True story of Native American Jim Thorpe, who rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become a collegiate, Olympic, and professional star. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Summertime (1955) David Lean, Katharine Hepburn
The American secretary Jane Hudson travels from Ohio to Venice. Jane is a middle-age single and lonely woman that have saved money for her dream trip. Read More »
The Big Combo (1955) Joseph H. Lewis
Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown Read More »
His Kind of Woman (1951) John Farrow, Richard Fleischer, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price
Nick Ferraro, deported crime boss, needs to re-enter the USA. Read More »
Jump Into Hell (1955) David Butler, Jacques Sernas, Kurt Kasznar, Arnold Moss
In 1954, during the French Indo-China War, the French military outpost at Dien Bien Phu Read More »
Paul Temple Returns (1952) Maclean Rogers, John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, Grey Blake
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed “The Marquis.” Read More »
Decision Before Dawn (1951) Anatole Litvak, Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. Read More »
Wicked Woman (1953) Russell Rouse, Beverly Michaels, Richard Egan, Percy Helton
A blonde floozy drifts into town and gets a job as a waitress at a local bar. Read More »
Conflagration (1958) Kon Ichikawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai
Goichi Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father Read More »
Come Back, Africa (1959) Lionel Rogosin, Zacharia Mgabi, Vinah Bendile, Miriam Makeba
Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959. Read More »