A Captain with a mistress at another port leaves his wife on a routine trip with his son. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950
Sunset Blvd. (1950) Billy Wilder, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
In early-1950s Hollywood, obscure screenplay-writer Joe Gillis is unable to sell his work to the studios Read More »
To Please a Lady (1950) Clarence Brown, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made Read More »
Guilty Bystander (1950) Joseph Lerner, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland
An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town Read More »
Unvanquished City AKA Robinson warszawski (1950) Jerzy Zarzycki, Jan Kurnakowicz, Zofia Mrozowska, Igor Smialowski
The story of those who stayed in the ruins and rubbles of Warsaw after the failure of the 1944 uprising. Read More »
The Man Without a Face AKA El hombre sin rostro (1950) Juan Bustillo Oro, Arturo de Córdova, Carmen Molina, Miguel Ángel Ferriz
A faceless killer who hunts women can only be stopped by a detective with a disturbing past. Read More »
The Showdown (1950) Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, Bill Elliott, Walter Brennan, Marie Windsor
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has a ruthless determination to find Read More »
Johnny One-Eye (1950) Robert Florey, Pat O’Brien, Wayne Morris, Dolores Moran
Big-time racketeer Martin Martin, on the eve of his projected move into New York politics Read More »
The Sky Is Red AKA Il cielo è rosso (1950) Claudio Gora, Marina Berti, Jacques Sernas, Mischa Auer Jr.
Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing Read More »
No Way Out (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally
The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital Read More »
Genghis Khan (1950) Manuel Conde, Elvira Reyes, Inday Jalandoni
Temujin, who later became Genghis Khan is wise, or sometimes cunning. Read More »
Young Man with a Horn (1950) Michael Curtiz, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day
Aimless youth Rick Martin learns he has a gift for music and falls in love with the trumpet. Read More »
No Trace (1950) John Gilling, Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan, John Laurie
When crime-writer Robert Southley finds his well-healed London lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former American criminal associate he murders him. Read More »