Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Country Girl (1954) George Seaton, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd Read More »
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) Mark Robson, Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens
All her life Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Read More »
O Cangaceiro (1953) Lima Barreto, Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro
Brazilian movie inspired by American westerns (but losing none of its cultural integrity) about Cangaceiro (bandit) Teodoro Read More »
The McConnell Story (1955) Gordon Douglas, Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore
Mac’s plans to settle down and raise a family are upset by the Korean War. He goes as a fighter pilot and returns a hero, the first triple ace of the war. Read More »
Voice Without a Shadow AKA Kagenaki koe (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko
Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Read More »
Short Grass (1950) Lesley Selander, Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Johnny Mack Brown
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Read More »
White Corridors (1951) Pat Jackson, Googie Withers, James Donald, Godfrey Tearle
The scene is Yeoman’s Hospital, set in the English Midlands, soon after the NHS was founded. Read More »
Whirlpool (1959) Lewis Allen, Juliette Gréco, O.W. Fischer, Muriel Pavlow
On the run from her murderous wartime partner in crime Hermann, Lora hides on a small cargo boat captained by heroic Rolf. Read More »
This Can’t Happen Here AKA Sånt händer inte här (1950) Ingmar Bergman, Signe Hasso, Alf Kjellin, Ulf Palme
Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. Read More »