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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Lady Wants Mink (1953) William A. Seiter, Dennis O’Keefe, Ruth Hussey, Eve Arden
For her birthday Ritchie Connors gives his wife Nora a coat from the store where he works. Read More »
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) Mark Robson, William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March
It is the Korean War and Lt. Harry Brubaker is a fighter-bomber pilot on the aircraft carrier USS Savo Island. Read More »
Peyton Place (1957) Mark Robson, Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan
It’s the pre-WWII era. Peyton Place is a small town in New England, whose leading adult citizens rule Read More »
Juke box – Urli d’amore (1959) Mauro Morassi, Mario Carotenuto, Marisa Merlini, Karin Baal
Mario, after serving a sentence for fraud, trying to continue to live at the expense of others. Read More »
Bernardine (1957) Henry Levin, Pat Boone, Terry Moore, Janet Gaynor
Five classmates spend their last school year boat racing and dating girls. Read More »
Many Passed By / Viele kamen vorbei (1956) Peter Pewas, Harald Maresch, Frances Martin, Christian Doermer
Sixteen year-old Sabine loves her boyfriend Jochen but she’s afraid of sex which frustrates Jochen no end. Read More »
Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) Sidney Salkow, John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr
Barbarossa, a pirate, frees a group of Spanish prisoners and makes them his crew. Read More »
The Great Diamond Robbery (1954) Robert Z. Leonard, Red Skelton, Cara Williams, James Whitmore
Ambrose C. Park (Red Skelton), left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents Read More »
Hidden Homicide (1959) Anthony Young, Griffith Jones, Patricia Laffan, James Kenney
A man wakes up in a strange location with a gun in his hand and a dead body Read More »