At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Hot Rod (1950) Lewis D. Collins, Jimmy Lydon, Art Baker, Gil Stratton
David Langham, the youngest son of a hot-rod hating father, Judge Langham Read More »
Tokyo Story / Tôkyô monogatari (1953) Yasujirô Ozu, Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura
Elderly couple Shukishi and Tomi Hirayama live in the small coastal village of Onomichi Read More »
The Diary of a High School Bride (1959) Burt Topper, Anita Sands, Ron Foster, Chris Robinson
A 17-year-old high-school senior must justify her wedding to a 24-year-old law student to both her parents and her unbalanced ex-boyfriend. Read More »
The White Slave Trade / La tratta delle bianche (1952) Luigi Comencini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Marc Lawrence, Ettore Manni
Cunning and exploitative, Manfredi, the ruthless human trafficker, has always been good at lying. Read More »
On the Beach (1959) Stanley Kramer, Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary Read More »
Himeyuri Lily Tower / Himeyuri no Tô (1953) Tadashi Imai, Kyôko Kagawa, Susumu Fujita, Keiko Tsushima
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. Read More »
Midnight Episode (1950) Gordon Parry, Stanley Holloway, Leslie Dwyer, Reginald Tate
A tramp gets involved with a mysterious crime when he finds a wallet in the street. Read More »
Ask Any Girl (1959) Charles Walters, David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young
When Meg Wheeler, a naive young girl, goes to big city looking for a husband she lands a job Read More »
Cry of the Hunted (1953) Joseph H. Lewis, Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen
Lt. Tunner is in charge of the maximum security section of Bradville State Penitentiary in the Los Angeles area. Read More »