Brigadoon
Theatrical Release Date: 09/08/1954
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Barry Jones, Elaine Stewart, Hugh Laing
Plot: Gene Kelly stumbles across the enchanted town of Brigadoon, which appears from the Scottish mists only one day each century. In the course of this magical day, Kelly falls for a woman and must decide whether to leave the real world behind and take up permanent residence in Brigadoon.
Betrayed
Theatrical Release Date: 09/07/1954
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gottfried Reinhardt
Actors: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature, Louis Calhern, O.E. Hasse, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Ugetsu Monogatari
Theatrical Release Date: 09/07/1954
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura, Mitsuko Mito
Plot: Long hailed as one of the great achievements in Japanese cinema, Kenji
Mizoguchi's film, set against the backdrop of the civil wars of 16th
Century Japan, follow two men looking for glory: one as a potter, the
other as a would-be samurai. Their ambition causes them to abandon their
respective wives, leading to tragedy.
Road, The ( strada, La )
Theatrical Release Date: 09/06/1954
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Livia Venturini
Plot: A free spirited girl is sold by her poor mother to a cruel traveling entertainer.
Hello Elephant ( Buongiorno, elefante! )
Theatrical Release Date: 09/05/1954
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gianni Franciolini
Actors: Vittorio De Sica, María Mercader, Nando Bruno, Sabu, Gisella Sofio, Michele Sakara
Jungle Gents
Theatrical Release Date: 09/05/1954
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Bernds
Actors: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Laurette Luez, Patrick O'Moore, Rudolph Anders
Robinson Crusoe ( Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The )
Theatrical Release Date: 09/05/1954
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López, José Chávez, Emilio Garibay
A Bullet is Waiting
Theatrical Release Date: 09/04/1954
Overall Rating: 1.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Farrow
Actors: Rory Calhoun, Jean Simmons, Stephen McNally, Brian Aherne
Dragnet
Theatrical Release Date: 09/04/1954
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jack Webb
Actors: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson, Stacy Harris, Virginia Gregg
Jesse James' Women
Theatrical Release Date: 09/04/1954
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don 'Red' Barry
Actors: Don 'Red' Barry, Peggie Castle, Jack Buetel, Lita Baron, Sam Keller, Michael Carr
Khyber Patrol
Theatrical Release Date: 09/04/1954
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seymour Friedman
Actors: Richard Egan, Dawn Addams, Raymond Burr, Patric Knowles, Paul Cavanagh, Donald Randolph
