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Tag Archives: 1950s
Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959) Lucio Fulci, Mario Carotenuto, Elke Sommer, Anthony Steffen
When a promising record company president is arrested, his daughter takes over his company Read More »
The Night of the Hunted (1959) Bernard-Roland, Philippe Clay, Juliette Mayniel, Sami Frey
A young and hapless Antwerp thief, working for a gang led by leather-clad Philippe Clay, quarrels with his boss and kills him during a fight. Read More »
Les diaboliques (1955) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. Read More »
U47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien / U-47 Lt. Commander Prien (1958) Harald Reinl, Dieter Eppler, Sabine Sesselmann, Joachim Fuchsberger
In 1939, at the outbreak of WW2, German U-boat captain Günther Prien and his crew receive orders Read More »
The Living Idol (1957) René Cardona, Albert Lewin, Steve Forrest, Liliane Montevecchi, James Robertson Justice
Several mysterious deaths are attributed to an ancient stone idol. Read More »
Ten Little Indians (1959) Paul Bogart, Philip F. Falcone, Leo Farrenkopf, Nina Foch, Barry Jones, Romney Brent
Agatha Christie mystery in which one of ten suspects in an isolated island mansion is a killer. Who is It? Read More »
The Spoilers (1955) Jesse Hibbs, Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims. Read More »
Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni
With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
The Beast of Budapest (1958) Harmon Jones, Gerald Milton, Michael Mills, Violet Rensing
Re-creation of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. A Hungarian militarist (Mylong) has a daughter (Rensing) who is an ardent communist. Read More »