US Release date: 30 September 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA. Running time: 77 minutes Director: Roy Del Ruth Cast: George Raft, Virginia Mayo & Gene Lockhart Australian Distributor: United Artists Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at Hoyts Esquire Theatre from 14 July 1950 with Borrowed Trouble as supportContinue reading “RED LIGHT”
Category Archives: Crime
SHADOW ON THE WALL
US Release date: 19 May 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 87 minutes Director: Pat Jackson Cast: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott & Gigi Perreau Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 19 May 1950 supporting Malaya. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 126 167 EF PPE 2.52Continue reading “SHADOW ON THE WALL”
OBSESSION
US Release date: 3 August 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: UK Running time: 96 minutes Director: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Newton, Sally Gray & Phil Brown Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for four weeks from 23 June 1950 supported by Poet’s Pub. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 9-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 161 145 EF PPEContinue reading “OBSESSION”
FLAXY MARTIN
US Release date: 15 February 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 July 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 86 minutes Director: Richard L. Bare Cast: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott & Dorothy Malone Australian Distributor: Warner Bros. Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 30 June 1950 supporting Holiday Affair. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “FLAXY MARTIN”
AFTER MIDNIGHT
US Release date: 21 February 1950 (as Captain Carey, U.S.A.) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 July 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 82 minutes Director: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix & Francis Lederer Australian Distributor: Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State theatre for two weeks from 16 June 1950 with Blondie’s Big Deal as support. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings RankContinue reading “AFTER MIDNIGHT”
HOMICIDE
US Release date: 2 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 77 minutes. Director: Felix Jacoves Cast: Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott & Robert Alda Australian Distributor: Warner Bros Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for four weeks from 26 May 1950 supporting The Younger Brothers. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 116 181 EFContinue reading “HOMICIDE”
THELMA JORDAN
US Release date: 18 January 1950 as The File on Thelma Jordan First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 24 June 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 100 minutes Director: Robert Siodmak Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey & Paul Kelly Australian Distributor: Paramount Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State theatre for four weeks from 5 May 1950 supporting Duck Soup. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-2 Rankings RankContinue reading “THELMA JORDAN”
THE MUTINEERS
US Release date: 22 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 17 March 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 60 minutes Director: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Jon Hall, George Reeves & Adele Jergens Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from 10 March 1950 supported by The Doolins of Oklahoma. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-2 Rankings RankContinue reading “THE MUTINEERS”
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER
UK Release date: 9 August 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 17 June 1950 Genre: Crime Country: UK Running time: 86 minutes Director: Alfred Roome Cast: Jack Warner, Jane Hylton & George Cole. Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures. Australian Distributor: GBDFD. Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Lyceum, for one week from 19 December 1949 supporting Siren of Atlantis.Continue reading “MY BROTHER’S KEEPER”
THE DARK PAST
US Release date: 22 December 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 10 June 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 73 minutes Director: Rudolph Maté Cast: William Holden, Nina Foch & Lee J. Cobb Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for two weeks from March 10 1950 supported by Make Believe Ballroom. Suburban Release Type: Union 5-W-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 267 75Continue reading “THE DARK PAST”
The 1950 Project 