The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Young Man with Ideas (1952) Mitchell Leisen, Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel
A Montana lawyer (Glenn Ford) gets distracted after moving to California with his wife (Ruth Roman) and children. Read More »
Never Steal Anything Small (1959) Charles Lederer, James Cagney, Shirley Jones, Roger Smith
Jake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. Read More »
Hit the Deck (1955) Roy Rowland, Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds
Sailor Danny Xavier Smith and two other gobs try to save his sister Susan’s virtue. She wants to get a role in the show “Hit the Deck”. Read More »
Michael Strogoff (1956) Carmine Gallone, Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Jacques Dacqmine
In 19th century Russia a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates mainland Russia from the Russian far east. Read More »
The Overtaxed AKA I tartassati (1959) Steno, Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Cathia Caro
Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a very well established luxury clothing store. Read More »
My Man and I (1952) William A. Wellman, Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey
Chu Chu Ramirez is a Mexican farm laborer in California, with lofty ideals, who is very proud of his new American citizenship. Read More »
Lust for Life (1956) Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness Read More »
The Happy Family AKA Mr. Lord Says No (1952) Muriel Box, Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan Read More »
The Reluctant Debutante (1958) Vincente Minnelli, Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, John Saxon
Jimmy and Sheila Broadbent (Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall), welcome to London Jimmy’s 17-year-old daughter, Jane (Sandra Dee). Read More »
Moonfleet (1955) Fritz Lang, Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood
Somewhere in the 18th century Great Britain, noble but penniless young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet Read More »
Shadow in the Sky (1952) Fred M. Wilcox, Ralph Meeker, Nancy Reagan, James Whitmore
Burt served in the Marines during the war, but now he is confined to an asylum. Read More »
South Sea Sinner (1950) H. Bruce Humberstone, Macdonald Carey, Shelley Winters, Luther Adler
A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka Read More »
Carmen Jones (1954) Otto Preminger, Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey
At an all-black army camp, civilian parachute maker and “hot bundle” Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Read More »
Before the Deluge AKA Avant le déluge (1954) André Cayatte, Antoine Balpêtré, Paul Bisciglia, Bernard Blier
Self-centered parents of the 50’s targeted by drama in which teenagers panicking after burglary supposed to finance the run from the Third World War. Read More »