Biopic of Rear Adm. John M. Hoskins, U.S. Navy. During World War Two, U.S. Navy Capt. John Madison Hoskins Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Last Wagon (1956) Delmer Daves, Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd Read More »
Operation Bullshine (1959) Gilbert Gunn, Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery Read More »
The Silver Whip (1953) Harmon Jones, Dale Robertson, Rory Calhoun, Robert Wagner
Race Crim, a stagecoach guard, persuades the line’s superintendent to allow young Jess Harker Read More »
The Law Is the Law (1958) Christian-Jaque, Fernandel, Totò, René Génin
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. Read More »
The Line of Destiny (1956) Lester James Peries, Somapala Dharmapriya, Myrtle Fernando, Shesha Palihakkara
A sprawling portrait of rural life in Sri Lanka; the story revolves around a boy Read More »
Anna Lucasta (1958) Arnold Laven, Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Frederick O’Neal
When wild child Anna Lucasta (Kitt) is banished from the family home by her self-righteous father Read More »
Navajo (1952) Norman Foster, Francis Kee Teller, John Mitchell, Mrs. Kee Teller
A young Navajo Indian boy is caught up in the conflict of cultures when he rejects the white man’s school. Told in semi-documentary style. Read More »
Law and Disorder (1958) Charles Crichton, Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire
When Percy Brand (Sir Michael Redgrave), a habitual confidence trickster Read More »
The White Sheik (1952) Federico Fellini, Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, Brunella Bovo
Moments after the newlywed couple of the fastidious office employee Ivan and his young and pure wife Wanda Read More »