My Favorite Movies of 1953
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- DirectorHarry HornerStarsJeanne CrainJean PetersElliott ReidThe untimely murder of a New York glamor-girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally driven detective at the helm.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsJeff ChandlerMarilyn MaxwellAnthony QuinnTough Duke Mullane tries to open a new mine in the jungle, but the natives turn hostile...except for one lissome dancer.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van EyckIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRichard BurtonJames MasonRobert NewtonRichard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsJennifer JonesMontgomery CliftGino CerviPrior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartJennifer JonesGina LollobrigidaOn their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsJohn HodiakJohn DerekDavid BrianAn innocent cowboy convicted with three robbers, fresh out of Yuma Territorial Prison, travels with them to get a share of their hidden loot.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsRichard ToddGlynis JohnsJames Robertson JusticeThe wartime adventures of Scotish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor during the reign of King George I in the 18th century.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsFred MacMurrayVera RalstonRobert DouglasIn 1883, an American merchant ship's captain is searching for a treasure in diamonds from a sunken Dutch ship in the vicinity of a volcanic island in the Dutch East Indies.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsMaureen O'HaraJeff ChandlerJohn McIntireMajor Howell Brady arrives in Indian Territory in hopes of recruiting peaceful, relocated Seminoles to help the army fight rampaging Kiowas.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazMarjorie MainNicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsVincent PriceFrank LovejoyPhyllis KirkAn associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.
- DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsMarlon BrandoMary MurphyRobert KeithTwo rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsClifton WebbBarbara StanwyckRobert WagnerAn unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert TaylorAva GardnerMel FerrerKing Arthur's rule is threatened by the adulterous love between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a relationship the king's enemies hope to exploit.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerTerry MooreMichael RennieA half-caste British officer in 19th-century India battles the prejudices of both his Army colleagues and the local populace while trying to help put down a rebellion led by a greedy local ruler.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsAlan LaddRichard ConteArlene DahlPaul Lartal of the Foreign Legion meets the princess of a lost city in the Algerian mountains.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsWilliam HoldenEleanor ParkerJohn ForsytheDuring the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsRonald ReaganDorothy MalonePreston FosterFrame Johnson already cleaned up Tombstone and hopes to settle down near Cottonwood. But a marshal's work is never done...
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsAudie MurphyLori NelsonChill WillsWhen a wagon train is wiped-out by the Yaqui Indians, the surviving guide Jim Harvey is accused of desertion and cowardice but Jim escapes the town jail in search of the truth.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJohn WayneDonna ReedCharles CoburnAn ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.
- DirectorRay EnrightEdoardo AntonStarsGeorge RaftGianna Maria CanaleMassimo SeratoAn American tourist, who served in Algeria during WW2, is mistaken for an American agent hired by the French government to recover its gold reserves that went missing in the Algerian desert during the war.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPaul HenreidPatricia MedinaHans ConriedIn ancient Baghdad, a magician uses his powers and his magic box to save slave girls.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsJohn WayneGeraldine PageWard BondArmy dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
- DirectorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsJoan FontaineJack PalanceCorinne CalvetDuring the Cold War, a mysterious plane carrying $3 million arrives at Tangier airport, and various interested parties try to grab the cash.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsCharlton HestonRhonda FlemingJan SterlingBuffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickock work to establish the Pony Express and fight Indians and California Separatists who seek to destroy it.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert TaylorStewart GrangerAnn BlythIn the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsMarilyn MonroeBetty GrableLauren BacallThree women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsRock HudsonMarcia HendersonSteve CochranIn north-western Canada,in the 1870s,American schooner captain Peter Keith hopes to return to America with a cargo of furs before winter but two local crooks plan to steal Keith's cargo,boat and wife.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRock HudsonDonna ReedPhilip CareyIn Arizona, Frank Slayton's gang robs a stagecoach and kidnaps Ben Warren's fiancée, prompting Warren to pursue Slayton.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsJames CraigRita MorenoKeith LarsenTwo American brothers chased by a posse cross into Canada and join the Canadian North-West Mounted Police at the height of the Sioux-American war.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRichard WidmarkKarl MaldenElaine StewartIn 1953, at Fort Bliss, Texas, two former Korean War combat veterans work as drill sergeants and fall in love with the same woman.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsRandolph ScottLex BarkerPhyllis KirkIn Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsBob HopeMickey RooneyMarilyn MaxwellTwo Army buddies fight, as one falls in love with the other's aunt, a nightclub singer.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsGlenn FordAnn SheridanZachary ScottA wealthy American couple are hostages on an arduous jungle journey.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsGlenn FordGloria GrahameJocelyn BrandoTough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsRichard ConteLinda ChristianMaurice SchwartzIn ancient times, a Jew is instrumental in the crowning of a new Median-Persian king who, in return, conquers Babylon and frees all the Jewish slaves.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJohn PayneEvelyn KeyesBrad DexterA former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsClark GableGrace KellyAva GardnerOn a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsRichard BurtonJean SimmonsVictor MatureIn the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsPaulette GoddardGeorge NaderEduard FranzThe aging Ahab, king of Israel, comes under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the prophet Elijah, marries her. Her plan to introduce her pagan idols to Israel angers God, who decides to wreak vengeance on Israel.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJohn WayneLloyd NolanWalter AbelA C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Quebec, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie AlbertA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsGlenn FordDiana LynnPatricia MedinaAmerican adventurer gets involved in archaeological artifact smuggling and treasure hunting in Mexico.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsRock HudsonPiper LaurieGene EvansBasra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsGlenn FordJulie AdamsChill WillsDuring the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsErrol FlynnRoger LiveseyAnthony SteelTwo noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
- DirectorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsCharlton HestonJack PalanceKaty JuradoChief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, Texas and he dreams of aiding in bringing peace to the region, despite opposition from both the Army and the Apaches.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsRandolph ScottClaire TrevorJoan WeldonA former spy moves to Arizona to join a gold robbery, but when he gets there decides that it's not for him and tries to change his life.
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsJeffrey HunterMichael RennieWendy HillerIn 1940, Canadian sailor Andrew Brown is prisoner on a battle damaged German raider and he plans to delay the raider's at-sea repairs until a British naval task-force can destroy it.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsDenise DarcelPatric KnowlesPaul CavanaghIndian woman stands up for her people in 1750s India.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsYvonne De CarloCarlos ThompsonRaymond BurrIn northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsGary CooperBarry JonesRoberta HaynesAn American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsBroderick CrawfordJohn DerekCharles BickfordAfter a disgruntled rancher and his sons rob at gun-point a rival rancher, the town forms a posse to go after the culprits but the ensuing events are muddled by unclear facts, false testimony, old scores, secrets, murder and stolen money.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJane RussellMarilyn MonroeCharles CoburnShowgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenDon TaylorOtto PremingerAfter two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsSusan HaywardRobert MitchumWalter SlezakIn 1907, a nurse arrives in the Belgian Congo to work for a missionary doctor but meets a grumpy animal hunter who secretly plans to search for gold in the dangerous Bakuba tribal region.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsBarbara StanwyckRichard CarlsonLyle BettgerIn 1910, a wayward mother re-visits the family she deserted.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJeff ChandlerFaith DomergueLyle BettgerDuring the Civil War, Southern agitators and a crooked horse dealer endanger the peace between the Union and the Wyoming Sioux.
- DirectorSidney SheldonStarsCary GrantDeborah KerrWalter PidgeonA business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the pair.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsLex BarkerJoyce MackenzieRaymond BurrIvory poachers, headed by Lyra the She-Devil, Vargo and Fidel, capture a native tribe to carry their loot. Tarzan intervenes and is captured.
- DirectorLouis KingStarsRory CalhounCorinne CalvetCameron MitchellIn 1875, ex-lawman Chino Bull becomes temporary town marshal when his gold prospecting partner is robbed and killed in Powder River country but Chino runs into the murderous Logan brothers.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsWilliam HoldenDavid NivenMaggie McNamaraTwo aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsLouis CalhernMarlon BrandoJames MasonThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRichard WidmarkJean PetersThelma RitterA pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsJohn PayneDonna ReedGerald MohrA legendary pirate captures a Spanish galleon and tries to claim a countess as his bride.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsYvonne De CarloRock HudsonMaxwell ReedGilliat,a fisherman/smuggler is in jail, and is offered a pardon if he undertakes a mission to sail to France to rescue Droucette, an English agent whose cover has been blown, and who has now been jailed. Gilliat accepts the challenge.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJoanne DruGilbert RolandShrimpers and oilmen clash after an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oil rig.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsAudie MurphyJoan EvansRobert SterlingBefore the Civil War, Lt. Jed Sayre's efforts to conciliate the cavalry and the Navajo are undermined by his racist C.O. and Confederate sympathizers.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJanet LeighRobert RyanA bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsRandolph ScottPatrice WymoreDick WessonAn undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsMarilyn MonroeJoseph CottenJean PetersAs two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRock HudsonJulie AdamsMary CastleAfter being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsWilliam PowellElizabeth TaylorFernando LamasAttorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMontgomery CliftAnne BaxterKarl MaldenA priest, who comes under suspicion for murder, cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRichard WidmarkDon TaylorMax ShowalterIn 1944, US Navy specialists run a weather station in the Gobi desert where they are harassed by Japanese warplanes but aided by local Mongol nomads.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsAudie MurphySusan CabotPaul KellyA young gunslinger tries to help a rancher and his daughter save their land and cattle from an evil, wealthy land owner.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsJohn DerekBarbara RushCarla BalendaIn a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRock HudsonBarbara HaleAnthony QuinnA cavalry lieutenant recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsHumphrey BogartJune AllysonKeenan WynnSet in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsRita HayworthStewart GrangerCharles LaughtonAfter her banishment from Rome, Jewish Princess Salome returns to her Roman-ruled native land of Galilee, where prophet John the Baptist preaches against Salome's parents, King Herod and Queen Herodias.
- DirectorMarc DanielsEdward SedgwickStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceDesi Arnaz greets the "I Love Lucy" studio audience and invites them to watch Lucille Ball and the cast film a special extended episode.