The Men. Marlon Brando and Teresa Wright in a frank, stirring drama about the mental and physical salvage of paralyzed war veterans (TIME, July 24).
Kind Hearts and Coronets. An impudent, witty British comedy about a well-bred murderer; with Alec Guinness (playing eight roles) and Dennis Price (TIME, July 3).
The Lawless. A lowbudget, high-voltage treatment of mob violence in a small U.S. town; with Macdonald Carey and Gail Russell (TIME, July 3).
The Asphalt Jungle. Director John Huston’s clinical account of a $1,000,000 burglary and what makes the burglars tick; with Sterling Hayden (TIME, June 19).
Father of the Bride. Spencer Tracy shines as the hapless parent in a skilled version of the Edward Streeter comic bestseller (TIME, May 29).
Annie Get Your Gun. An adaptation of the Broadway musicomedy hit gives the screen Irving Berlin’s best score and Betty Hutton her best role (TIME, April 24).
City Lights. Charlie Chaplin’s 19-year-old but still spry “comedy romance in pantomime” (TIME, April 17).
Cinderella. A Walt Disney menagerie puts new life into the old nursery classic (TIME, Feb. 20).
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