Marcus Numidius (Ettore Manni), a Roman tribune sent to Armenia to put down a gladiators’ revolt Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Futures vedettes (1955) Marc Allégret, Jean Marais, Brigitte Bardot, Isabelle Pia
At the Conservatory of Vienna the student only have eyes for their beautiful singing teacher, tenor Eric Walter. Read More »
Poison Ivy (1953) Bernard Borderie, Eddie Constantine, Dominique Wilms, Howard Vernon
Two million dollars have vanished into thin air. Lemmy Caution, an American agent, is assigned by the FBI to investigate in Casablanca. Read More »
Barnacle Bill (1957) Charles Frend, Alec Guinness, Harry Locke, Frederick Piper
Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors…but is all too susceptible to seasickness. Read More »
Merry-Go-Round (1956) Zoltán Fábri, Mari Töröcsik, Imre Soós, Ádám Szirtes
In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Read More »
Sins of Rome (1953) Riccardo Freda, Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tchérina, Yves Vincent
74 B.C. Somewhere in the Roman Empire, Spartacus, a young officer, is condemned to be a slave because he hit a superior. Read More »
Show Boat (1951) George Sidney, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel
The “Cotton Blossom”, owned by the Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Read More »
Colt .45 (1950) Edwin L. Marin, Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott
Gun salesman Steve Farrell gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless killer Jason Brett Read More »
Jupiter’s Darling (1955) George Sidney, Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Marge Champion
Fabius loves his beautiful but vulnerable city, Rome, and he also loves his beautiful but invulnerable fiancée, Amytis. Read More »
Forbidden Fruit (1952) Henri Verneuil, Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Jacques Castelot
Charles Pellegrin, 40-year-old country doctor, buys a practice in Arles, a provincial town near Marseille. Read More »
The 13th Letter (1951) Otto Preminger, Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael Rennie
Respectable citizens receive anonymous letters revealing their adulterous relationships. Read More »
Me and the Colonel (1958) Peter Glenville, Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens, Nicole Maurey
Jacobowsky, a Jewish refugee, flees from the Nazis with an aristocratic, anti-semitic Polish officer trying to get papers to England. Read More »
Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) Ralph Murphy, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Alan Hale Jr.
A female version of the man in the iron mask. In this version the mask is put on a princess Read More »
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) George Sidney, Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw
In the late 20’s, the talkative newly graduated in pharmacy and aspirant piano player Eddy Duchin comes from Boston to New York Read More »
The Scapegoat (1959) Robert Hamer, Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey
On a vacation in France from his nondescript job and life, John Barratt encounters a titled but impoverished French nobleman who looks exactly like him. Read More »