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Best Movies of 1954

Movie Mirrors

by Sanderson Beck

Movie Mirrors Introduction

Abbreviations
 Title

Min.

c S M H P V En Ed
 Barefoot Contessa, The 128   6  6  5  5  6  6  6
 Beau Brummel 111  c  6  5  5  6  6  7  7
 Bridges at Toko-Ri, The 102   7  7  5  8  7  6  7
 Brigadoon 108  c 7 6  5  7 6 6 6
 Broken Lance 96  c 4 7 5 7 7  6  5
 Caine Mutiny, The 125  c 6 8 6 7 8  7  7
 Carmen Jones 105  c 6 7 5 7 6  7  6
 Country Girl, The 104  b 6 7 5 8 7  6  6
 Dial M for Murder 105  c 6 6 6 7 6  6  5
 Doctor in the House 92  6 7 6 6 7  6  6
 Executive Suite 104  b 6 6 6 7 6  6  6
 Far Country, The 97  c 6 6 5 6 6  6  5
 Forever Female 93  b 6 7 4 6  6  5
 Glenn Miller Story, The 115  c 6 6 6 6 6  6  6
 Hobson's Choice 107  b 7 6 7 9 6  7  7
 Human Desire 91  b 6 5 4 6 5  6  5
 It Should Happen to You 83  b 7 6 6 6 6  6  6
 Johnny Guitar 110  c 7 7 5 6 7  6  4
 Knock on Wood 103  c 6 6 6  6  5
 Lesson in Love, A (Swedish) 96  b 8 7 8 9 7  6  6
 Magnificent Obsession 108  c 6 6 5 5 5  6  7
 On the Waterfront 108  b 8 8 8 9 8  9 8
 Purple Plain, The 102  c 6 6 5  5  6
 Rear Window 113  c 8 8 8 9 8  8  7
 Rogue Cop 92  b 6 6 4  6  5
 Romeo and Juliet 135  c 7 6 7 7  6  6
 Sabrina 113  b 7 7 5 7 6  7  7
 Salt of the Earth 94  b 6 7  6  8
 Samurai 1: Legend of Musashi (Japanese) 93  c 7 9 7  6  6
 Sansho the Bailiff (Japanese) 124  b 8 8 7  5  6  7
 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 102  c 8 6 6 9 7  7  6
 Seven Samurai (Japanese) 206  b 8 8 8  9  8  7
 Star Is Born, A 175  c 8 8 6  8  7  7
 Strada, La (Italian) 108  b 8 8 7  9  6  7
 Them! 94  b 7 7 6 7 6  6  6
 There's No Business Like Show Business 117  c 6 5 6 3 6  6  5
 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 127  c 7 8 6  6  6
 Young at Heart 117  c 6 6 6 6 5  6  6

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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