The Band Wagon
Theatrical Release Date: 08/07/1953
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, James Mitchell, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan
Plot: An actor feels washed-up but is convinced to return to the stage for a "funny" little show. But when "artistic" director Jeffrey Cordova is brought on, he changes to show beyond recognition, including hiring prima ballerina to star opposite of our hero - and the two couldn't be more unhappy about the situation. Everything seems to be doomed... unless they can pull out a last-minute production miracle.
The Man from the Alamo
Theatrical Release Date: 08/07/1953
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Budd Boetticher
Actors: Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Hugh O'Brian, Victor Jory, Neville Brand
Melba
Theatrical Release Date: 08/07/1953
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Patrice Munsel , Robert Morley, John McCallum, John Justin, Alec Clunes, Sybil Thorndike
Spaceways
Theatrical Release Date: 08/07/1953
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Howard Duff, Eva Bartok, Alan Wheatley, Philip Leaver, Michael Medwin, Andrew Osborn
Down Laredo Way
Theatrical Release Date: 08/05/1953
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Witney
Actors: Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Roy Barcroft, Clayton Moore, Dona Drake, Marjorie Lord
From Here to Eternity
Theatrical Release Date: 08/05/1953
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Donna Reed, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Philip Ober, Frank Sinatra
Plot: The second in command and a Captain's wife fall in love while another private is punished for not boxing during WWII Hawaii.
The Master of Ballantrae
Theatrical Release Date: 08/05/1953
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Keighley
Actors: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell, Yvonne Furneaux, Felix Aylmer
Arrowhead
Theatrical Release Date: 08/03/1953
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith, Mary Sinclair, Robert J. Wilke
Dangerous Crossing
Theatrical Release Date: 08/01/1953
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Actors: Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Max Showalter, Carl Betz, Mary Anderson, Marjorie Hoshelle
Plot: A woman and her new husband board a ship for a holiday, but soon after
boarding, the husband goes missing and none of the other passengers recall
ever seeing him with her. Is he a figment of her imagination? Or is there
another reason behind the disappearance.
Desperate Moment
Theatrical Release Date: 08/01/1953
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Compton Bennett
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven, Fritz Wendhausen, Carl Jaffe
Mission Over Korea
Theatrical Release Date: 08/01/1953
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred F. Sears
Actors: John Hodiak, John Derek, Audrey Totter, Maureen O'Sullivan, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman
Recoil
Theatrical Release Date: 08/01/1953
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Gilling
Actors: Edward Underdown, Elizabeth Sellars, Kieron Moore, John Horsley, Robert Raglan, Ethel O'Shea
Three Girls from Rome ( ragazze di Piazza di Spagna, Le )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/01/1953
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luciano Emmer
Actors: Lucia Bosé, Cosetta Greco, Liliana Bonfatti, Ave Ninchi, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori
