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Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
Time Lock (1957) Gerald Thomas, Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall, Thriller
A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy. Read More »
Them (1954) Gordon Douglas, James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the New Mexico desert, Police Sgt. Ben Peterson and his partner find a child wandering in the desert and sooner they discover that giant ants are attacking the locals. Read More »
Mister Roberts (1955) John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Comedy, Drama, War
Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. Read More »
The Red and the Black (1954) Claude Autant-Lara, Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Antonella Lualdi, Drama, Romance
It’s no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era Read More »
The Veils of Bagdad (1953) George Sherman, Victor Mature, Mari Blanchard, Virginia Field, Action, Adventure, Drama
Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad Read More »
Destination Moon (1950) Irving Pichel, John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
After their latest rocket fails, Dr. Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer have to start over again. Read More »
The Garment Jungle (1957) Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich, Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
During the 1950s, the New York garment industry is going through a turmoil. Read More »