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Tag Archives: 1950s
Johnny on the Run (1953) Lewis Gilbert, Eugeniusz Chylek, Sydney Tafler, Michael Balfour
A superb early work by illustrious British director Lewis Gilbert (Alfie, You Only Live Twice) Read More »
The Lost Volcano (1950) Ford Beebe, Johnny Sheffield, Donald Woods, Marjorie Lord
Hunting guides have kidnapped David and will force him to lead them to a lost city hidden in the center of an active volcano. Read More »
Ninjitsu, Part II AKA Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Kôji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing Read More »
Ninjitsu AKA Yagyû bugeichô (1957) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Kyôko Kagawa
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which Read More »
Anatahan (1953) Josef von Sternberg, Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura
In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten Read More »
The Colossus of New York (1958) Eugène Lourié, John Baragrey, Mala Powers, Otto Kruger
Jeremy Spensser, genius humanitarian, is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Read More »
Mambo (1954) Robert Rossen, Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Vittorio Gassman
Silvana Mangano (a very lovely & sexy voiced actress) plays a young, poor Venetian woman, Giovanna Masetti. Read More »
The Night Is Long AKA Yö on pitkä (1952) Aarne Tarkas, Jussi Jurkka, Mirja Karisto, Åke Lindman
Åke Strandberg has managed to get a fine education and a good job at the bank, but he wants more. Read More »
Gunman’s Walk (1958) Phil Karlson, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Kathryn Grant
Widower Lee Hackett (Van Heflin), a cattle rancher who is a product of the old west Read More »
The Bamboo Prison (1954) Lewis Seiler, Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith
Corp. Brady (Brian Keith) an American soldier captured during the Korean War, is taken to a POF camp. Read More »
Neapolitan Turk AKA Un turco napoletano (1953) Mario Mattoli, Totò, Ignazio Balsamo, Isa Barzizza
Cocheletti deputy promised to send Don Pasquale, ripe, rich, and fruit and vegetable merchant Sorrento Read More »
Destination Piovarolo AKA Destinazione Piovarolo (1956) Domenico Paolella, Irene Cefaro, Marisa Merlini, Totò
Antonio La Quaglia, after three years of waiting, finally gets a job as stationmaster. Read More »
Duel at Apache Wells (1957) Joseph Kane, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis
A young man returns home after several years’ absence to find that a gang Read More »
Hell Squad (1958) Burt Topper, Wally Campo, Brandon Carroll, Fred Gavlin
During World War II, a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units. Read More »