World War II drama in which Richard Widmark, as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence, replaces the popular commanding officer of a group of underwater demolition divers. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Chain of Events (1958) Gerald Thomas, Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Lisa Gastoni
When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks all sorts of complications. Read More »
The Desert Song (1953) H. Bruce Humberstone, Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Read More »
Reprisal! (1956) George Sherman, Guy Madison, Felicia Farr, Kathryn Grant
New ranch owner Frank Madden, half Indian but posing as white, arrives just as an all white jury finds the three white Shipley brothers who lynched three Indians innocent. Read More »
Lure of the Wilderness (1952) Jean Negulesco, Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith
A young girl and her father, who was unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp in search of his dog. Read More »
Beauties of the Night (1952) René Clair, Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida
Young Claude, teacher by day, is a struggling composer by night. Alas, everyone around him seems to prefer noise to music. Read More »
Houseboat (1958) Melville Shavelson, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer
Tom Winters, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. Read More »
Crime Against Joe (1956) Lee Sholem, John Bromfield, Julie London, Henry Calvin
Joe Manning returned from the Korean War a changed man and became a Bohemian artist, supported by his understanding mother and distrusted by others. Read More »
Stolen Identity (1953) Gunther von Fritsch, Donald Buka, Joan Camden, Francis Lederer
A jealous concert pianist murders his wife’s lover, then frames an innocent taxi driver for the crime. Read More »
Arctic Flight (1952) Lew Landers, Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Alan Hale Jr.
Monogram Studios certainly got its money’s worth out of contractee Wayne Morris, profitably plunking him into virtually every film genre known to man. Read More »
Attila (1954) Pietro Francisci, Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal
The king of the Huns, whose hordes from various tribes and allies have been sweeping the Asian steppes and both Roman empires, dies, leaving the throne to two sons. Read More »
Mandy (1952) Alexander Mackendrick, Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan
Mandy was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught and so enrol her with a special teacher. Read More »
The Living Idol (1957) René Cardona, Albert Lewin, Steve Forrest, Liliane Montevecchi, James Robertson Justice
Several mysterious deaths are attributed to an ancient stone idol. Read More »
The World in His Arms (1952) Raoul Walsh, Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn
Roistering sea captain Jonathan Clark, who poaches seal pelts from Russian Alaska, meets and woos Russian countess Marina in 1850 San Francisco. Read More »
Ruby Gentry (1952) King Vidor, Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden
Despite their different social class Ruby and Boake grew up together in the 1950s North Carolina. Read More »