A hootchy-kootchy whodunit set at a small seedy carnival where a reporter tries to discover who killed his boss while his girlfriend inexplicably joins the burlesque show! Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Border River (1954) George Sherman, Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendáriz, Romance, Western
Zona Libre is a small enclave across the river from America. Despotically ruled by General Calleja, it offers sanctuary to outlaws, at a price. Read More »
Black Horse Canyon (1954) Jesse Hibbs, Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Race Gentry, Western
In spite of the more-than-pedestrian B-title, this minor-A western from Universal is more of a character study of three people than it is a run-of-the-mill western. Read More »
4D Man (1959) Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James Congdon, Sci-Fi, Horror, Romance, Action, Thriller
Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Read More »
The Jungle (1952) William Berke, Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Marie Windsor, Adventure, Drama
A great white hunter and an Indian princess trek into the Indian jungle to investigate a number of wild animal stampedes which have resulted in the deaths of many people. Read More »
Stolen Face (1952) Terence Fisher, Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, André Morell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A plastic surgeon has a brief fling with a concert pianist, then she leaves him to go back to her previous boyfriend. Read More »
Stage Struck (1958) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Joan Greenwood, Drama, Romance
The movie tells the story of Eva, a girl who comes to New York in order to become a great actress. Read More »
Way of a Gaucho (1952) Jacques Tourneur, Rory Calhoun, Gene Tierney, Richard Boone, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Set in the Argentina of about 1875 in which a customary punishment for killing was a sentence to army service. Read More »
Home Town Story (1951) Arthur Pierson, Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, Marjorie Reynolds, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. Read More »
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) King Vidor, Richard Todd, Ruth Roman, Mercedes McCambridge, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
An actress Shelley Carnes (Ruth Roman), is looking forward to an exciting vacation at a dude ranch, but she gets more than she bargained for,including a perhaps murderous new husband. Read More »
The Strange Door (1951) Joseph Pevney, Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Horror, Thriller, Film-Noir
Noble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton) Read More »
Appointment with Danger (1951) Lewis Allen, Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Relentless postal inspector Al Goddard is set to Gary, Indiana, when another officer is murdered. Read More »
Lord of the Jungle (1955) Ford Beebe, Johnny Sheffield, Wayne Morris, Nancy Hale, Adventure
Mona Andrews arrives by plane in Laghaso Station, Africa, to visit her uncle, Commissioner Andy Barnes, just as three elephant hunters, Jeff Woode, Paul Gavin and Kenny Balou Read More »
Her Favourite Husband (1950) Mario Soldati, Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Gordon Harker, Comedy, Crime
While casing a bank he intends to rob, tough-gangster Leo discovers that Antonio, a meek, mild clerk in the bank is his exact double. Read More »
Fixed Bayonets! (1951) Samuel Fuller, Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O’Shea, Action, Drama, War
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one Corporal Denno’s superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.
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