Adapted by Ernest Gann from his own novel, Twilight for the Gods bears traces of Gann’s earlier The High and the Mighty. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Machine Gun Kelly (1958) Roger Corman, Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam
The film starts by showing a bank robbery orchestrated by Kelly and other partners, including his love interest. Read More »
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) Charles Martin, George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor
When Clementi Suborin is found murdered, his secretary recounts to the police the story of his rise from Czech refugee to ultra-rich New Yorker. Read More »
Magic Fire (1955) William Dieterle, Yvonne De Carlo, Carlos Thompson, Rita Gam
The life and career of German composer Richard Wagner. Read More »
Storm Over Tibet (1952) Andrew Marton, Rex Reason, Diana Douglas, Myron Healey
During World War II, David Simms pilots supplies between India and China over the Himalaya Mountains. Read More »
The Scarlet Coat (1955) John Sturges, Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders
In 1780 Major John Boulton is recruited by Colonial intelligence as a counterspy who will feign desertion to the British forces. Read More »
The Star of Africa AKA Der Stern von Afrika (1957) Alfred Weidenmann, Joachim Hansen, Marianne Koch, Hansjörg Felmy
Biographic Movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa. Read More »
House of Ricordi AKA Casa Ricordi (1954) Carmine Gallone, Roland Alexandre, Myriam Bru, Elisa Cegani
The story of the Ricordi family, the most prestigious music publishers in all of Italy. Read More »
Delusion AKA Blændværk (1955) Johan Jacobsen, Mimi Heinrich, Henrik Wiehe, Poul Reichhardt
This noir drama has a double plot. A political thriller about sabotage on NATO transports. Read More »
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) Norman Foster, Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink (“King of the River”) in a boat race to New Orleans. Read More »