Cinema: Choice for 1951

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Isle of Sinners (renamed God Needs Men). A stirring French film with Pierre Fresnay as a devout fisherman whose fellow islanders prod him into the sacrilege of serving as their priest (TIME, April 16).

Oliver Twist. Director David Lean's British-made version of the Dickens novel; with Alec Guinness and John Howard Davies (TIME, May 14).

A Place in the Sun. Director George Stevens' adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy; with Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Taylor (TIME, Sept. 10).

A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams' Broadway drama; with Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter (TIME, Sept. 17).

An American in Paris. A buoyant, tasteful musical set to a George Gershwin score with Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron (TIME, Oct. 8).

The Red Badge of Courage. Stephen Crane's classic Civil War novel, adapted by Writer-Director John Huston; with Audie Murphy and Bill Mauldin (TIME, Oct. 8).

The Lavender Hill Mob. Alec Guinness in a superior British concoction of wit and farce (TIME, Oct. 15).

La Ronde. A worldly-wise French comedy of bedroom manners in old Vienna, based on Schnitzler's Reigen; with Anton Walbrook, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon (TIME, Oct. 22).

Detective Story. Director William Wyler's production of Sidney Kingsley's stage hit; with Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker (TIME, Oct.29).

Miracle in Milan. A warm, richly comic fantasy by Italy's Vittorio de Sica (TIME, Dec. 17).