Outlaw Clint Hollister escapes from jail with the help of Marshal Jake Wade, because once Clint did the same for him. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) Robert Wise, Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane
The abuse Rocky Barbella endures at the hand of his father and subsequent run-ins with the law lead him in Read More »
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler AKA Der 20. Juli (1955) Falk Harnack, Wolfgang Preiss, Annemarie Düringer, Robert Freitag
A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg Read More »
Violated (1953) Walter Strate, William Holland, Lili Dawn, Mitchell Kowall
Filmed in New York City and intended for the niche market from art houses to back-street grind houses, with most of the distribution landing in the latter Read More »
The Mummy (1959) Terence Fisher, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux
In the 1890s a team of British archaeologists discover the untouched tomb of Princess Ananka Read More »
The Living Coffin AKA El grito de la muerte (1959) Fernando Méndez, Gastón Santos, María Duval, Pedro de Aguillón
A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires. Read More »
Song of the Rivers AKA Das Lied der Ströme (1954) Joop Huisken, Joris Ivens, Alex McCrindle, Ernst Busch, Paul Robeson
A Communist supported essay film, centering on great rivers of the world such as the Amazon Read More »
The Proud Rebel (1958) Michael Curtiz, Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again–the boy hadn’t uttered a word Read More »
A Slope in the Sun AKA Hi no ataru sakamichi (1958) Tomotaka Tasaka, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Izumi Ashikawa
A college aged woman arrives in Tokyo to study while finding work at the wealthy Tashiro family home Read More »
King of the Wild Stallions (1959) R.G. Springsteen, George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Edgar Buchanan
Martha Morse, a young widow, must raise $500 within a few days or lose her government-grazing rights and her ranch. Read More »
Barricade (1950) Peter Godfrey, Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman
Jack London’s “The Sea Wolf” is transported from sea to land in this intriguing western. Read More »
Badman’s Country (1958) Fred F. Sears, George Montgomery, Neville Brand, Buster Crabbe
Pat Garrett arrives in Abilene where he catches five of Butch Cassidy’s gang. Read More »
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Eugène Lourié, Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
As a result of an arctic nuclear test, a carnivorous dinosaur thaws out and starts making its way down the east coast of North America. Read More »
Pills for Aurelia AKA Pigulki dla Aurelii (1958) Stanislaw Lenartowicz, Jerzy Adamczak, Andrzej Hrydzewicz, Jaroslaw Kuszewski
Action drama that takes place in Poland during World War 2. Soldiers of the Polish underground Read More »
Libel (1959) Anthony Asquith, Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie
A Canadian commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. Read More »