Clever fortune-hunter Edward Bare (Sir Dirk Bogarde), with a penchant for murder Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Hindle Wakes (1952) Arthur Crabtree, Leslie Dwyer, Lisa Daniely, Brian Worth
While on seaside holiday with her girlfriend Mary, a pretty factory worker named Jenny is attracted to Alan Read More »
Epilogue AKA Epilog: Das Geheimnis der Orplid (1950) Helmut Käutner, Horst Caspar, Bettina Moissi, O.E. Hasse
The journalist Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. Read More »
Man from Shimizu AKA Shimizu Minato no meibutso otoko: Enshûmori no Ishimatsu (1958) Masahiro Makino, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hitomi Nakahara, Yumiko Hasegawa
Adventures of Mori no Ishimatsu, a famous member of Jirocho gang. Read More »
Piagol (1955) Kang-cheon Lee, Kyeong-hie No, Ye-chun Lee, Jin Kyu Kim
A group of communist guerillas encounter jealousy and rivalry among themselves because of the presence Read More »
Diplomatic Passport (1954) Gene Martel, Marsha Hunt, Paul Carpenter, Henry Oscar
A diplomat and his wife arrive in London, and are soon involved in a series of confusing Read More »
To Paris with Love (1955) Robert Hamer, Alec Guinness, Odile Versois, Vernon Gray
A middle-aged widower (Guinness) and his son go to Paris on vacation and try to find wives for each other in this charming romantic comedy. Read More »
Tokyo Twilight AKA Tôkyô boshoku (1957) Yasujirô Ozu, Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishû Ryû
Two sisters live with their father. The younger sister is embroiled in an affair and becomes pregnant. Read More »
Enchanted Island (1958) Allan Dwan, Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Don Dubbins
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold. Read More »
Fan-Fan the Tulip AKA Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand
Fanfan is a handsome young peasant. He joins the army to escape a forced marriage Read More »
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) Charles Crichton, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James
Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Read More »
Wings of Danger AKA Dead on Course (1952) Terence Fisher, Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Naomi Chance
When Richard Van Ness tries to ground dashing pilot Nick Talbot, his girlfriend’s brother Read More »
The Unfaithfuls AKA Le infedeli (1953) Mario Monicelli, Steno, Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt, Pierre Cressoy
An industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce Read More »
Casanova’s Big Night (1954) Norman Z. McLeod, Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton
Italy, 1757. Lowly tailor Pippo Popolino disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance attractive widow Francesca. Read More »
Teacher’s Pet (1958) George Seaton, Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young
James Gannon, the hardboiled city editor of a newspaper, believes that the only way to learn the business Read More »