Largely fictional account of the last few years in the life of matinée idol Rudolph Valentino. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Assignment Redhead (1956) Maclean Rogers, Richard Denning, Carole Mathews, Ronald Adam
Murderous master criminal Dumetrius flies to London from post-war Berlin plying his trade in counterfeit money and false travel documents. Read More »
Across the Bridge (1957) Ken Annakin, Rod Steiger, David Knight, Bernard Lee
On the run from the US police after being charged with embezzlement Read More »
The Cow and I AKA La vache et le prisonnier (1959) Henri Verneuil, Fernandel, Pierre-Louis, Ellen Schwiers
In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way. Read More »
Black Hand (1950) Richard Thorpe, Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli
Now grown-up, Johnny Columbo returns to New York from Italy having sworn a vendetta against Read More »
Julius Caesar (1953) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Louis Calhern, Marlon Brando, James Mason
Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. Read More »
Dangerous Cargo (1954) John Harlow, Susan Stephen, Jack Watling, Karel Stepanek
Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks Read More »
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) Lee Sholem, Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Robert Alda
The Lionians are a tribe dying of a mysterious disease. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse Read More »
The Black Orchid (1958) Martin Ritt, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman
After mobsters murder her husband, Rose Bianco works long hours making artificial flowers, to support herself and her son. Read More »
The Fake (1953) Godfrey Grayson, Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams
An American has to guard da Vinci’s “Madonna and Child” when it is being shown in Britain. When it arrives he suspects it is not the real painting. Read More »