoptive father’s (Ray Collins, The Magnificent Ambersons) prosperous ranch. Owen runs the ranch alongside the cattle baron’s only […]
Day of the Fight (1951)
Synopsis: This mini-documentary showcases Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier as he prepares (mentally and physically) for a fight with Jamaica-born middleweight champion Bobby James. The fight took place on April […]
Another Man’s Poison (1951)
Synopsis: One cold and dampy night, a strange man, George Bates (Gary Merrill, All About Eve), appears on the doorsteps of a famous mystery writer, Janet Frobisher (Bette Davis), who lives […]
Payment on Demand (1951)
Synopsis: After being married for twenty-one years, a wealthy lawyer, David Ramsey (Barry Sullivan, The Bad and the Beautiful), asks his wife, Joyce (Bette Davis), for a divorce. Shocked and […]
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Director’s Cut)
Synopsis: Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind) is Blanche DuBois, a faded Southern belle who moves in with her kid sister, Stella (Kim Hunter, The Planet of the Apes) and […]
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Synopsis: Mankind’s total destruction becomes a possibility when scientists discover that a planet is en route to a direct collision with Earth. As experts try to convince the international community […]
Howard Hawks’ The Thing … From Another World! (1951)
Synopsis: American scientists at an Arctic research station discover a spaceship buried in the ice. Near the crash-landing site, they find what appears to be an extraterrestrial being trapped in […]
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