Edward Beale is in charge of finding a shorter trail across the American desert Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Here Is the Beauty AKA La belle que voilà (1950) Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Ludmilla Tchérina
Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted. Read More »
The Tunnel of Love (1958) Gene Kelly, Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young
The Pooles are unable to have a baby after years of trying. They apply to the Rock-A-Bye Adoption Agency Read More »
Boy on a Dolphin (1957) Jean Negulesco, Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren
Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. Read More »
Once Upon a Horse… (1958) Hal Kanter, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Martha Hyer
Dan and Doc are incompetent desperados who plan to give crime one more try before going straight. Read More »
The Sheep Has Five Legs AKA Le mouton à cinq pattes (1954) Henri Verneuil, Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Andrex
The matchless French farceur Fernandel essays six different roles in The Sheep Has Five Legs. Read More »
It’s Forever Springtime AKA È primavera… (1950) Renato Castellani, Mario Angelotti, Elena Varzi, Donato Donati
Beppe Agosti, a Florentine and an orphan boy, is very fond of girls, especially maids. Read More »
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) Frank Tashlin, Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O’Brien
The inimitable writer-director Frank Tashlin once more aims his satiric barbs at modern culture Read More »
Man in the Vault (1956) Andrew V. McLaglen, William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg
There’s $200,000 in a Los Angeles safety-deposit box that mobster Willis Trent Read More »
The Mole People (1956) Virgil W. Vogel, John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont
On an archaeological dig in Asia, Dr. Roger Bentley finds a cuneiform tablet referring Read More »
Her Bridal Night AKA La mariée est trop belle (1956) Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine and becomes a top model. Read More »
Night of Love AKA Tradita (1954) Mario Bonnard, Brigitte Bardot, Lucia Bosè, Pierre Cressoy
In 1915 Italy, in the Alberti family’s castle live the count’s widow and her slightly-crippled elder son Enrico Read More »
The Great Game (1953) Maurice Elvey, James Hayter, Thora Hird, Diana Dors
The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical Read More »
No Road Back (1957) Montgomery Tully, Skip Homeier, Paul Carpenter, Patricia Dainton
A blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son Read More »
Cloudburst (1951) Francis Searle, Robert Preston, Elizabeth Sellars, Colin Tapley
A Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office Read More »