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Cyrano De Bergerac

Cyrano De Bergerac
1950 - mins

Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 black and white drama film based on the 1897 French play by Edmond Rostand and poet Brian Hookers 1923 translation of it to blank verse. It was produced by Stanley Kramer, directed by Michael Gordon and starred José Ferrer as Cyrano de Bergerac, Mala Powers as Roxane, and William Prince as Christian de Neuvillette. It was the first film version of Rostand's play in English. Ferrer won an Academy Award for Best Actor, while Powers was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. »

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Panic In The Streets

Panic In The Streets
1950 - mins

Panic in the Streets is a semidocumentary film noir directed by Elia Kazan shot exclusively on location in New Orleans, Louisiana. The film tells the story of Clinton Reed, an officer of the U.S. Public Health Service (Richard Widmark) and a police captain (Paul Douglas) who have only a day or two in which to prevent an epidemic of pneumonic plague after Reed determines a waterfront homicide victim is an infected.

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Quicksand

Quicksand
1950 - mins

After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic (Mickey Rooney) is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control. »

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Rashomon

Rashomon
1950 - mins

Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. The film is based on two stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Rashomon provides the setting, while In a Grove provides the characters and plot. Rashomon can be said to have introduced Kurosawa and Japanese cinema to Western audiences, and is considered one of his masterpieces. »

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The Admiral Was A Lady

The Admiral Was A Lady
1950 - mins

Wanda Hendrix is a WAVE officer who is endlessly pursued by lascivious men. Ex-airmen Edmond O'Brien, Johnny Sands and Steve Brodie spend most of their time chasing Wanda about, but she manages to keep them at arms' length. You see, she only has eyes for her boyfriend Dick Erdman, who is on the lam from vengeful millionaire Rudy Vallee. But it's O'Brien who ends up with Wanda, after nearly getting pounded into hamburger in the boxing ring as a means of proving his love. »

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