5 Films & TV Shows Set In Kentucky During The 1950s
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The Queen's Gambit: Limited Series
Kentucky Nevada New York Ohio 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇷🇺 Russia The 1950s The 1960sIn a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.
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Trumbo
Kentucky District of Columbia California The 1970s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sAre you now or have you ever been... — The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
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The People vs. Larry Flynt
California Georgia Ohio Kentucky The 1970s The 1980s The 1950sYou may not like what he does, but are you prepared to give up his right to do it? — Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
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Great Balls of Fire!
England Mississippi Tennessee New York Kentucky The 1950s The 1940sThe true story of a legend. — The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
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W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Tennessee Kentucky The 1950sBack in 1957, sweet-talking W.W. lived in a '55 Olds, loved bubble gum, Errol Flynn, country music, fried chicken, robbing filling stations, and a girl named Dixie. Not necessarily in that order. — Story of a happy-go-lucky small time crook who runs into a country music group looking for their big break. They end up helping each other out in unexpected ways.