Movies from 1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)

90 mins     Comedy, Musical, Western      

"A Ticket to Tomahawk" is all about the rootin' tootin' Kit Dodge Jr., a plucky young woman who won't take no bossing from the men. Except when you think of other old westerns involving a rootin' tootin' cowgirl you think big...

All About Eve (1950)

138 mins     Drama      

The minute we set are eyes upon Eve Harrington you can sense she is more than just a fan, she is too humble and prepared and as such you can sense immediately that this is a woman who has set her sights on the career and life...

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

105 mins     Drama, War      

I know that if I had seen "American Guerrilla in the Philippines", or "I Shall Return" as it is also known, as a kid I would have loved it. I would have loved that sense of wartime adventure, the small group of men stranded i...

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

107 mins     Comedy, Musical      

Annie Get Your Gun (1950) Betty Hutton & Howard Keel star in this musical loosely based on the life of Annie Oakley...

Armoured Car Robbery (1950)

67 mins     Crime, Thriller      

Whilst there are those who really like Richard Fleischer's "Armoured Car Robbery" the only thing which I found memorable about this cops & robbers thriller is that it only lasts 67 minutes. Not that I think there is a lot wro...

Borderline (1950)

88 mins     Crime, Drama, Romance      

Why is it that any movie which is in black & white and features a crime story with a dangerous gangster has to be called film noir? It is one of my pet hates as if that was the case a lot of movies made before 1960 would be c...

Born to Be Bad (1950)

94 mins     Drama      

In the same year which saw Anne Baxter star as the manipulative Eve Harrington in "All About Eve" there was also "Born to be Bad" another movie about a manipulative woman, this time Joan Fontaine playing Christabel Caine, a g...

Broken Arrow (1950)

93 mins     Drama, Romance, Western      

In 1950 "Broken Arrow" starring James Stewart was released and it made cinematic history. That history was to be the first western to treat native Americans as humans rather than just savages....

The Cariboo Trail (1950)

81 mins     Western      

The Cariboo Trail (1950) Randolph Scott and Bill Williams star as cowboys in search of their fortune in ranching and prospecting but end up at war after a stampede leads to ijury...

Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

86 mins     Comedy, Drama      

I actually think that the 1950 version of "Cheaper by the Dozen" is one of the most misinterpreted movies I have ever watched. What I mean is that many a critic has said how wrong this movie is in the way it represents life i...

Cinderella (1950)

74 mins     Animation, Family, Fantasy      

When it comes to animations I am and have always been a fan of classic Walt Disney, those animations from before 1960. But surprisingly "Cinderella", the animation which reportedly saved the Walt Disney studio has never done ...

Colt .45 (1950)

74 mins     Western      

Great Scott, no I am not on about the performance of Randolph Scott in 50s western "Colt .45" but about the storyline because it is one of the most convoluted western movies I have come across even for the 50s. This is a west...

Comanche Territory (1950)

76 mins     Western      

Comanche Territory (1950) Maureen O'Hara & Macdonald Carey star in this western about trouble between some locals and the nearby Comanche when silver is found on Comanche territory...

Copper Canyon (1950)

84 mins     Western      

Movie Review - Copper Canyon (1950) Ray Milland stars as Johnny Carter, a stage show sharp shooter who ends up helping some troubled copper miners whilst also becoming involved with a seductive gambler...

D.O.A. (1950)

83 mins     Thriller      

A man walks into a police station and asks to speak to the head of Homicide as he wants to report a murder, his murder! It is undoubtedly a fantastic opening to what for many is one of the iconic film-noir movies of not just ...

Dakota Lil (1950)

88 mins     Western      

"Well it passed 88 minutes of my day" is not the most flattering thing you can say about a movie but it is how I feel after spending 88 minutes watching "Dakota Lil" a quite ordinary western made back in 1950. From a secret s...

Dallas (1950)

94 mins     Western      

I know it's a very obvious way to start this review but the 1950 movie called "Dallas" has very little in common with the soap opera of the same name. There are no Ewings, no oil empire and no dream sequence in the shower and...

Destination Moon (1950)

92 mins     Adventure , Drama, Sci-Fi      

It's not often that I wish I was older but watching "Destination Moon" made me wish I had been a young boy when it was released. Released over a decade before cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made the first manned space flight and almo...

Double Confession (1950)

80 mins     Crime, Drama      

"Double Confession" starts with Jim Medway arriving by train in the middle of night, the billows of steam filling up the station and in that one scene director Ken Annakin tells us we are in film noir territory with the look,...

Dynamite Pass (1950)

61 mins     Western      

Coming in 1950 is both a benefit and hindrance to "Dynamite Pass" as when you compare it to not just earlier Tim Holt movies but earlier westerns in general this one benefits from better camera stock as well as better acting....