A mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his doctors, and sent back to his old neighborhood. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Trio (1950) Ken Annakin, Harold French, James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer
Three short stories are introduced by author W. Somerset Maugham in the second of his anthology film trilogy. Read More »
Victims of Sin (1951) Emilio Fernández, Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta
In México City, a Cuban dancer from “Cabaret Changó” rescues a baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco pimp gets in her way. Read More »
Safari (1956) Terence Young, Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin
An expert African guide, Ken Duffield, thirsts for revenge against the leader of a gang of rebellious Mau Maus who killed his family while he was away. Read More »
The Big Beat (1958) Will Cowan, William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Gogi Grant
Young man just out of college tries to persuade his father, who owns a record company, to start signing up rock ‘n’ roll acts. Read More »
Lonelyhearts (1958) Vincent J. Donehue, Montgomery Clift, Myrna Loy, Robert Ryan
Eager to land a journalistic position, Adam White goes to work as an advice-giving newspaper columnist. Read More »
The Big Chase (1954) Arthur Hilton, Robert L. Lippert Jr., Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Lon Chaney Jr.
Plot has Korean-War vet Grayson returning and joining the L.A. Police Academy Read More »
Indestructible Man (1956) Jack Pollexfen, Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr
“Butcher” Benton goes to his death in the state prison, cursing the three men who double-crossed him following an armored-car hold-up Read More »
Moulin Rouge (1952) John Huston, José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Read More »
Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser (1957) Gerhard Klein, Ekkehard Schall, Ilse Pagé, Ernst-Georg Schwill
The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Read More »
Terror at Midnight (1956) Franklin Adreon, Scott Brady, Joan Vohs, Frank Faylen
Neal Rickards (Scott Brady, a young police detective is investigating a big interstate hot-car racket. Read More »
The Jazz Singer (1952) Michael Curtiz, Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz
Jerry dreams to become a famous jazz singer. But in order to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor, who is opposed to such dream as a future for his son. Read More »
Wetbacks (1956) Hank McCune, Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane
About to lose his sole possession, his boat, for lack of payments, ex- Coast Guardsman Jim Benson takes a gamble on a fishing charter Read More »
Bitter Victory (1957) Nicholas Ray, Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman
In North Africa during World War II, Major David Brand is assigned to lead a British commando raid into German-held Benghazi Read More »
Time Table (1956) Mark Stevens, King Calder, Felicia Farr
As a train speeds through the Arizona night, a man posing as a physician holds up the baggage-car crew and escapes with a $500,000 payroll. Read More »