Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Wings of the Hawk (1953) Budd Boetticher, Van Heflin, Julie Adams, Abbe Lane
Gringo miner Gallager is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-11 when corrupt administrator Read More »
Drums in the Deep South (1951) William Cameron Menzies, James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison
Best friends Clay Clayburn and Will Denning graduate from West Point Read More »
Down Three Dark Streets (1954) Arnold Laven, Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer
After FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases Read More »
The Magnificent Beast AKA La bestia magnífica (1952) Chano Urueta, Miroslava, Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis
Two very good friends (Crox Alvarado and Wolf Ruvinskis) become wrestlers Read More »
Hold That Hypnotist (1957) Austen Jewell, Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Jane Nigh
Sach and Duke set out to expose a stage hypnotist as a phony. Read More »
European Nights AKA Europa di notte (1959) Alessandro Blasetti, Alba Arnova, The Princesse Badia, Dolly Bell
A tour of the nightlife in Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Vienna, Brussels and more. Read More »
A Midsummer Night’s Dream AKA Sen noci svatojánské (1959) Jirí Trnka, Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Read More »
Dangerous Mission (1954) Louis King, Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix
Witness to a mob killing and afraid to testify, young Louise Graham flees to Montana Read More »
Stage to Tucson (1950) Ralph Murphy, Rod Cameron, Wayne Morris, Kay Buckley
A group of outlaws posing as Southern sympathizers and led secretly by freight-line Read More »
Career (1959) Joseph Anthony, Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. Read More »
Tall Headlines (1952) Terence Young, Mai Zetterling, Michael Denison, Flora Robson
A family struggles to try to put their life back together after the eldest son is convicted of, and then executed for, murder. Read More »
Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone (1950) Norman Taurog, Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak
“Murder-on-the-train” mystery has lawyer Malone chasing his paroled embezzler Read More »
So Big (1953) Robert Wise, Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olson
After the death of her father and the loss of his fortune, Selina takes a job teaching school Read More »
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) Michael Anderson, Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave
In the English Channel John Sands, captain of a small rescue ship Read More »