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Tag Archives: 1950s
Love Me Tender (1956) Robert D. Webb, Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley
Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while his brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. Read More »
Black Dossier AKA Le dossier noir (1955) André Cayatte, Antoine Balpêtré, Bernard Blier, Jean-Marc Bory
Jacques Arnaud arrives in a small town somewhere in the province. Read More »
The Steel Key (1953) Robert S. Baker, Terence Morgan
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend. Read More »
The Head / Die Nackte und der Satan (1959) Victor Trivas, Horst Frank, Karin Kernke, Helmut Schmid
A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog’s head alive after its body dies. Read More »
The Red Badge of Courage (1951) John Huston, Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick
Plot centers around how a young recruit (Audie Murphy) faces the horrors of war. Read More »
The Mouse That Roared (1959) Jack Arnold, Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick, the smallest country in the world, is nestled in the French Alps. Read More »
Don’t Go Near the Water (1957) Charles Walters, Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman
On a small island in the South Pacific, the Navy’s P.R. department is spending WWII without getting near a ship. Read More »
Born to Be Loved (1959) Hugo Haas, Carol Morris, Barbara Jo Allen
A seamstress (Carol Morris) and a music teacher (Hugo Haas) play Cupid for each other, ending with a double wedding. Read More »
Three Sinners AKA Meurtres (1950) Richard Pottier, Fernandel, Mireille Perrey, Jacques Varennes
Noel Annequin is the black sheep of a social-climbing bourgeois family who married Read More »