21. Executive Suite
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, Shelley Winters, Walter Pidgeon
22. Vera Cruz
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Denise Darcel
23. Garden of Evil
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Rita Moreno, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell
24. The Country Girl
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Seaton
Actors: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, Anthony Ross, Gene Reynolds, Jacqueline Fontaine
Plot: An over-the-hill performer struggles to overcome alcohol and marital problems in his quest to achieve one last run on the stage.
25. Suddenly
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Allen
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Willis Bouchey, Kim Charney
26. Salt of the Earth
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herbert J. Biberman
Actors: Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Wolfe, Mervin Williams, David Sarvis, Juan Chacón
Plot: A film that is known just as much for its production issues (as many
involved were blacklisted during the McCarthy hearings - as was the film
itself - not even shown in theaters until 1965) as its plot: involving
Mexican-American workers striking due to unfair wage conditions and
finding injustice is far-reaching.
27. River of No Return
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer
28. The Barefoot Contessa
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi
Plot: Follows the rise and fall of a movie star. Told from the different perspectives of the key characters (think Citizen Kane). A beautiful technicolor classic.
29. Barefoot Battalion, The ( xypolito tagma, To )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Greek
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gregg C. Tallas
Actors: Maria Costi, Nikos Fermas, Vasilios Frangedakis, Antonios Voulgaris, Stavros Krozos, Ketty Gyni
30. Summer Interlude aka Summerplay ( Sommarlek )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin, Annalisa Ericson, Georg Funkquist, Stig Olin
Plot: Marie is preparing for her role in Swan Lake when the arrival of a diary sparks memories of a long-ago summer vacation in which she met Henrik, fell in love, only to have tragedy cut their romance short and leave her forever changed.
