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Best Movies of 1955

Movie Mirrors

by Sanderson Beck

Movie Mirrors Introduction

Abbreviations
 Title

Min.

c S M H P V En Ed
 All That Heaven Allows 89   6  6  4    6  7
 Bad Day at Black Rock 81   8  7  8  7 7  7  8
 Battle Cry 148   5  6  4  5 6  6  6
 Big Knife, The 113  b 6 6  5   6 5 6
 Blackboard Jungle 101  b 7 5 7 7  7  8
 Count Three and Pray 102  c 6 5 4  6  6
 Court Jester, The 101  c 6 8 7 5 7  6  5
 Daddy Long Legs 126  c 6 5 5 6 6  6  5
 Dam Busters, The 124  b 7 7 6 8 7  6  7
 Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier 93  6 6 5 6 6  6  6
 Desperate Hours, The 112  b 6 7 5 7 6  7  6
 Diaboliques, Les (French) 115  b 8 7 7 7 7  7  6
 East of Eden 115  c 8 8 6 9 8  7  8
 End of the Affair, The 105  b 6 5 4  5  6
 Good Morning, Miss Dove 107  c 5 6 4 5  5  7
 Guys and Dolls 149  c 6 6 5 5 6  8  7
 I Live In Fear (Japanese) 117  b 7 7 5 6 6  6  7
 I’ll Cry Tomorrow 76  b 5 6 7 6 6  6  5
 Interrupted Melody 106  c 3 6 4 8 6  6  6
 It's Always Fair Weather 102  c 6 6 6 5 4  6  5
 Kiss Me Deadly 106  b 7 7 7 6 7  6 5
 Lady and the Tramp 75  c 8 7 7 7 7  6  6
 Ladykillers, The 89  c 8 7 7 8 7  6  5
 Left Hand of God, The 87  c 6 5 6 4 6  6  6
 Long Gray Line, The 138  c 6 6 5 5 6  6  5
 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing 102  c 5 6 5 5  5  7  6
 Love Me or Leave Me 122  c 7 7 6 7 6  6  5
 Man Called Peter, A 119  c 6 6 5 6 6  6  7
 Man from Laramie, The 102  c 6 6 6 8 7  6  5
 Man with the Golden Arm, The 119  b 6 6 5 5  6  7
 Marty 91  b 7 7 8 9  7  8
 Mister Roberts 121  c 8 8 6  8  7
 My Sister Eileen 107  c 6 7 5 7 6  6  5
 Night of the Hunter, The 93  b 8 7 7 8 8  7  6
 Not As a Stranger 137  b 5 6 6  7  8
 Oklahoma! 140  c 4 7 6 7 7  8  7
 Phenix City Story, The 113  b 6 6 5 5  6  7
 Picnic 111  c 8 7 7 7 7  7  7
 Rebel Without a Cause 111  c 7 8 7 9 8  7  8
 Richard III 158  c 8 7 7 7 7  7  8
 Rose Tattoo, The 117  b 7 7 4 7 7  7  7
 Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Jap.) 104  c 7 9 7  6  7
 Seven Angry Men 92  b 6 6 5 3  6  5
 Seven Cities of Gold 103  c 4 5 5 5 4  6  7
 Seven Little Foys, The 93  c 6 6 5 5 6  6  5
 Seven Year Itch, The 105  c 7 6 5 7 6  7  7
 Shack Out on 101 80  b 6 6 5 6 6  6  5
 Simba 99  c 7 7 4  6 6
 Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish) 109  b 8 8 7 9 7  8 7
 Summertime 99  c 7 7 7 7 7  6 6
 Tender Trap, The 111  c 6 5 5 5 5  6 5
 Three Stripes in the Sun 93  b 5 5 4   4  6 7
 To Catch a Thief 106  c 6 6 5 7 6  6 5
 To Hell and Back 106  c 6 6 4 4 5  6 6
 Trial 109  b 7 6 5 5  6 6
 Trouble with Harry, The 99  c 6 6 6 7 6  6 5
 Virgin Queen, The 92  c 6 6 5 5 6  6 5

Abbreviations
b = black and white
c = color
S = Scheuer's rating
M = Maltin's rating
H = Halliwell's rating
P = Martin & Porter's rating
V = Videohound's rating
En = Beck's entertainment value
Ed = Beck's educational value

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