Joey, a young boy, runs away to Coney Island after he is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
I Was a Shoplifter (1950) Charles Lamont, Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King
Police detective sergeant Jeff Andrews is working on a case involving a gang of shoplifters Read More »
The Rocket Man (1954) Oscar Rudolph, Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, Anne Francis
Wacky complications ensue when a little boy comes into possession of a ray gun that compels anyone caught in its beam to tell the truth. Read More »
Hanussen (1955) O.W. Fischer, Georg Marischka, Liselotte Pulver, Erni Mangold
In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis. Read More »
The One That Got Away (1957) Roy Ward Baker, Hardy Krüger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe
This is the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in Britain during the Second World War. Read More »
Men in War (1957) Anthony Mann, Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith
In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson’s platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Read More »
08/15 at Home (1955) Paul May, O.E. Hasse, Hannes Schiel, Gustav Knuth
In the spring of 1945, the German troops are practically defeated Read More »
08/15 (1954) Paul May, Joachim Fuchsberger, Helen Vita, Paul Bösiger
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II: Private Asch and gunner Vierbein belong to the same unit but could not be more contrary. Read More »
Warning from Space (1956) Kôji Shima, Keizô Kawasaki, Toyomi Karita, Bin Yagisawa
UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Read More »
The Harlem Globetrotters (1951) Phil Brown, Will Jason, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Dandridge
Abe Saperstein, owner/manager of the world-famous “Harlem Globetrotters”, an all-Negro professional basketball team Read More »