Universal-International '54
by chpknock | created - 22 Nov 2020 | updated - 22 Nov 2020 | PublicUniversal-International movie releases in 1954
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1. Always a Bride (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy
Victor Hemsley and his daughter, Clare ply their trade at swanky Riviera resorts, where they pose as a married couple---hence the title---and after he disappears with all of her savings, ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan, Ronald Squire, James Hayter
Votes: 229
2. Genevieve (1953)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy
Two British couples pit their vintage automobiles against each other in an exciting cross-country race.
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More
Votes: 3,447
3. Drums Across the River (1954)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, Western
When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan, Lyle Bettger, Lisa Gaye
Votes: 1,088
4. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
Ma and Pa Kettle get the farm in order to help their son Elwin win a scholarship.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray, Alice Kelley
Votes: 704
5. Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Western
After his father and brother are murdered by a corrupt lawyer and sheriff duo, railroad surveyor Clay O'Mara plans his revenge, and is aided by former outlaw Whitey Kincade.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, Dan Duryea, Abbe Lane
Votes: 1,450
6. Johnny Dark (1954)
85 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Automobile engineer Johnny Dark designs a radical new car. After the owner refuses to sponsor the car in a Canada to Mexico sports-car race, Johnny, with the aid of the owner's ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Paul Kelly
Votes: 447
7. The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
Approved | 99 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Peasant Myles Falworth is trained for knighthood and is groomed by various nobles to defeat the evil Earl of Alban who's plotting to usurp King Henry IV's throne.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar, Barbara Rush
Votes: 2,076
8. Border River (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Western
A Confederate officer and his men journey to Mexico to buy guns to continue the war effort. A Union officer determines to stop them.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendáriz, Alfonso Bedoya
Votes: 617
9. Bengal Brigade (1954)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, History, War
Set during British India 1857, Captain Clayboune (Rock Hudson) is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 543
10. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
G | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno
Votes: 34,446 | Gross: $1.30M
11. Forbidden (1953)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Eddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tony Curtis, Joanne Dru, Lyle Bettger, Marvin Miller
Votes: 518
12. Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 475
13. Black Horse Canyon (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Western
The story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Race Gentry, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 423
14. Four Guns to the Border (1954)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, Western
An outlaw gang on the lam encounters former associate Simon Bhumer and his gorgeous daughter, who's drawn to their leader Cully.
Director: Richard Carlson | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Colleen Miller, George Nader, Walter Brennan
Votes: 539
15. Naked Alibi (1954)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A chief of police detectives fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 of his officers.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Marcia Henderson
Votes: 1,515
16. Dawn at Socorro (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Romance, Western
Gunfighter Brett Wade, diagnosed with tuberculosis, tries to get out of his former life while helping a young woman.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, David Brian, Kathleen Hughes
Votes: 608
17. The Yellow Mountain (1954)
Approved | 78 min | Western
Frontier drama about two gold prospectors who hope to strike it rich in the mines of Nevada.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Lex Barker, Mala Powers, Howard Duff, William Demarest
Votes: 364
18. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Approved | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake
Votes: 9,712
19. Fireman Save My Child (1954)
Approved | 79 min | Action, Comedy
A film intended for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that ended up starring Hugh O'Brian and Buddy Hackett. Most of the footage was given over to Spike Jones and His City Slickers, about the all... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Spike Jones, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Hugh O'Brian, Buddy Hackett
Votes: 91
20. Rails Into Laramie (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Western
A railroad sends an agent to Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the railroad from building its line into the area.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: John Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea, Joyce Mackenzie
Votes: 423
21. Magnificent Obsession (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A rich playboy whose recklessness inadvertently causes the death of a prominent doctor tries to make amends to his widow, and falls for her in the process.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger
Votes: 7,627
22. War Arrow (1953)
Passed | 78 min | Romance, War, Western
Major Howell Brady arrives in Indian Territory in hopes of recruiting peaceful, relocated Seminoles to help the army fight rampaging Kiowas.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, John McIntire, Suzan Ball
Votes: 919 | Gross: $1.40M
23. Ricochet Romance (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Western
At the Flying "W" Ranch, emergency workers once again rescue owner Tom Williams from the fiery aftermath of one of his failed magic tricks. Tom's shenanigans are threatening the ranch's ... See full synopsis »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Alfonso Bedoya
Votes: 71
24. Yankee Pasha (1954)
Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Romance
In 1800, trapper Jason Starbuck falls for Massachusetts girl Roxana but has to rescue her from slavery when sea pirates capture Roxana and sell her to a Moroccan harem.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Rhonda Fleming, Mamie Van Doren, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 258 | Gross: $1.25M
25. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
Approved | 79 min | War, Western
When peacemaking Apache chief Cochise dies, the Chiricahua Apaches are torn between following Cochise's peace loving son Taza and following the warlike renegade Apache warrior Geronimo.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Gregg Palmer, Rex Reason
Votes: 1,059
26. Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Ludmilla Tchérina, Rita Gam
Votes: 766
27. Playgirl (1954)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A naive Nebraska girl dreams of success in New York where she immerses herself in the glitzy glamorous life of the nightlife and the nightclubs frequented by rich playboys, but murder and manipulative people eventually burst her bubble.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Shelley Winters, Barry Sullivan, Colleen Miller, Richard Long
Votes: 172
28. Tanganyika (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Kenya, in 1903, when escaped murderer Abel McCracken instigates the Nukumbi tribe to raid white settlements, colonist John Gale organizes a human hunt to capture McCracken.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Van Heflin, Ruth Roman, Howard Duff, Jeff Morrow
Votes: 254 | Gross: $1.30M
29. Saskatchewan (1954)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
In 1877 Western Canada, a police inspector revolts against his inept commander, taking a safer route to the U.S. border in order to stop invading hostile Indians.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, J. Carrol Naish, Hugh O'Brian
Votes: 1,171
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