在人们对UFO和共产主义心怀恐惧的时期，电影行业正忙着制作电影，类别从黑色电影到浮夸的音乐片不等。很明显，20世纪50年代疑神疑鬼的大众对家庭娱乐和阴沉忧郁的电影有着同等程度的渴望。

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At a time when people were terrified of UFOs and Communism, the movie industry was busy producing movies that ranged from film noir to grandiose musicals. The paranoid public in the 1950s apparently craved family entertainment and dark, brooding pictures in equal doses.The result is a decade's worth of truly monumental cinema, from Hitchcock masterpieces (Vertigo, Psycho, Rear Window) to comedy classics (Tati's Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Billy Wilder's Some Like it Hot), from groundbreaking nouvelle vague films (Truffaut's The Four Hundred Blows) to profound, innovative dramas like Antonioni's L'Avventura, Fellini's La Strada, John Huston's Misfits, and Kubrick's Paths of Glory. Though censorship kept sex safely off-screen, the smoldering James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Marilyn Monroe provided plenty of heat.This survey of the most important films of the fabulous fifties covers the wholesome, subversive, artistic, thrilling, and mysterious trends in cinema across the globe. This encyclopedia profiles each movie masterpiece through stills, a synopsis, and cast, crew, and technical listings. Whether you're a rebel without a cause or a gentleman who might prefer blondes, this is a must-have for any film fan.