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by chpknock | created - 08 Nov 2020 | updated - 08 Nov 2020 | PublicUnited Artists releases in 1953
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1. No Escape (1953)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts, Marjorie Steele, Lewis Martin
Votes: 411
2. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
M/PG | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Two 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.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
Votes: 2,520
3. Shark River (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Action, Adventure
Clay Webley returns to Florida from the Civil War a hunted man and his brother, Dan Webley agrees to lead him and his wounded friend, Curtis Parker, through the Everglades to the Gulf of ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Steve Cochran, Carole Mathews, Warren Stevens, Robert Cunningham
Votes: 49
4. The Steel Lady (1953)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Cameron finds a tank buried in the Arabian desert during WWII, and proceeds to attack the Arabs with it.
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Rod Cameron, Tab Hunter, John Dehner, Richard Erdman
Votes: 361
5. Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure
A legendary pirate captures a Spanish galleon and tries to claim a countess as his bride.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 524
6. Melba (1953)
112 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
The highly fictionalized story of Nellie Melba, Australian-born soprano who rose to operatic fame in the latter part of the 19th century and who had a dessert and form of dry toast (true) ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Patrice Munsel, Robert Morley, John McCallum, John Justin
Votes: 47
7. War Paint (1953)
Approved | 89 min | Adventure, War, Western
An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Robert Stack, Joan Taylor, Charles McGraw, Keith Larsen
Votes: 533
8. I, the Jury (1953)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Dectective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman.
Director: Harry Essex | Stars: Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan
Votes: 650
9. Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
Approved | 82 min | Drama
A nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together in the same hiding place.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Paul Muni, Joan Lorring, Vittorio Manunta, Luisa Rossi
Votes: 238
10. Return to Paradise (1953)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes, Moira Walker
Votes: 836
11. Captain Scarlett (1952)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Scarlett returns from gallivanting around the country-side after the Napoleonic wars and finds life in southern France very different. He saves a beautiful princess from an arranged... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Richard Greene, Leonora Amar, Nedrick Young, Manolo Fábregas
Votes: 381
12. Sabre Jet (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, War
The story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their wives, on station with them, who have dinner ready when they return. Jane Carter (Coleen... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Robert Stack, Coleen Gray, Richard Arlen, Julie Bishop
Votes: 164
13. Bwana Devil (1952)
Not Rated | 79 min | Adventure
British railway workers in Kenya are becoming the favorite snack of two man-eating lions. Head engineer Bob Hayward becomes obsessed with trying to kill the beasts before they maul everyone on his crew.
Directors: Arch Oboler, Robert Clampett | Stars: Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce, Ramsay Hill
Votes: 422
14. Gun Belt (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Western
Outlaw Matt Ringo escapes prison and wants to co-opt his former outlaw brother Billy into robbing a Wells Fargo money shipment, but Billy has gone straight, the town Marshal is Wyatt Earp, and the Clinton gang wants in on the deal.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: George Montgomery, Tab Hunter, Helen Westcott, John Dehner
Votes: 387
15. Shoot First (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Thriller
A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer, Marius Goring
Votes: 357
16. Bandits of Corsica (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Crime
Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link - each feels the other's pain and happiness.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Richard Greene, Paula Raymond, Raymond Burr, Dona Drake
Votes: 142
17. Donovan's Brain (1953)
Approved | 84 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
Three scientists unlawfully remove the still living brain of a dead tycoon and experiment with it but the evil brain begins to telepathically control the lead scientist.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Reagan, Steve Brodie
Votes: 1,721
18. 99 River Street (1953)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen
Votes: 3,439
19. The Magnetic Monster (1953)
Approved | 76 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.
Directors: Curt Siodmak, Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron, Harry Ellerbe
Votes: 1,922
20. Vice Squad (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Police procedural film following a few cases assigned to LAPD captain of detectives Barnie Barnaby.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Paulette Goddard, K.T. Stevens, Porter Hall
Votes: 821
21. Eyes of the Jungle (1953)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Family
Ramar of the Jungle encounters a holy man who warns him of great danger. His friend Professor Howard is near death, cursed by the Mark of Shitan. A sacred golden tablet and a woman ready for sacrifice holds the key to Howard's survival.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Jon Hall, Ray Montgomery, Victor Millan, Merrill McCormick
Votes: 17
22. Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, History, Romance
Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance, Alan Hale Jr., Robert Clarke
Votes: 191
23. The Joe Louis Story (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Biography, Drama, Film-Noir
The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart, Hilda Simms, James Edwards
Votes: 363
24. Fort Algiers (1953)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Carlos Thompson, Raymond Burr, Leif Erickson
Votes: 251
25. Dragon's Gold (1954)
70 min | Crime, Drama
A bonding company sends an investigator to China to find out if one of its clients actually stole $7,000,000 worth of gold as claimed by the supposed owner. He is soon involved in a series ... See full summary »
Directors: Jack Pollexfen, Aubrey Wisberg | Stars: John Archer, Hillary Brooke, Noel Cravat, Philip Van Zandt
Votes: 15
26. The Gay Adventure (1949)
82 min | Comedy
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paula Valenska, Kathleen Harrison
Votes: 31
27. Guerrilla Girl (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Thriller, War, Drama
During World War II, a beautiful, brave, deadly woman helps to fight against Communists in the Greek Civil War.
Director: Giannis Hristodoulou | Stars: Helmut Dantine, Marianna, Irene Champlin, Ray Julian
Votes: 66
28. The Marshal's Daughter (1953)
Passed | 71 min | Western
Director: William Berke | Stars: Laurie Anders, Hoot Gibson, Ken Murray, Preston Foster
Votes: 96
29. The Neanderthal Man (1953)
Not Rated | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Professor Groves, an expert in prehistoric life, proves his theories with an extract that'll regress a cat to a saber-tooth tiger and man to a Neanderthal.
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Robert Shayne, Joyce Terry, Richard Crane, Doris Merrick
Votes: 720
30. Phantom from Space (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When an asteroid crashes, the search begins to track down the mysterious aliens.
Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: Ted Cooper, Tom Daly, Steve Acton, Burt Wenland
Votes: 1,537
31. Son of the Renegade (1953)
Approved | 56 min | Western
In a throw-back to the1930's indie westerns, Red River Johnny gathers his friends (most of whom are called some variation of the name Bill) and returns to claim the heritage of his father who was outlawed.
Director: Reg Browne | Stars: Johnny Carpenter, Lori Talbott, Joan McKellen, Valley Keene
Votes: 188
32. That Man from Tangier (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Mary Ellen travels abroad and ends up marrying a Count while she is intoxicated. The Count disappears and with the aid of her father, George, she tracks down his address in the Casbah, only... See full summary »
Directors: Luis María Delgado, Robert Elwyn | Stars: Nils Asther, Roland Young, Nancy Coleman, Margaret Wycherly
Votes: 35
33. The Twonky (1953)
84 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Tweedy college professor discovers his new TV set is animate, apparently possessed by something from the future, and militantly intent on regulating his daily life.
Director: Arch Oboler | Stars: Hans Conried, William H. Lynn, Gloria Blondell, Edwin Max
Votes: 630
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