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Tag Archives: 1950s
O Cangaceiro (1953) Lima Barreto, Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro
Brazilian movie inspired by American westerns (but losing none of its cultural integrity) about Cangaceiro (bandit) Teodoro Read More »
The McConnell Story (1955) Gordon Douglas, Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore
Mac’s plans to settle down and raise a family are upset by the Korean War. He goes as a fighter pilot and returns a hero, the first triple ace of the war. Read More »
Voice Without a Shadow AKA Kagenaki koe (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko
Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Read More »
Running Wild (1955) Abner Biberman, William Campbell, Mamie Van Doren, Keenan Wynn
A young rookie cop goes undercover to bust up an auto theft ring run by juvenile delinquents. Read More »
Short Grass (1950) Lesley Selander, Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Johnny Mack Brown
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Read More »
White Corridors (1951) Pat Jackson, Googie Withers, James Donald, Godfrey Tearle
The scene is Yeoman’s Hospital, set in the English Midlands, soon after the NHS was founded. Read More »
Whirlpool (1959) Lewis Allen, Juliette Gréco, O.W. Fischer, Muriel Pavlow
On the run from her murderous wartime partner in crime Hermann, Lora hides on a small cargo boat captained by heroic Rolf. Read More »
This Can’t Happen Here AKA Sånt händer inte här (1950) Ingmar Bergman, Signe Hasso, Alf Kjellin, Ulf Palme
Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. Read More »
Not of This Earth (1957) Roger Corman, Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones
An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to earth via a high-tech matter transporter. Read More »
Windom’s Way (1957) Ronald Neame, Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Natasha Parry
A doctor’s sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Read More »
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) Arthur Crabtree, Michael Gough, June Cunningham, Graham Curnow
A frustrated thriller writer wants accurate crimes for his next book so he hypnotizes his assistant to make him commit the required crimes. Read More »
Shotgun (1955) Lesley Selander, Sterling Hayden, Yvonne De Carlo, Zachary Scott
Clay Hardin, a Deputy U.S. Marshal, is about to turn in his badge and take the job as the territory’s Indian commissioner Read More »
Border Treasure (1950) George Archainbaud, Tim Holt, Jane Nigh, John Doucette
Anita Castro is raising money for Mexican earthquake victims. Read More »
Romeo and Juliet (1954) Renato Castellani, Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson
In Shakespeare’s classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy Read More »