In 1954, during the French Indo-China War, the French military outpost at Dien Bien Phu Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
Westward the Women (1951) William A. Wellman, Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson
In a time when “The West” pretty much ends in Texas and only California is slowly being populated by the white men Read More »
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 »