
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
Code Two (1953) Fred M. Wilcox, Ralph Meeker, Elaine Stewart, Sally Forrest

Chuck O’Flair and two buddies, Russ Hartley and Harry Whenlon, enter the Los Angeles Police Academy as cadets. Read More »
Brigadoon (1954) Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse

Americans Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, on a hunting vacation in Scotland Read More »
The Big Circus (1959) Joseph M. Newman, Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming

After splitting with his longtime business partner, Hank Whirling is about to take his big top circus on tour. Read More »