Top 10 Action Movies of 1953
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- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJanet LeighRobert RyanA bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
- DirectorOwen CrumpStarsRoy Thompson Jr.Henry GoszkowskiRichard Karl ElliottA real military action during the last year of the Korean War is re-enacted on the spot with real soldiers.
- DirectorRobert D. WebbStarsVictor MatureAlexander ScourbyLee MarvinDuring the Korean War, an American unit of combat engineers must work with Greek troops in order to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRobert RyanMala PowersAnthony QuinnTwo American divers are distracted by fair ladies and skulduggery while trying to salvage a gold ship off Jamaica.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsJack HawkinsDonald SindenJohn StrattonThe World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsHumphrey BogartJune AllysonKeenan WynnSet in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsFrank SilveraKenneth HarpPaul MazurskyFour soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRichard WidmarkKarl MaldenElaine StewartIn 1953, at Fort Bliss, Texas, two former Korean War combat veterans work as drill sergeants and fall in love with the same woman.
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsJeffrey HunterMichael RennieWendy HillerIn 1940, Canadian sailor Andrew Brown is prisoner on a battle damaged German raider and he plans to delay the raider's at-sea repairs until a British naval task-force can destroy it.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsAnthony SteelJack WarnerRobert BeattyIn 1944, at a POW camp in Germany the Allied prisoners use a dummy prop named Albert to fool the German guards and escape.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsAnthony Steel1942 and the island of Malta is battling for survival. The threat of invasion by Axis forces is increasing as air raids wear down its defence. Entering this maelstrom is Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross, an RAF photo-reconnaissance pilot.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsSterling HaydenJ. Carrol NaishJoy PageWorld War II action in Italy involving fighter pilot's last sortie, and the help he receives from Italian partisans in an effort to complete it.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBurt LancasterVirginia MayoChuck ConnorsAWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.
- DirectorGiannis HristodoulouStarsHelmut DantineMariannaIrene ChamplinDuring World War II, a beautiful, brave, deadly woman helps to fight against Communists in the Greek Civil War.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsEdmond O'BrienBarry SullivanJocelyn BrandoDuring WW2, an American commando team is sent to rescue the prisoner of a warlord in Japanese-occupied China.
- DirectorRichard VernonStarsCesar RomeroKay KendallEdward UnderdownSmall-time Soho hustler gets caught up in the murder of an ex-girl friend, evades the police and finally helps them to corner the real murderer.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsDirk BogardeIan HunterDinah SheridanWar drama about the dangerous and stressful work of Lancaster bomber British crews during World War II.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsGlenn FordAnn SheridanZachary ScottA wealthy American couple are hostages on an arduous jungle journey.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsEdward G. RobinsonPaulette GoddardK.T. StevensPolice procedural film following a few cases assigned to LAPD captain of detectives Barnie Barnaby.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsAudie MurphySusan CabotPaul KellyA young gunslinger tries to help a rancher and his daughter save their land and cattle from an evil, wealthy land owner.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsAudie MurphyJoan EvansRobert SterlingBefore the Civil War, Lt. Jed Sayre's efforts to conciliate the cavalry and the Navajo are undermined by his racist C.O. and Confederate sympathizers.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsAudie MurphyLori NelsonChill WillsWhen a wagon train is wiped-out by the Yaqui Indians, the surviving guide Jim Harvey is accused of desertion and cowardice but Jim escapes the town jail in search of the truth.
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsJohnny WeissmullerAngela StevensLester MatthewsJungle Jim tries to relocate African natives so that the atom bomb can be tested on their island. Enemy agents interfere.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsJohnny WeissmullerChristine LarsonRobert FoulkBad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsJohnny WeissmullerCarol ThurstonMax PalmerNasty white hunters are testing out their germ warfare weapons using wild animals in Africa ... until they run into Jungle Jim.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsLex BarkerJoyce MackenzieRaymond BurrIvory poachers, headed by Lyra the She-Devil, Vargo and Fidel, capture a native tribe to carry their loot. Tarzan intervenes and is captured.