An outlaw must decide whether to stick his neck out for an innocent man in this hardboiled post-Civil War adventure written by noir legend Daniel Mainwaring Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Celui qui doit mourir / He Who Must Die (1957) Jules Dassin, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Grégoire Aslan, Drama
Greece, in the 1920’s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. Read More »
Cat and Mouse (1958) Paul Rotha, Lee Patterson, Ann Sears, Victor Maddern, Crime, Drama
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems. Read More »
Canyon Ambush (1952) Lewis D. Collins, Johnny Mack Brown, Lee Roberts, Phyllis Coates, Western, Action
A mysterious masked rider and his gang are murdering ranchers and robbing stages. Government Agent Johnny Mack Brown has been called in to help the Sheriff. Read More »
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) Richard Sale, Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young, Comedy, Musical
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Read More »
No Highway In The Sky (1951) Henry Koster, James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Drama, Thriller
Theodore Honey is an aeronautical engineer being sent to Labrador from London to examine the wreckage of a new passenger plane designed by his company. Read More »
Jungle Drums of Africa (1953) Fred C. Brannon, Clayton Moore, Phyllis Coates, Johnny Sands, Action, Adventure, Romance
The daughter of a medical missionary in Africa carries on her father’s work after he dies. Read More »
Altri tempi / Times Gone By (1952) Alessandro Blasetti, Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Riva, Enzo Staiola, Comedy, Drama, Music
The mood is set with the opening with excerpts from the Excelsior Ball, a famous ballet at the turn of the century that heralded the advances of the upcoming century Read More »
The Golden Disc (1958) Don Sharp, Lee Patterson, Mary Steele, Terry Dene, Musical
A young couple expand their coffee bar to include a record shop and a recording outlet, to help a young singer, and to cash in on the start of the rock and roll era. Read More »
Mikkai / The Assignation (1959) Kô Nakahira, Takao Ito, Yôko Katsuragi, Seiji Miyaguchi, Drama
Young Kikuko (Yoko Katsuragi) is married to an older university professor and because of the age difference as well as several other factors Read More »
Walk the Proud Land (1956) Jesse Hibbs, Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley, Biography, Western
Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Read More »
Lafayette Escadrille (1958) William A. Wellman, Tab Hunter, Clint Eastwood, Etchika Choureau, Drama, Romance, War
The brave Americans who flew for France before the U.S. entered World War I are saluted in Lafayette Escadrille, a rousing and flavorful adventure filled with flyboy camaraderie. Read More »
Lukochuri / Hide and Seek (1958) Kamal Majumdar, Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha, Anita Guha, Comedy
Kumar leaves home for a job in Bombay. His father forbids him to meet his twin brother Shankar who wants to give music to films and is in love with an artist. Read More »
Pillars of the Sky (1956) George Marshall, Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond, Western
In Oregon Country, 1868, several tribes of Native Americans have been placed on a reservation north of the Snake River. Read More »
Carica Eroica / Heroic Charge (1952) Francesco De Robertis, Antonio Caprice, Giuseppe Carignani, Ludovico Ceriana, Drama, War
In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. Read More »