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Tag Archives: 1950s
5 Fingers (1952) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie
Based on a true story. In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious and extremely efficient valet for the British ambassador Read More »
Counterplot (1959) Kurt Neumann, Forrest Tucker
Man hides out in Puerto Rico from the police and his double-crossing attorney. Read More »
The Earrings of Madame De… (1953) Max Ophüls, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica
In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift: she needs money to cover her debts. Read More »
His Majesty O’Keefe (1954) Byron Haskin, Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, André Morell
In 1870, Yankee sea captain O’Keefe finds himself stranded after a mutiny on the Micronesian island of Yap Read More »
Fighting Coast Guard (1951) Joseph Kane, Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines
Bill Rourk, an ex-Coast Guard crew chief, is tricked into volunteering for the Coact Guard Officer’s Training School Read More »
A Woman of Mystery (1958) Ernest Morris, Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Jennifer Jayne
Feature writer Ray Savage is assigned to uncover the facts leading to the sudden death of Jayne Hayle. Read More »
Mexican Manhunt (1953) Rex Bailey, George Brent, Hillary Brooke, Morris Ankrum
Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. “Dave” Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Read More »
Count Your Blessings (1959) Jean Negulesco
Grace hastily marries a French aristocrat during WWII, but is separated by circumstance from him for almost nine years. Read More »
Two Suspicious People (1950) Tancred Ibsen, Peter Lindgren, Ivar Svendsen, Britta Lech-Hanssen
The movie is based on a documentary-crime novel by author Gunnar Larsen written in 1933, which in turn was based on a true story that shocked Norway. Read More »