
Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Silent Raiders (1954) Richard Bartlett, Earle Lyon, Jeanette Bordeaux

American-produced-directed-written films by Richard Bartlett and Earle Lyon were guaranteed to resemble something Read More »
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) Budd Boetticher, Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley

On his way home to West Texas, Tom Buchanan rides into the Californian border town of Agry Read More »
Stolen Desire / Nusumareta yokujô (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Osamu Takizawa, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato

A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows. Read More »
Battle in Outer Space / Uchû sai sensô (1959) Ishirô Honda, Ryô Ikebe, Kyôko Anzai, Minoru Takada

Munchkin-like aliens invade Earth full force with their flying saucers and laser weapons, rendering cities helpless. Read More »
You Pay Your Money (1957) Maclean Rogers, Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton, Honor Blackman

A rogue smuggler enters the world of intrigue and deception Read More »
Combat Squad (1953) Cy Roth, John Ireland, Lon McCallister, Hal March

A plotless shot-on-the-lot and sound-stage Korean War entry that is even below the standard Read More »
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) Lewis Gilbert, Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh

Clever fortune-hunter Edward Bare (Sir Dirk Bogarde), with a penchant for murder Read More »
Hindle Wakes (1952) Arthur Crabtree, Leslie Dwyer, Lisa Daniely, Brian Worth

While on seaside holiday with her girlfriend Mary, a pretty factory worker named Jenny is attracted to Alan Read More »
Epilogue / Epilog: Das Geheimnis der Orplid (1950) Helmut Käutner, Horst Caspar, Bettina Moissi, O.E. Hasse

The journalist Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. Read More »