Cargo Ship takes on a female passenger. Can the Captain contain the crew and himself as they hit stormy conditions and emotions explode? Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Lucky Adventurer Oda Nobunaga (1959) Toshikazu Kôno, Katsuo Nakamura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eitarô Shindô
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. Read More »
One Life (1958) Alexandre Astruc, Maria Schell, Christian Marquand, Pascale Petit
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. Read More »
Susana (1951) Luis Buñuel, Rosita Quintana, Fernando Soler, Víctor Manuel Mendoza
An unstable young woman escapes from a reformatory for very, very wayward girls and deceptively finds shelter in the kind home of a frighteningly nice and decent family. Read More »
Ice Cold in Alex (1958) J. Lee Thompson, John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. Read More »
No Time for Tears (1957) Cyril Frankel, Anna Neagle, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
Anna Neagle steps down from her expensive musical extravaganzas to play a recognizable human being in No Time for Tears. Read More »
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) Daniel Mann, Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore
For two decades Doc and Lola Delaney avoided coming to terms with what Doc considered a “shot gun” marriage. Read More »
Fighting Trouble (1956) George Blair, Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Adele Jergens
“Sach” has become a camera fiend so, in the pursuit of some ready cash, “Duke” takes him and his photographs to the editor of the New York Morning Blade, Mr. Ray Vance. Read More »
The House of the Arrow (1953) Michael Anderson, Oskar Homolka, Robert Urquhart, Yvonne Furneaux
A rich old lady dies in bed and leaves all of her money to her recently adopted daughter, who is quickly accused and exonerated of her murder. Read More »
As Long as Theyre Happy (1955) J. Lee Thompson, Jack Buchanan, Janette Scott, Jeannie Carson
A stockbroker’s youngest daughter tricks an American singer into visiting her family at their suburban Wimbledon home. Read More »
Life with the Lyons (1954) Val Guest, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Richard Lyon
Ben, Bebe and family move into a new house, but are faced with a problematic landlord. Read More »
The Devils Hairpin (1957) Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Arthur Franz
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. Read More »
Maracaibo (1958) Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Abbe Lane
During the 1950s, a Texas oilman is visiting oil rich Venezuela. There he meets some old friends who own several oil derricks. Read More »
The Sign of Venus (1955) Dino Risi, Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri, Vittorio De Sica
Cesira lives with her cousin Agnese. Agnese is beautiful, while Cesira, dreamy and sentimental, is unattractive. Read More »
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) Stanley Donen, Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards
Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. Read More »