During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954) Carlo Lizzani, Anna Maria Ferrero, Cosetta Greco, Antonella Lualdi
In 1925 the young florentine typographer Mario moves to via del Corno to be near his girl-friend Bianca. Read More »
The Matchmaker (1958) Joseph Anthony, Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine
It’s 1884 in Yonkers, New York. Dolly Gallagher-Levi is a Jane-of-all-Trades, but her latest and most lucrative venture is as a matchmaker Read More »
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953) Arthur Crabtree, Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, Sidney James
War time drama. Lili will not marry her true Love, an American reporter, until she becomes a star. Read More »
Night of the Demon (1957) Jacques Tourneur, Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis
Dr. John Holden ventures to London to attend a paranormal psychology symposium with the intention to expose devil cult leader Julian Karswell. Read More »
The Spaniard’s Curse (1958) Ralph Kemplen, Tony Wright, Lee Patterson, Susan Beaumont
A man is convicted of murder. He denies murder, and uses an ancient curse to threaten those responsible for sentencing him to death. Read More »
The Cheat (1950) Yves Allégret, Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Jacques Baumer
After having spent all his money to fullfill the smallest wish of his wife Dora, Robert is still madly in love with her. Read More »
Santa Claus (1959) René Cardona, José Elías Moreno, Cesáreo Quezadas ‘Pulgarcito’, José Luis Aguirre ‘Trotsky’
Santa Claus, high above the North Pole in his cloud-borne castle equipped with more surveillance devices than the Impossible Mission Force Read More »
The Merry Widow (1952) Curtis Bernhardt, Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek Read More »
Little Fugitive (1953) Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams
Joey, a young boy, runs away to Coney Island after he is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother. Read More »
I Was a Shoplifter (1950) Charles Lamont, Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King
Police detective sergeant Jeff Andrews is working on a case involving a gang of shoplifters Read More »
The Rocket Man (1954) Oscar Rudolph, Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, Anne Francis
Wacky complications ensue when a little boy comes into possession of a ray gun that compels anyone caught in its beam to tell the truth. Read More »
Neapolitan Carousel (1954) Ettore Giannini, Léonide Massine, Achille Millo, Agostino Salvietti
Music, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples Read More »
Hanussen (1955) O.W. Fischer, Georg Marischka, Liselotte Pulver, Erni Mangold
In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis. Read More »
The One That Got Away (1957) Roy Ward Baker, Hardy Krüger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe
This is the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in Britain during the Second World War. Read More »