The High Cost of Loving. The hilarious private life of a rising young white-collar couple, described by Scriptwriter Rip Van Ronkel and Actor-Director José Ferrer (TIME, March 24).
The Enemy Below. A DE (Robert Mitchum) and a U-boat (Curt Jürgens) tangle in a running fracas that is sharply directed by Dick Powell (TIME, Jan. 13).
The Bridge on the River Kwai. The best picture in current release: Director David Lean’s magnificent story of the horror and the glory of war; with Alec Guinness, William Holden. Jack Hawkins (TIME. Dec. 23).
Ordet. A luminously beautiful religious allegory made by Denmark’s Carl (Day of Wrath) Dreyer (TIME. Dec. 16).
Paths of Glory. A passionate polemic against war and the vested disinterest of those who monger it; with Kirk Douglas (TIME, Dec. 9).
Don’t Go Near the Water. Bell-bottomed farce, based on William Brinkley’s story about how some officers and men conducted the Navy’s public relations—and their own private affairs—in the South Pacific (TIME, Nov. 25).
Gervaise. The harrowing whole of Emile Zola’s L’Assommoir is pretty much reduced to the sum of its amatory parts, in which Maria Schell is most appealing (TIME, Nov. 18).
Pal Joey. The Broadway musical had a faster book than the film version, but then it didn’t have Frank Sinatra (TIME, Oct. 28).
Les Girls. The most stylish movie musical now showing; with stylish British Comedienne Kay Kendall (TIME, Oct. 14).
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