When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Hit and Run (1957) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, Vince Edwards
Garage owner Gus Hilmer marries showgirl Julie, many years his junior, and this causes a conflict Read More »
Flame of Calcutta (1953) Seymour Friedman, Denise Darcel, Patric Knowles, Paul Cavanagh
This melodrama, set in India during the 1760s, tells the story of the beautiful daughter of a dead French official. Read More »
The Golden Horde (1951) George Sherman, Ann Blyth, David Farrar, George Macready
In 1220, a small band of English crusaders arrives at Samarkand in Central Asia, just as the city Read More »
Lone Star (1952) Vincent Sherman, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke Read More »
Fiend Without a Face (1958) Arthur Crabtree, Marshall Thompson, Terry Kilburn, Kynaston Reeves
A Scientist, experimenting with telekinetic powers enhanced by a nearby nuclear Read More »
Women of Twilight (1952) Gordon Parry, Freda Jackson, Rene Ray, Lois Maxwell
Unmarried nightclub singer, Vivanne Bruce, is thrown on her own when her lover, Jerry Nolan, is arrested for murder. Read More »
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Nicholas Ray, James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere Read More »
Signed, Arsene Lupin AKA Signé: Arsène Lupin (1959) Yves Robert, Robert Lamoureux, Alida Valli, Jacques Dufilho
Arsène Lupin and his accomplice La Ballu rob a villa. Being disturbed by the police Read More »
Pigs Across Paris AKA La traversée de Paris (1956) Claude Autant-Lara, Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès
Two men, a painter and a poor guy, have to cross over Paris by night during World War II Read More »
Grand Hotel AKA Menschen im Hotel (1959) Gottfried Reinhardt, O.W. Fischer, Michèle Morgan, Heinz Rühmann
People staying at or working in a luxurious hotel undergo a variety of crises in their personal lives. Read More »
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) Alfred E. Green, Keefe Brasselle, Marilyn Erskine, Aline MacMahon
This merry musical biography of “Banjo Eyes” will gladden the hearts of Cantor and musical fans alike. Read More »
Secret Meeting AKA Marie-Octobre (1959) Julien Duvivier, Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban
A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). Read More »
Unknown World (1951) Terry O. Morse, Bruce Kellogg, Otto Waldis, Jim Bannon
Dr. Jerimiah Morley becomes convinced that the world is headed to an inevitable worldwide nuclear war. Read More »
I Am Free AKA Ana hurra (1958) Salah Abouseif, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Shukri Sarhan, Zouzou Nabil
Aminia is a young woman living with her aunt’s family which includes Read More »