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Tag Archives: 1950s
Seven Cities of Gold (1955) Robert D. Webb, Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie
In the eighteenth century, a Spanish expedition is looking for seven cities Read More »
Off Limits (1952) George Marshall, Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell
Two Army buddies fall in love with the same nightclub singer. Read More »
Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1958) Edward L. Cahn, Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. Read More »
World in My Corner (1956) Jesse Hibbs, Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow
A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea — “born in a dump Read More »
Rio, 40 Degrees / Rio 40 Graus (1955) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Modesto De Souza, Roberto Bataglin, Jece Valadão
A semi-documentary on the people of Rio de Janeiro. The camera follows boys from a hillside Read More »
No Time to Be Young (1957) David Lowell Rich, Robert Vaughn, Roger Smith, Tom Pittman
Friends since high school and now in college, twenty year olds Buddy Root Read More »
Miracles of Thursday / Los jueves, milagro (1957) Luis García Berlanga, Richard Basehart, José Isbert, Paolo Stoppa
In the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular Read More »
Mr. 420 / Shree 420 (1955) Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Nadira
Wearing torn Japanese sneakers, English pants, a red Russian cover Read More »
Flame and the Flesh (1954) Richard Brooks, Lana Turner, Pier Angeli, Carlos Thompson
American Madeline, a no-better-than-she-has-to-be (and then only when pushed) traveler arrives in Naples. Read More »