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Tag Archives: 1950s
A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji (1955) Tomu Uchida, Chiezo Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa

A samurai travels to Edo with his two servants. On their way, they meet many people and encounter great injustice. Read More »
Mister Universe (1951) Joseph Lerner, Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Vince Edwards

A gullible and honest “Mr. Universe” winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man and a wrestling prompter. Read More »
The Glory Brigade (1953) Robert D. Webb, Victor Mature, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin

During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Read More »
The Matchmaker (1958) Joseph Anthony, Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine

It’s 1884 in Yonkers, New York. Dolly Gallagher-Levi is a Jane-of-all-Trades, but her latest and most lucrative venture is as a matchmaker Read More »
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953) Arthur Crabtree, Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, Sidney James

War time drama. Lili will not marry her true Love, an American reporter, until she becomes a star. Read More »
Night of the Demon (1957) Jacques Tourneur, Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis

Dr. John Holden ventures to London to attend a paranormal psychology symposium with the intention to expose devil cult leader Julian Karswell. Read More »
The Cheat (1950) Yves Allégret, Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Jacques Baumer

After having spent all his money to fullfill the smallest wish of his wife Dora, Robert is still madly in love with her. Read More »
Santa Claus (1959) René Cardona, José Elías Moreno, Cesáreo Quezadas ‘Pulgarcito’, José Luis Aguirre ‘Trotsky’

Santa Claus, high above the North Pole in his cloud-borne castle equipped with more surveillance devices than the Impossible Mission Force Read More »
The Merry Widow (1952) Curtis Bernhardt, Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel

Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek Read More »