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Who Done It? is a 1956 British slapstick black and white comedy crime film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff, Garry Marsh, and George Margo. [2] It was wrtten by T. E. B. Clarke. One of the last Ealing comedies, it was Hill's film debut. [3]
Madeleine (1950) – British crime drama film based on a true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier [13] The Magnificent Yankee (1950) – biographical drama film examining the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr ...
1950: Armored Car Robbery: Richard Fleischer: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman: United States [1] The Asphalt Jungle: John Huston: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore: United States [2] The Blue Lamp: Basil Dearden: Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde: United Kingdom [3] The File on Thelma Jordon: Robert Siodmak
Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. As a result of the introduction of television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters. They used more techniques in presenting their films through widescreen and big-approach methods, such as Cinemascope, VistaVision, and Cinerama, as well as gimmicks like 3-D film.
Who Done It? may refer to: Who Done It?, an Abbott and Costello film; Who Done It?, a Three Stooges short; Who Done It? , a British film ...
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A list of American films released in 1950. Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood . The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox 's All About Eve .
The Ealing comedies is an informal name for a series of comedy films produced by the London-based Ealing Studios during a ten-year period from 1947 to 1957. Often considered to reflect Britain's post-war spirit, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the most celebrated films in the sequence include Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Whisky Galore!