After the Civil War, a cowboy who’s a former Union soldier leads a cattle Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Poor But Beautiful / Poveri ma belli (1957) Dino Risi, Marisa Allasio, Maurizio Arena, Renato Salvatori
Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. Read More »
Lovers, Happy Lovers! / Monsieur Ripois (1954) René Clément, Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
From the Louis Hemon novel “M. Ripois and His Nemesis” about Andre Ripois, a philanderer Read More »
Hold That Line (1952) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, John Bromfield
In a precursor to Trading Places (1983), the Bowery Boys are enrolled in a fancy college Read More »
Target (1952) Stuart Gilmore, Tim Holt, Linda Douglas, Walter Reed
In 1893, the railroad is coming to Pecos, Texas, and crooked land agent Martin Conroy Read More »
Its a Small World (1950) William Castle, Paul Dale, Lorraine Miller, Will Geer
Harry Musk is one in a million. That means that he’s the one out of a million children who is perfectly proportioned Read More »
Ghost Chasers (1951) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor. Read More »
Late Chrysanthemums / Bangiku (1954) Mikio Naruse, Haruko Sugimura, Ken Uehara, Sadako Sawamura
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Read More »
Jailbirds / Avanzi di galera (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Richard Basehart, Walter Chiari, Eddie Constantine
Three prisoners are discharged from jail: Stefano Luprandi, a surgeon accused of murdering Read More »
One Desire (1955) Jerry Hopper, Anne Baxter, Rock Hudson, Julie Adams
Circa 1900, runaway boy Nugget arrives in an Oklahoma boom town to find Read More »