Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Tall Headlines (1952) Terence Young, Mai Zetterling, Michael Denison, Flora Robson
A family struggles to try to put their life back together after the eldest son is convicted of, and then executed for, murder. Read More »
Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone (1950) Norman Taurog, Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak
“Murder-on-the-train” mystery has lawyer Malone chasing his paroled embezzler Read More »
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) Michael Anderson, Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave
In the English Channel John Sands, captain of a small rescue ship Read More »
The Night Won’t Talk (1952) Daniel Birt, John Bailey, Hy Hazell, Mary Germaine
When a beautiful young artist’s model is strangled in her bed Read More »
Wild Heritage (1958) Charles F. Haas, Will Rogers Jr., Maureen O’Sullivan, Rod McKuen
The Breslins (Jake, Emma, three boys, and nubile daughter) cross the plains in a covered wagon Read More »
Sayonara (1957) Joshua Logan, Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens
Major Lloyd Gruver, a Korean War flying ace reassigned to Japan Read More »
Love and Troubles / Amore e guai (1958) Angelo Dorigo, Marcello Mastroianni, Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese
Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart. Read More »
Blood to the Head / Le sang à la tête (1956) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Claude Sylvain
After thirty years of effort, the former longshoreman François Cardinaud Read More »
No Sad Songs for Me (1950) Rudolph Maté, Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. Read More »