
Géo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, breaks from jail. Now an escaped convict, the elite agent must Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
I Only Arsked! (1958) Montgomery Tully, Bernard Bresslaw, Michael Medwin, Alfie Bass

A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Read More »
Gunman in the Streets (1950) Frank Tuttle, Dane Clark, Simone Signoret, Fernand Gravey

American army deserter turned criminal-on-the-run Eddy Roback must evade the French authorities Read More »
Witness to Murder (1954) Roy Rowland

Cheryl Draper (Barbara Stanwyck) witnesses a murder in the apartment opposite her bedroom window. Read More »
Battle of Roses (1950) Mikio Naruse, Kuniko Miyake, Setsuko Wakayama, Yôko Katsuragi

In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family’s company “Lily Cosmetic” Read More »
The Violent Men (1955) Rudolph Maté, Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

A Union ex-officer plans to sell up to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee Read More »
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) Henry Hathaway, Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation Read More »
Munekata kyôdai / The Munekata Sisters (1950) Yasujirô Ozu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Hideko Takamine, Ken Uehara

Setsuko is unhappily to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. Read More »
Naked Alibi (1954) Jerry Hopper, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry

Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Read More »
Bannerline (1951) Don Weis, Keefe Brasselle

A cub reporter finagled a fake front page showing a dying professor’s plan for civic reform. Read More »