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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Gambler (1958) Claude Autant-Lara, Gérard Philipe, Liselotte Pulver, Françoise Rosay, Drama
In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Read More »
Fortune Is a Woman (1957) Sidney Gilliat, Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price, Crime, Drama
Oliver Bramwell, an insurance inspector, arrives at Lewis Manor where he is to investigate a fire that broke out there on Christmas Eve. Read More »
Track the Man Down (1955) R.G. Springsteen, Kent Taylor, Petula Clark, George Rose, Crime, Drama
The melodramatic crime caper centers on a robbery at a greyhound racetrack that results in the unintentional murder of a guard. Read More »
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Ingmar Bergman, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Comedy, Romance
It’s late nineteenth century Sweden. Middle aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his nineteen year old current wife Anne Egerman’s two-year marriage has not yet been consummated. Read More »
Man in the Dark (1953) Lew Landers, Edmond O’Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A thug is convicted and undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. Read More »
Im All Right Jack (1959) John Boulting, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Comedy
Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Read More »
The Chasers (1959) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jacques Charrier, Charles Aznavour, Dany Robin, Drama
Two young men, one shy and one self-confident, spend a fast-paced night in Paris trying to pick up chicks. They confront every possible difficulty. Read More »
The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) Francesco Stefani, Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt, Eckart Dux, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A courageous prince would like to win the core of a princess that is stubborn by locating the singing, ringing tree to get her. Read More »
The Naked Maja (1958) Henry Koster, Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa, Amedeo Nazzari, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess. Read More »
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) Robert J. Flaherty, Fredric March, Documentary
The life and works of this excellent artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are displayed against the historical backdrop of the time. Read More »
The Steel Jungle (1956) Walter Doniger, Perry Lopez, Beverly Garland, Walter Abel, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The Steel Jungle is your prison in which most of the movie occurs. Perry Lopez heads the cast as two-bit bookie Ed Novak Read More »
On Trial (1954) Julien Duvivier, Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Crime, Drama
Etzel, the son of prosecutor Wolf Andergast, finds that eight years ago his dad condemned Léonard Maurizius into a lifetime sentence for the murder of his wife Elisabeth. Read More »
Murder in the Cathedral (1951) George Hoellering, John Groser, Alexander Gauge, David Ward, Drama
Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation Read More »
House of Wax (1953) André De Toth, Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Horror
Professor Henry Jarrod is an actual performer whose wax sculptures are life threatening. Read More »