The Crimson Pirate. Buccaneer Burt Lancaster and his cutthroat crew roam the Mediterranean in a merry travesty on pirate movies (TIME, Sept. 15).
Ivanhoe. Sir Walter Scott’s novel made into a rousing medieval horse opera; with Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine (TIME, Aug. 4).
The Strange Ones. Striking adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s Les Enfants Terribles; the story of an adolescent brother & sister living in a world of their own (TIME, July 21).
High Noon. A topnotch western, with Gary Cooper as an embattled cow-town marshal (TIME, July 14).
Where’s Charley? Ray Bolger singing and dancing in a gay, Technicolored edition of Charley’s Aunt (TIME, July 7).
Carrie. Polished movie version of Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie, with Jennifer Jones and Laurence Olivier as star-crossed lovers (TIME, June 30).
The Story of Robin Hood. Robust version of the old legend, with Richard Todd (TIME, June 30).
Pat and Mike. A sprightly comedy in which Katharine Hepburn plays a lady athlete and Spencer Tracy a sports promoter (TIME, June 16).
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