Frederick Henry, an American serving as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian forces in the First World War Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956) Mauro Bolognini, Alberto Sordi, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Comedy
This is the (funny) story of four agents of Roma traffic police in the ’50s. Their life are crossed in affairs that often retire from mere job relationships. Read More »
Hidden Fear (1957) André De Toth, John Payne, Alexander Knox, Conrad Nagel, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
American policeman Mike Brent (John Payne) arrives in Denmark to help clear his sister of a murder rap in which her partner/boyfriend has been killed Read More »
Maihime / Dancing Girl (1951) Mikio Naruse, Sô Yamamura, Mieko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Drama
Proibito / Forbidden (1954) Mario Monicelli, Mel Ferrer, Amedeo Nazzari, Lea Massari, Drama
Police Dog (1955) Derek N. Twist, Joan Rice, Tim Turner, Sandra Dorne, Crime, Drama
Pony Soldier (1952) Joseph M. Newman, Tyrone Power, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Gomez, Western
Quantez (1957) Harry Keller, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, James Barton, Western
After a bank robbery, Heller and his small gang are on the run from the posse. The gang intends to cross the border into Mexico but their horses are tired. Read More »
All That Heaven Allows (1955) Douglas Sirk, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Drama, Romance
Cary Scott is a widow with two grown children. She’s been leading a quiet life since her husband died, socializing with a small circle of friends. Read More »
Shûbun / Scandal (1950) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Drama
Ichiro Aoye, a young painter, encounters a famous singer, Miyako Saijo, while on holiday in the mountains. Read More »
Out of the Clouds (1955) Basil Dearden, Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight, Drama
A busy day at London Airport. Follow the lives and loves of the crew and passengers. Read More »
Ewa chce spac / Eva Wants to Sleep (1958) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Barbara Lass, Stanislaw Mikulski, Stefan Bartik, Comedy
Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Read More »
Never Wave at a WAC (1953) Norman Z. McLeod, Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas, Marie Wilson, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. Read More »
Angels in the Outfield (1951) Clarence Brown, Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
A young woman reporter blames the Pittsburgh Pirates’ losing streak on the obscenely abusive manager. Read More »
Calling Homicide (1956) Edward Bernds, Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty, Kathleen Case, Crime, Drama
The third of five films (Dial Red-O, Sudden Danger, Calling Homicide, Chain of Evidence, and Footsteps in the Night in release order and released across a full period of three years) in which Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant Read More »