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Tag Archives: 1950s
Call Me Mister (1951) Lloyd Bacon, Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas
G.I. Sergeant Shep Dooley, former stage star awaiting discharge in postwar Tokyo Read More »
No Trees in the Street (1959) J. Lee Thompson, Sylvia Syms, Herbert Lom, Ronald Howard
Surrounded by new 1950s East End high-rise flats, a London detective thinks back to how different things were in the late 1930s. Read More »
Escape to Burma (1955) Allan Dwan, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar
A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. Read More »
They Who Dare (1954) Lewis Milestone, Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff
In Greece, during World War II, a small group of British commandoes Read More »
Soldier of Fortune (1955) Edward Dmytryk, Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie
During the 1950s an American journalist disappears in China. Read More »
Destination Gobi (1953) Robert Wise, Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter
A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II Read More »
A Millionaire for Christy (1951) George Marshall, Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson
This hilarious comedy gave MacMurray a chance to show his comedic chops as Peter Read More »
A Town Like Alice (1956) Jack Lee, Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki
In 1941, The advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. Read More »
Night Was Our Friend (1951) Michael Anderson, Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Gough, Ronald Howard
Martin’s plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. Read More »
Waterfront (1950) Michael Anderson, Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott
A good-for-nothing sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. Read More »
Powder River (1953) Louis King, Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, Cameron Mitchell
Ex-marshal Chino Bull has hung up his guns until his prospecting partner is shot dead. Read More »
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff
Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. Read More »
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959) John Gilling, Victor Mature, Anne Aubrey, Anthony Newley
Bandit of Zhobe is what actor Hans Conried once described as a “western in burnoose.” Read More »
The Band Wagon (1953) Vincente Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie and tails to be exact). Read More »