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Tag Archives: 1950s
Twilight Saloon / Tasogare sakaba (1955) Tomu Uchida, Shigeru Amachi, Korema Arima, Ureo Egawa
In Twilight Saloon a cast of diverse characters spend an eventful evening Read More »
Away All Boats (1956) Joseph Pevney, Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker
The story of USS ‘Belinda’, Attack Transport PA22, launched late 1943 with regular-navy Read More »
Stella (1955) Michael Cacoyannis, Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas, Alekos Alexandrakis
Fiercely proud and unapologetically independent, Stella–the blonde Rebetico diva Read More »
The Three Thieves / I tre ladri (1954) Lionello De Felice, Totò, Jean-Claude Pascal, Simone Simon
Tapioca, a small time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, followed shortly after by Cascarilla Read More »
Actor’s and Sin (1952) Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes, Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Albert, Marsha Hunt
Two-part story–the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter Read More »
Raw Wind in Eden (1958) Richard Wilson, Esther Williams, Jeff Chandler, Rossana Podestà
On a small Mediterranean island live Costanza, her father Urbano Read More »
Hot Cars (1956) Don McDougall, John Bromfield, Joi Lansing, Mark Dana
Nick Dunn doesn’t want to be mixed up in a stolen car ring operating out of a chain of car dealerships in Culver City Read More »
Zero Hour! (1957) Hall Bartlett, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden
A routine flight turns into a major emergency as passengers and crew succumb to food poisoning Read More »
The Enforcer (1951) Bretaigne Windust
After years of pursuit, Assistant D.A. Martin Ferguson has a good case against Murder Read More »