An irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Revolt in the Big House (1958) R.G. Springsteen, Gene Evans, Robert Blake, Timothy Carey
After eluding numerous convictions for ten years, New York City notorious criminal Lou Gannon is finally convicted for armed robbery and murder. Read More »
Days and Night AKA Ayyam wa layali (1955) Henry Barakat, Abdel Halim Hafez, Eman, Mahmoud El-Meliguy
Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez stars in director Henri Barakat’s romantic musical drama about an athletic young man Read More »
Valley of Eagles (1951) Terence Young, Jack Warner, Nadia Gray, John McCallum
A Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. Read More »
I Am Waiting AKA Ore wa matteru ze (1957) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi
Jôji is a boxer barred from the ring; Saeko is a singer whose voice is gone. Read More »
Death of a Salesman (1951) Laslo Benedek, Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy
Based on Arthur Miller’s famous play. Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point Read More »
The Lawless (1950) Joseph Losey, Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands
Former big city newsman Larry Wilder is tired of fighting the powers that be Read More »
Listen to the Roar of the Ocean AKA Kike wadatsumi no koe: Nippon senbotsu gakusei shuki (1950) Hideo Sekigawa, Hajime Izu, Yasumi Hara, Akitake Kon
Kike wadatsumi no koe: Nippon senbotsu gakusei shuki is a 1950 black and white Japanese war drama film directed by Hideo Sekigawa and based on the best-seller Listen to the Voices from the Sea. This film is strongly anti-war film. Read More »
Gangster Boss AKA Le grand chef (1959) Henri Verneuil, Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Papouf
In Paris, scoundrel mates Paolo and Antoine Venturen hope to get rich quick by asking ransom fro rich Mr. Jumelin’s preteen son Eric. Read More »
Village by the River AKA Dorp aan de rivier (1958) Fons Rademakers, Max Croiset, Mary Dresselhuys, Bernard Droog
An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins Read More »
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958) Howard W. Koch, Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip Read More »
Damn Citizen (1958) Robert Gordon, Keith Andes, Margaret Hayes, Lynn Bari
Based on a true story, this film tells of a police chief hired to wipe out corruption in the Louisiana State Police. Read More »
Dance Hall (1950) Charles Crichton, Natasha Parry, Jane Hylton, Diana Dors
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Read More »
An Inlet of Muddy Water AKA Nigorie (1953) Tadashi Imai, Akiko Tamura, Yatsuko Tan’ami, Ken Mitsuda
Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. Read More »
Laughing Anne (1953) Herbert Wilcox, Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker
Based on Conrad’s short story of a red-headed beauty of the eighteen-eighties who was a singer Read More »