André Morell · 1950s

2 André Morell movies from the 1950s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Decade

All 3 1950s 2 1970s 1

Year

All 2 1950 0 1951 0 1952 1 1953 0 1954 0 1955 0 1956 0 1957 1 1958 0 1959 0

The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)

7.8/10

dir. David Lean

S-Tier

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

Sony Pictures · 60th Anniversary Edition

Stolen Face(1952)

6.0/10

dir. Terence Fisher

Another Terence Fisher Hammer pre-horror restoration from their in-house 4K program, a 72-minute noir with Paul Henreid and Lizabeth Scott in a Pygmalion-twist plastic surgery plot. The Limited Collector's Edition ships with both UK and US cuts across two discs plus five European subtitle tracks. Region ABC on both, rare for a Hammer direct release.

Hammer Films · Limited Edition