Christine Penmark seems to have it all: a lovely home, a loving husband and the most “perfect” daughter in the world. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Le trou normand (1952) Jean Boyer, Bourvil, Pierre Larquey, Jane Marken
To inherited his uncle’s hotel and restaurant Hippolyte, a naive and simple man, must pass his primary school exam. Read More »
The San Francisco Story (1952) Robert Parrish, Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Blackmer
In the 1850s San Francisco newspaper editor Jim Martin seeks the help of wealthy miner Read More »
Floods of Fear (1958) Charles Crichton, Howard Keel, Anne Heywood, Cyril Cusack
Two inmates working to shore up a dike during a severe flood are swept away Read More »
The Crucible / Les sorcières de Salem (1957) Raymond Rouleau, Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor Read More »
The Three Faces of Eve (1957) Nunnally Johnson
Eve White is a quiet, mousy, unassuming wife and mother who keeps suffering Read More »
Mr Drake’s Duck (1951) Val Guest, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee
Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm Read More »
Danger Within (1959) Don Chaffey, Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding
In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through Read More »
Kill Her Gently (1957) Charles Saunders, Griffith Jones, Maureen Connell, Marc Lawrence
Two convicts who have just escaped from prison are picked up by a motorist. Read More »
Death of a Cyclist / Muerte de un ciclista (1955) Juan Antonio Bardem, Lucia Bosé, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà
Juan is an academic, his career stalled, teaching at the university because of his brother-in-law’s prestige. Read More »