Dominic Quesada and Johnny Gray, two SCUBA divers searching for sunken treasure off the coast of Cuba Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Mother Didn’t Tell Me (1950) Claude Binyon, Dorothy McGuire, William Lundigan, June Havoc
A woman learns how to deal with the difficulties of being a doctor’s wife and an interfering mother in law. Read More »
Secret People (1952) Thorold Dickinson, Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani, Charles Goldner
In 1930, Maria Brentano and her younger sister Nora flee to London Read More »
Love Is My Profession AKA En cas de malheur (1958) Claude Autant-Lara, Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère
Married French lawyer Andre defends successfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. Read More »
Let’s Dance (1950) Norman Z. McLeod, Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young
Donald Elwood meets after the war his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. Read More »
Riff Raff Girls AKA Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) Alex Joffé, Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort
Vicky de Berlin, a female gangster, haunted by wartime memories Read More »
Orders Are Orders (1954) David Paltenghi, Brian Reece, Margot Grahame, Raymond Huntley
Movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using an Army barracks as location, and its soldiers as actors. Read More »
Born Reckless (1958) Howard W. Koch, Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt
Rider Kelly Cobb travels to county rodeos to win money so he can buy a patch of land he wants to call his own. Read More »
The View from Pompey’s Head (1955) Philip Dunne, Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell
Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. Read More »
Trent’s Last Case (1952) Herbert Wilcox, Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles
After a wealthy businessman is found dead, reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Read More »
Rossana AKA La red (1953) Emilio Fernández, Rossana Podestà, Crox Alvarado, Armando Silvestre
Antonio dives for sponges which are sold by his sweetheart Rossana. Read More »
The Green Mare AKA La jument verte (1959) Claude Autant-Lara, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo
The story is set during the latter half of the 19th century and follows two feuding peasant families. Read More »
Madeleine (1950) David Lean, Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she Read More »
Three Steps North (1951) W. Lee Wilder, Lloyd Bridges, Lea Padovani, Aldo Fabrizi
During WW2, American G.I. Frank Keeler has a job driving a supply truck for the company’s quartermaster. Read More »
Bailout at 43,000 (1957) Francis D. Lyon, John Payne, Karen Steele, Paul Kelly
An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief Read More »