The Big Heat (1952), William P. McGivern (book), The Big Heat (1953) (film)

The Big Heat is a 1953 film noir directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin. It is about a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city, after the murder of his wife. The film was written by former crime reporter Sydney Boehm, based on a serial by William P. McGivern, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and was published as a novel in 1953. The film was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011.

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Beyond This Place (1953), A. J. Cronin (book), Beyond This Place (1955) (film)

Beyond This Place is a novel by Scottish author A. J. Cronin first published in 1950. The first Edition for Australia and New Zealand was in 1953. A serial version appeared in Collier's under the title of To Live Again.

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Battle Cry (1953), Leon Uris (book), Battle Cry (1955) (film)

Battle Cry is a 1955 CinemaScope film, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, James Whitmore, Tab Hunter, Anne Francis, Dorothy Malone, Raymond Massey, and Mona Freeman. The movie is based on the novel by Leon Uris, who also wrote the screenplay, and was produced and directed by Raoul Walsh.

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Away All Boats (1953), Kenneth M. Dodson (book), Away All Boats (1956) (film)

Away All Boats is a 1956 American war film produced by Universal-International. It was directed by Joseph Pevney and produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson.

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All the Brothers Were Valiant (1919), Ben Ames Williams (book), All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) (film)

All the Brothers Were Valiant is a 1953 adventure drama film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), based on the 1919 novel All the Brothers Were Valiant by Ben Ames Williams.

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After the Funeral (1953), Agatha Christie (book), Murder at the Gallop (1963) (film)

Murder at the Gallop (1963) is the second of four Miss Marple films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on the novel After the Funeral by Agatha Christie, and starred Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Charles "Bud" Tingwell as Inspector Craddock and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's real-life husband) as Jane Marple's friend Mr. Stringer.

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