Cardboard Science: Jet age

CHAIN LIGHTNING

1950

Directed by Stuart Heisler

Written by Liam O'Brien, Vincent B. Evans, and Lester Cole

Spoiler alert: moderate

Chief? McLeod!

DETECTIVE STORY

1951

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Robert Wyler and Philip Yordan (based on the play by Sidney Kingsley)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Cardboard Science: I married Colonel Kurtz!

THE NAKED JUNGLE

A throwback even for 1954, this romantic creature-feature does the romance better than just about any "proper" sci-fi film, and does its creatures fair justice, too.

1954

Directed by Byron Haskin

Written by Philip Yordan, Ranald MacDougall, and Ben Maddow (based on the story "Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson)

With Charlton Heston (Christopher Leiningen), Eleanor Parker (Joanna Leiningen), Abraham Sofaer (Incacha), William Conrad (The Commissioner), and John Dierkes (Gruber)

Spoiler alert: moderate