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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Shiralee (1957) Leslie Norman, Peter Finch, Dana Wilson

Based on a best-selling Australian novel by D’Arcy Niland, The Shiralee stars Peter Finch as an Aussie “swagman,” or poacher Read More »
Hell Drivers (1957) Cy Endfield, Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom

Joe “Tom” Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind Read More »
The Loyal 47 Ronin / Chûshingura (1958) Kunio Watanabe

Japan’s timeless tale of honor and revenge, the Loyal 47 Ronin is the true story of group of samurai Read More »
Fellowship of the Frog (1959) Harald Reinl

Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. Read More »
Home Before Dark (1958) Mervyn LeRoy, Jean Simmons

A wealthy but emotionally damaged woman is released from a sanitarium a year after suffering a mental breakdown. Read More »
There’s Always a Price Tag / Retour de manivelle (1957)

An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man Read More »
Seven Wonders of the World (1956) Tay Garnett, Paul Mantz

Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience Read More »
Napoléon (1955) Sacha Guitry, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Napoléon Bonaparte’s life, loves and exceptional destiny from 1769 to 1821, but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand Read More »
Let’s Dance (1950) Norman Z. McLeod, Betty Hutton

Donald Elwood meets after the war his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. Read More »