An expatriate American living in Madrid, former Air Force pilot Lloyd Tredman (Robert Taylor) Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Elevator to the Gallows AKA Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (1957) Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly
The feature-film debut of famed director Louis Malle is an interesting, modern film noir with the classic theme of lovers plotting Read More »
The Weapon (1956) Val Guest, Hal E. Chester, Herbert Marshall, Lizabeth Scott, Steve Cochran
A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. Read More »
Northwest Territory (1951) Frank McDonald, Kirby Grant, Chinook, Gloria Saunders
Fort McKenzie prospector Pop Kellogg, just before the arrival of his newly-orphaned grandson Billy Read More »
The Champion AKA Shôri-sha (1957) Umetsugu Inoue, Yûjirô Ishihara, Keiji Itami, Mie Kitahara
Intersecting circles of obligation link a former boxer, the youth he vows to make a champion Read More »
The King’s Thief (1955) Robert Z. Leonard, Hugo Fregonese, Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven
Lady Mary’s father is innocently accused of treason and is executed. It is the king’s evil chancellor, the duke of Brampton Read More »
Yukon Manhunt (1951) Frank McDonald, Kirby Grant, Chinook, Gail Davis
Canadian Mountie Rod Webb (Kirby Grant) has been assigned to the case where three messengers carrying Kenmore Mine payrolls have been robbed and murdered. Read More »
Qivitoq (1956) Erik Balling, Poul Reichhardt, Astrid Villaume, Gunnar Lauring
In this visual masterpiece and first Oscar nominated Danish film, young teacher Eva arriving in Greenland Read More »
The Year Long Road AKA La strada lunga un anno (1958) Giuseppe De Santis, Silvana Pampanini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Massimo Girotti
The plot is set in an underdeveloped and remote area of a fictitious country Read More »
Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Charles Vidor, Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire
The inimitable Danny Kaye stars as famed storyteller Hans Christian Andersen in this charming fictionalized biopic that blends music Read More »