The lecherous, tyrannical prince of Guastalla falls in love with Emilia, the daughter of colonel Odoardo Galotti. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
It Happens in Roma AKA Gli ultimi cinque minuti (1955) Giuseppe Amato, Linda Darnell, Vittorio De Sica, Peppino De Filippo
Renata and Carlo covet the same apartment in Rome. They first quarrel but Carlo finds Read More »
Los isleros (1951) Lucas Demare, Tita Merello, Arturo García Buhr, Alita Román
Leandro and the Carancha are inhabitants of the islands of the Parana Delta and agree a pair. Read More »
Giuditta e Oloferne (1959) Fernando Cerchio, Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey, Renato Baldini
A beautiful girl plans to seduce, then murder, the brutal conqueror who has taken over her city. Read More »
Tonight We Sing (1953) Mitchell Leisen, David Wayne, Ezio Pinza, Roberta Peters
Story of the legendary impresario Sol Hurok and the many stars that he introduced and represented to the world of music. Read More »
Julie (1956) Andrew L. Stone, Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan
Her new husband’s behaviour convinces Julie Benton that his jealousy is dangerous Read More »
The Sky Is Red AKA Il cielo è rosso (1950) Claudio Gora, Marina Berti, Jacques Sernas, Mischa Auer Jr.
Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing Read More »
High Jump (1959) Godfrey Grayson, Richard Stapley, Lisa Daniely, Leigh Madison
A woman enlists a trapeze artist to help her with a jewel heist Read More »
Phantom from Space (1953) W. Lee Wilder, Ted Cooper, Tom Daly, Steve Acton
An alien being with the power of invisibility lands in Santa Monica. Read More »
Nishi Ginza Station AKA Nishi Ginza ekimae (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Frank Nagai, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hisano Yamaoka
This Japanese comedy is bookended by Frank Nagai’s title song, and Nagai keeps cropping up throughout the film Read More »
Hunted (1952) Charles Crichton, Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Elizabeth Sellars
Violent fugitive and mistreated small boy team up to flee from authority. Read More »
The Man in the Road (1956) Lance Comfort, Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit
A man suffering from amnesia is held at an English country estate, used as a sanatorium. Read More »
Fort Yuma (1955) Lesley Selander, Peter Graves, Joan Vohs, John Hudson
A disgruntled settler kills an Apache chief at Fort Yuma, and the fort’s commander Read More »
An Osaka Story AKA Ôsaka monogatari (1957) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Shintarô Katsu
Story follows a poor peasant family that through hardship gets some money and how that change them. Read More »
Riviera AKA La spiaggia (1954) Alberto Lattuada, Martine Carol, Raf Vallone, Mario Carotenuto
Annamaria, an ex-prostitute, takes her young daughter from convent school with her on a summer vacation. Read More »