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Tag Archives: 1950s
Silver Lode (1954) Allan Dwan, John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode Read More »
The Dark Man (1951) Jeffrey Dell, Edward Underdown, Maxwell Reed, Natasha Parry
A killer called ‘The Dark Man’ commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. Read More »
The Great War (1959) Mario Monicelli, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Bernard Blier
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are conscripted, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. Read More »
Gift Horse (1952) Compton Bennett, Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, Sonny Tufts
In 1940, a mothballed American destroyer is commissioned in the Royal Navy. Read More »
Above Us the Waves (1955) Ralph Thomas, John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British Navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. Read More »
The Deadly Mantis (1957) Nathan Juran, Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton
The calving of an Arctic iceberg releases a giant praying mantis, trapped in suspended animation since prehistoric times. Read More »
Sky Full of Moon (1952) Norman Foster, Carleton Carpenter, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn
Sky Full of Moon gets under way when Vegas gambling-joint owner Al (Keenan Wynn) rescues rodeo rider Harley Williams (Carleton Carpenter) from drowning. Read More »
African Treasure (1952) Ford Beebe, Johnny Sheffield, Laurette Luez, Martin Garralaga
Andy Barnes gets word by short wave that two of the three geologists who passed through his district some weeks before were known diamond smugglers Read More »
Tank Commandos (1959) Burt Topper, Donato Farretta, Robert Barron, Maggie Lawrence
A demolition squad searches for how the Germans are getting tanks across a river. Read More »
Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959) Kaneto Shindô, Jûkichi Uno, Nobuko Otowa, Harold Conway
An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru (“Lucky Dragon No. 5”) sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Read More »
The Tall Men (1955) Raoul Walsh, Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan
Two brothers, Ben and Clint, join a cattle drive from Texas to Montana. Read More »
The Big Operator (1959) Charles F. Haas, Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren
Bill Gibson is Little Joe’s nemesis and is one of the men who can testify that he saw the labor boss in an incriminating Read More »
Love in the City (1953) Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Rita Josa, Rosanna Carta, Enrico Pelliccia
Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. Read More »
L’homme et l’enfant (1956) Raoul André, Eddie Constantine, Juliette Gréco, Folco Lulli
The “man” is Eddie Constantine; the “child” is Eddie’s adopted daughter. Read More »