Gambler John Merrick (Frank Lovejoy) is the head of a bookie syndicate and the newspaper Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Double Exposure (1954) John Gilling, John Bentley, Rona Anderson, Garry Marsh
A lady photographer clicks a few revealing pix at the home of a wealthy woman. Read More »
My Cousin Rachel (1952) Henry Koster, Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton
When Philip Ashley’s much-loved (and rich) cousin Ambrose dies Read More »
The Long Wait (1954) Victor Saville, Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans
Hitchhiker Johnny McBride is badly hurt and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Read More »
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1955) Edward Buzzell, Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson
Harold North, public relations director of the Post conglomerate Read More »
Decision at Sundown (1957) Budd Boetticher, Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele
Bart Allison arrives in Sundown planning to kill Tate Kimbrough. Read More »
Japanese War Bride (1952) King Vidor, Shirley Yamaguchi, Don Taylor, Cameron Mitchell
Korean War veteran returns home to rural Salinas, California with his new Japanese wife, whom he met at a war hospital. Read More »
The Mudlark (1950) Jean Negulesco, Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Andrew Ray
In 1875 London, young Wheeler (who lives by scavenging) finds a cameo of Queen Victoria Read More »
Kill or Be Killed (1950) Max Nosseck, Lawrence Tierney, George Coulouris, Marissa O’Brien
Man accused of a murder he didn’t commit hides out in the South American jungle. Read More »
Confess, Dr. Corda AKA Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda (1958) Josef von Báky, Hardy Krüger, Elisabeth Müller, Lucie Mannheim
A doctor goes to meet a beautiful girl at a park bench near a wooded area. Read More »
Maiden’s Cheek AKA To xylo vgike apo ton Paradeiso (1959) Alekos Sakellarios, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Hristos Tsaganeas
Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. Read More »
Two Flags West (1950) Robert Wise, Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, Jeff Chandler
During the Civil War, in 1863,Confederate prisoners of war agree to join forces with the Union Army in the common fight against Indians. Read More »
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952) Ted Tetzlaff, William Powell, Julie Adams, Charles Drake
Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal Baltimore Dan. Read More »
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959) John Guillermin, Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sara Shane
After diamond hunters kill two people while stealing explosives, Tarzan sets off after them. Read More »
Story of a Beloved Wife AKA Aisai monogatari (1951) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Jûkichi Uno, Ichirô Sugai
Shindo’s directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Read More »