
Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest Samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Read More »
The Admirable Crichton (1957) Lewis Gilbert, Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household Read More »
The Gamma People (1956) John Gilling, Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips

An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country Read More »
Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952) Renato Castellani, Maria Fiore, Vincenzo Musolino, Filomena Russo

Antonio is the sole support of her large family. Carmela wants to marry, but has no money Read More »
The Long Arm (1956) Charles Frend, Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison

Someone has broken into the safe of a London company, and yet no force or explosive was used Read More »
Ride a Violent Mile (1957) Charles Marquis Warren, John Agar, Penny Edwards, John Pickard

Cowhand Jeff Donner meets Susan Crowley, a spy for the Union in the Civil War Read More »
Dick Barton at Bay (1950) Godfrey Grayson, Don Stannard, Tamara Desni, George Ford

Special Agent Dick Barton has been assigned to recover a kidnapped professor Read More »
We, the Women (1953) Gianni Franciolini, Alfredo Guarini, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Isa Miranda

Five portraits of actresses in their “common” life, seen as women rather than movie stars. Read More »
The Magnificent Tramp (1959) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier

Archiméde is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Read More »