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1950s Movies

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

August 30, 2020January 11, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Best Years of Our Lives movie storyline. At the end of World War II, a soldier, a sailor and an airman return to their home town of Boone City and must re-adjust to the society they had left several years before. Al Stephenson was a banker before joining up.

1950s Movies

Ben-Hur (1959)

August 21, 2020January 15, 2023 - by greatmovies

Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy merchant living in Judea at the time of Christ. Under the influence of the oppressive Roman Empire, the land seethes with talk of revolt, and Caesar has sent more soldiers to quell the potential uprising. The new Tribune Messala (Stephen Boyd) once lived in Judea as a boy, and longs to rekindle his old friendship with Judah.

1950s Movies

The Big Country (1958)

August 20, 2020January 15, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Big Country movie storyline. Retired, wealthy sea Captain James McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him.

1940s Movies

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

July 26, 2020January 22, 2023 - by greatmovies

Mrs. Miniver movie storyline. This is the story of an English middle class family through the first years of World War II. Clem Miniver is a successful architect and his beautiful wife Kay is the anchor that keeps the family together.

1960s Movies

Funny Girl (1968)

July 21, 2020January 23, 2023 - by greatmovies

Funny Girl movie storyline. Early 20th century New York. Fanny Brice knows that she is a talented comedienne and singer. She also knows that she is not the beauty typical of the stage performers of the day, she with skinny legs and a crooked nose among other physical issues.

1960s Movies

The Collector (1965)

July 18, 2020January 24, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Collector movie storyline. After winning a large amount in the pool in Reading, the outcast bank clerk and entomologist Freddie Clegg buys an isolated house in the countryside.

1960s Movies

How to Steal a Million (1966)

June 4, 2020July 5, 2023 - by greatmovies

How to Steal a Million movie storyline. In Paris, wealthy Charles Bonnet is well known in the art world as a collector of rare pieces, mostly of the impressionist masters.