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Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
The Desperate Hours (1955) William Wyler, Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy
After escaping from prison, Glenn Griffin, his brother Hal and a third inmate Sam Kobish randomly select a house Read More »
Voice in the Mirror (1958) Harry Keller, Richard Egan, Julie London, Walter Matthau
Jim Burton has become a chronic alcoholic since the death of his young daughter, and is cared for by hard-working wife. Read More »
A Stranger in Town (1957) George Pollock, Alex Nicol, Anne Paige, Mary Laura Wood
In a sleepy village, a young composer is found shot dead and a woman is found gassed. Read More »
Jet Pilot (1957) Josef von Sternberg, John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen
Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna. Read More »
Babette Goes to War (1959) Christian-Jaque, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Ronald Howard
During WW2, as the German forces rapidly advance toward the French coast, naive French country girl Babette makes her way to the coastal town of Dieppe. Read More »
Man of the West (1958) Anthony Mann, Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb
On his way to hire a schoolteacher, a homesteader is left a hundred miles from anywhere when the train he is on is robbed. Read More »
Mister Scoutmaster (1953) Henry Levin, Clifton Webb, Edmund Gwenn, George Winslow
Snobby TV star (Clifton Webb) worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that’s why his TV show is failing. Read More »
Alexander the Great (1956) Robert Rossen, Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom
An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes Read More »
Breakout (1959) Peter Graham Scott, Lee Patterson, Hazel Court, William Lucas
A government official arranges prison breaks as a sideline, but the police steps in and his gang is caught. Read More »
Father of the Bride (1950) Vincente Minnelli, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
When beautiful Kay Banks (Elizabeth Taylor) announces her engagement to Buckley Dunstan (Don Taylor) Read More »
The Littlest Hobo (1958) Charles R. Rondeau, Buddy Hart, Wendy Stuart, Carlyle Mitchell
When a roaming German Shepherd Dog rescues a boy’s pet lamb from the slaughterhouse he struggles to reunite them Read More »
A Woman Has Killed (1952) Vittorio Cottafavi, Frank Latimore, Lianella Carell, Alessandro Serbaroli
In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film Read More »
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) Fritz Lang, Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell
In the spring of 1942, following the blockade run that took General Douglas MacArthur Read More »