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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Possessors (1958) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Annie Ducaux, Jean Desailly
Noël Schoudler is the head of a wealthy and powerful family in France. Read More »
Josephine and Men (1955) Roy Boulting, Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men… Read More »
Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952) Renato Castellani, Maria Fiore, Vincenzo Musolino, Filomena Russo
Antonio is the sole support of her large family. Carmela wants to marry, but has no money Read More »
The Miami Story (1954) Fred F. Sears, Barry Sullivan, Luther Adler, John Baer
When Miamia, Florida became national headquarters for a ten billion dollar crime syndicate ruled by crime-czar Tomy Brill (Luther Adler) Read More »
The Long Arm (1956) Charles Frend, Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison
Someone has broken into the safe of a London company, and yet no force or explosive was used Read More »
Ride a Violent Mile (1957) Charles Marquis Warren, John Agar, Penny Edwards, John Pickard
Cowhand Jeff Donner meets Susan Crowley, a spy for the Union in the Civil War Read More »
The James Dean Story (1957) Robert Altman, George W. George, Martin Gabel, James Dean, Lew Bracker
This documentary, which was undertaken soon after James Dean’s death, looks at Dean’s life through the use of still photographs with narration Read More »
Dick Barton at Bay (1950) Godfrey Grayson, Don Stannard, Tamara Desni, George Ford
Special Agent Dick Barton has been assigned to recover a kidnapped professor Read More »
We, the Women (1953) Gianni Franciolini, Alfredo Guarini, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Isa Miranda
Five portraits of actresses in their “common” life, seen as women rather than movie stars. Read More »
The Magnificent Tramp (1959) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier
Archiméde is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Read More »
Blue Denim (1959) Philip Dunne, Carol Lynley, Brandon De Wilde, Macdonald Carey
Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Read More »
Stella (1950) Claude Binyon, Ann Sheridan, Victor Mature, Leif Erickson
Uncle Joe’s untimely demise brings about an endless parade of unexpected consequences. Read More »
Suspended Alibi (1957) Alfred Shaughnessy, Patrick Holt, Honor Blackman, Valentine Dyall
A married editor who is having an affair pretends that he is visiting an army friend Read More »
Cosh Boy (1953) Lewis Gilbert, James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies
Amongst the bomb-sites and dark alleys of postwar London Roy Walsh and his gang of juvenile delinquents waylay and rob old ladies. Read More »