A five-part compilation film. in “The Baby,” a poverty-ridden couple with children decides Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Blowing Wild (1953) Hugo Fregonese, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman
In a hypothetical country in South America, Jeff Dawson and his partner Dutch Peterson have invested all their savings Read More »
Air Cadet (1951) Joseph Pevney, Stephen McNally, Gail Russell, Alex Nicol
Universal’s Air Cadet stars Stephen McNally as the obligatory tough topkick, here assigned to whip a bunch of green pilots into shape. Read More »
Anastasia (1956) Anatole Litvak, Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute Read More »
Born to Be Bad [+Extra] (1950) Nicholas Ray, Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan
Christabel fools everyone with her sweet exterior including her cousin Donna and Donna’s wealthy fiancée Curtis. Read More »
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958) Paul Wendkos, Darren McGavin, Margaret Hayes, Warren Stevens
When a reporter claims that New York police are on the take letting the mob run its horse parlors at will Read More »
The House in the Square (1951) Roy Ward Baker, Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie
An American physicist, Peter Standish, lives in London in an inherited flat on Berkeley Square Read More »
Girl with Hyacinths AKA Flicka och hyacinter (1950) Hasse Ekman, Eva Henning, Ulf Palme, Birgit Tengroth
The young Dagmar Brink commits suicide. Her belongings are inherited by the resident caretaker in the house she lived in. Read More »
The Deep Blue Sea (1955) Anatole Litvak, Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More, Eric Portman
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover. Read More »
Loophole (1954) Harold D. Schuster, Barry Sullivan, Charles McGraw, Dorothy Malone
A bank teller attempts to clear his name and rebuild his career after he is wrongly accused of theft. Read More »
The Steel Trap (1952) Andrew L. Stone, Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale
A Bank officer discovers a flaw in the U.S. extradition treaty with Brazil and decides to take advantage of it. Read More »
The Narrow Margin (1952) Richard Fleischer, Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
When a mobster’s widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds Read More »
Prisoner of War (1954) Andrew Marton, Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin
An American army officer, troubled by reports of brutality, volunteers to investigate conditions inside North Korean POW camps. Read More »
711 Ocean Drive (1950) Joseph M. Newman, Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. Read More »
The Young Stranger (1957) John Frankenheimer, James MacArthur, Kim Hunter, James Daly
Hal Ditmar is a clean-cut kid, the son of a wealthy movie producer. When an argument at a theatre turns into a fight between Hal Read More »