
An Irish “oracle” foretells the next day’s track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Policarpo AKA Policarpo ‘ufficiale di scrittura’ (1959) Mario Soldati, Renato Rascel, Carla Gravina, Romolo Valli

The action is focused at the end of the 19th century. Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works Read More »
The Law and Jake Wade (1958) John Sturges, Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens

Outlaw Clint Hollister escapes from jail with the help of Marshal Jake Wade, because once Clint did the same for him. Read More »
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) Robert Wise, Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane

The abuse Rocky Barbella endures at the hand of his father and subsequent run-ins with the law lead him in Read More »
The Mummy (1959) Terence Fisher, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux

In the 1890s a team of British archaeologists discover the untouched tomb of Princess Ananka Read More »
The Living Coffin AKA El grito de la muerte (1959) Fernando Méndez, Gastón Santos, María Duval, Pedro de Aguillón

A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires. Read More »
Song of the Rivers / Das Lied der Ströme (1954) Joop Huisken, Joris Ivens, Alex McCrindle, Ernst Busch, Paul Robeson

A Communist supported essay film, centering on great rivers of the world such as the Amazon Read More »
The Proud Rebel (1958) Michael Curtiz, Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger

Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again–the boy hadn’t uttered a word Read More »
King of the Wild Stallions (1959) R.G. Springsteen, George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Edgar Buchanan

Martha Morse, a young widow, must raise $500 within a few days or lose her government-grazing rights and her ranch. Read More »
Barricade (1950) Peter Godfrey, Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman

Jack London’s “The Sea Wolf” is transported from sea to land in this intriguing western. Read More »