Tag Archives: 1950s
The Lady Pays Off (1951) Douglas Sirk, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Gigi Perreau, Comedy, Drama
Biruma no tategoto / The Burmese Harp (1956) Kon Ichikawa, Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Drama, Music, War
The Land Unknown (1957) Virgil W. Vogel, Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Beautiful Stranger (1954) David Miller, Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, Stanley Baker, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Undercover Girl (1950) Joseph Pevney, Alexis Smith, Scott Brady, Richard Egan, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Face of a Fugitive (1959) Paul Wendkos, Fred MacMurray, Lin McCarthy, Dorothy Green, Western
A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. Read More »
I soliti ignoti / Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Mario Monicelli, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Comedy, Crime
Peppe, formerly a boxer, organizes the break-in of a pawnshop. Tiberio, an unemployed photographer, Mario, a receiver, the Sicilian Michele and Capannelle, an ex-jockey, are the other members of the gang. Read More »
Fire Down Below (1957) Robert Parrish, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Adventure, Drama
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. Read More »
The Light in the Forest (1958) Herschel Daugherty, Fess Parker, Wendell Corey, Joanne Dru, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance, Western
In 1764, the British come to an agreement with the native Delaware tribes in order to bring peace to the region. Read More »
Red Ball Express (1952) Budd Boetticher, Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Drama, War
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton’s Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. Read More »
Day of the Outlaw (1959) André De Toth, Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Western
In the quiet frontier town of Bitters, Wyo., a dispute between cattleman Blaise Starrett (Robert Ryan) and farmer Hal Crane (Alan Marshal) is about to boil over into a bloody feud. Read More »
Once a Thief (1950) W. Lee Wilder, Cesar Romero, June Havoc, Marie McDonald, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as a waitress. Read More »
Shiroi yajuu / White Beast (1950) Mikio Naruse, Mitsuko Miura, Sô Yamamura, Eiji Okada, Drama
The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman’s prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. Read More »
Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki / She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955) Keisuke Kinoshita, Noriko Arita, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Drama, Romance
An old man, being rowed along a river, sees a field of daisies (or Wild Chrysanthemums, as they are described in the title, or starworts, as they are referred to in the subtitles), and thinks back to when he was fifteen. Read More »