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Tag Archives: 1950s
Smart Alec (1951) John Guillermin, Peter Reynolds, Leslie Dwyer, Edward Lexy
A bizarre attempt at a humorous murder mystery. Read More »
Jealousy AKA Gelosia (1953) Pietro Germi, Marisa Belli, Erno Crisa, Alessandro Fersen
A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married Read More »
Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Lew Landers, Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie, Karin Booth
Pirate Jean LaFitte declares was on Spain and raids Spanish ships under the Venezuelan flag Read More »
The White Orchid (1954) Reginald Le Borg, William Lundigan, Peggie Castle, Armando Silvestre
An archaeologist working in Southern Mexico believes that there are remnants of the ancient Read More »
Gaby (1956) Curtis Bernhardt, Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke
Gaby is a ballet dancer in 1944 London who happens to bump into a corporal Greg Read More »
Queen of Outer Space (1958) Edward Bernds, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Dave Willock
En route to Earth’s orbiting space station, a spaceship with four men aboard is attacked Read More »
Detective Story (1951) William Wyler, Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix
Jim McLeod is a hard-nosed and cynical detective. He believes in a strict interpretation Read More »
Love Letter AKA Koibumi (1953) Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno
This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka Read More »
The Crowded Day (1954) John Guillermin, Joan Rice, Josephine Griffin, Freda Jackson
One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store. Read More »
Song of Paris (1952) John Guillermin, Dennis Price, Anne Vernon, Mischa Auer
A famous French cabaret star is rescued from embarrassment by a passing Englishman, and sets out to marry him. Read More »
Wabash Avenue (1950) Henry Koster, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris
Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike’s business Read More »
Let’s Do It Again (1953) Alexander Hall, Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray
In this 1953 musical remake of “The Awful Truth”, Wyman is married to womanizing composer Read More »
Run for Cover (1955) Nicholas Ray, James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek
Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. Read More »
Crime and Punishment, USA (1959) Denis Sanders, Mary Murphy, Frank Silvera, Marian Seldes
Handsome, twenty-year-old George Hamilton had his first starring role in this Read More »