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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Seven Little Foys (1955) Melville Shavelson, Bob Hope, Milly Vitale, George Tobias
Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. Read More »
Journey to Freedom (1957) Robert C. Dertano, Jacques Scott, Geneviève Aumont, George Graham
An Eastern European escapes to America, where Communist agents try to track him down. Read More »
Advance Patrol (1957) Kazuo Mori, Kenji Sugawara, Yoshirô Kitahara, Ryûji Shinagawa
January 1905, Manchuria. The Russo-Japanese War has been going on for nearly a year. Read More »
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) William Witney, Dorothy Provine, Jack Hogan, Richard Bakalyan
In the 1930s, amoral blonde tommy-gun girl Bonnie Parker cut a swath of bodies across the South-West. Read More »
Tiger by the Tail AKA Cross-Up (1955) John Gilling, Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely
On the first night of his London assignment, news agency reporter John Desmond becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. Read More »
What Price Glory (1952) John Ford, James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey
In 1918 France, Captain Flagg commands a disreputable company of Marines; his new top sergeant is his old friendly enemy, Quirt. Read More »
Yesterday’s Enemy (1959) Val Guest, Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage Read More »
Farewells AKA Pozegnania (1958) Wojciech Has, Maria Wachowiak, Tadeusz Janczar, Gustaw Holoubek
The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family Read More »
Air of Paris AKA L’air de Paris (1954) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Arletty, Roland Lesaffre
Once a professional boxer, Victor now has only one ambition: to coach a young amateur boxer to become a true champion. Read More »
The Six Men (1951) Michael Law, Harold Warrender, Olga Edwardes, Peter Bull
In this crime drama, two Scotland Yard investigators try to break up “The Six Men,” a notorious gang of jewel thieves. Read More »
Derby Day (1952) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. Read More »
Wife for a Night AKA Moglie per una notte (1952) Mario Camerini, Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray
A libidinous count, out of his wife’s sight, pursues a mysterious woman. Read More »
Deadlier Than the Male AKA Voici le temps des assassins… (1956) Julien Duvivier, Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme, Robert Arnoux
André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. Read More »
The Country Girl (1954) George Seaton, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd Read More »