Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1950
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Sunset Blvd.
(1950) A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Dir: Billy Wilder With: William Holden, Gloria Swanson Drama | Film-Noir United States-PASSED 110 mins. |
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Cinderella
(1950) When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother. Dir: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson With: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance United States-APPROVED 74 mins. |
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All About Eve
(1950) An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz With: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter Drama United States-APPROVED 138 mins. |
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Rashômon
(1950) A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view. Dir: Akira Kurosawa With: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô Crime | Drama | Mystery 
88 mins.
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Harvey
(1950) Elwood P. Dowd is a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit. Dir: Henry Koster With: James Stewart Comedy | Drama | Fantasy United States-APPROVED 104 mins. |
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Panic in the Streets
(1950) A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague. Dir: Elia Kazan With: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller United States-APPROVED 96 mins. |
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The Asphalt Jungle
(1950) A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel. Dir: John Huston With: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern Crime | Film-Noir | Drama United States-APPROVED 112 mins. |
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Duchess of Idaho
(1950) Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it... Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Comedy | Musical | Romance United States-APPROVED 98 mins. |
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The Cariboo Trail
(1950) While the gold fever is sweeping the Cariboo Region, extending from Kamloops to Prince George, of British Columbia in western Canada... Dir: Edwin L. Marin Western United States-APPROVED 81 mins. |
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In a Lonely Place
(1950) A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. But she begins to have doubts... Dir: Nicholas Ray With: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller United States-APPROVED 94 mins. |
