Movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using an Army barracks as location, and its soldiers as actors. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Born Reckless (1958) Howard W. Koch, Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt
Rider Kelly Cobb travels to county rodeos to win money so he can buy a patch of land he wants to call his own. Read More »
The View from Pompey’s Head (1955) Philip Dunne, Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell
Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. Read More »
Rossana / La red (1953) Emilio Fernández, Rossana Podestà, Crox Alvarado, Armando Silvestre
Antonio dives for sponges which are sold by his sweetheart Rossana. Read More »
Madeleine (1950) David Lean, Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she Read More »
Three Steps North (1951) W. Lee Wilder, Lloyd Bridges, Lea Padovani, Aldo Fabrizi
During WW2, American G.I. Frank Keeler has a job driving a supply truck for the company’s quartermaster. Read More »
Bailout at 43,000 (1957) Francis D. Lyon, John Payne, Karen Steele, Paul Kelly
An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief Read More »
Passport to Darkness (1959) Seijun Suzuki
A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step Read More »
Torpedo Run (1958) Joseph Pevney, Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster
The commander of an American submarine during World War II sets out to destroy Read More »
The Beast Must Die / La bestia debe morir (1952) Román Viñoly Barreto, Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Guillermo Battaglia, Milagros de la Vega
“La bestia debe morir” is a taut, smartly crafted Argentinian noir that packs an emotional punch. Read More »