Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Stella (1950) Claude Binyon, Ann Sheridan, Victor Mature, Leif Erickson
Uncle Joe’s untimely demise brings about an endless parade of unexpected consequences. Read More »
Suspended Alibi (1957) Alfred Shaughnessy, Patrick Holt, Honor Blackman, Valentine Dyall
A married editor who is having an affair pretends that he is visiting an army friend Read More »
Cosh Boy (1953) Lewis Gilbert, James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies
Amongst the bomb-sites and dark alleys of postwar London Roy Walsh and his gang of juvenile delinquents waylay and rob old ladies. Read More »
The Desperate Hours (1955) William Wyler, Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy
After escaping from prison, Glenn Griffin, his brother Hal and a third inmate Sam Kobish randomly select a house Read More »
A Stranger in Town (1957) George Pollock, Alex Nicol, Anne Paige, Mary Laura Wood
In a sleepy village, a young composer is found shot dead and a woman is found gassed. Read More »
Jet Pilot (1957) Josef von Sternberg, John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen
Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna. Read More »
Babette Goes to War (1959) Christian-Jaque, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Ronald Howard
During WW2, as the German forces rapidly advance toward the French coast, naive French country girl Babette makes her way to the coastal town of Dieppe. Read More »
Man of the West (1958) Anthony Mann, Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb
On his way to hire a schoolteacher, a homesteader is left a hundred miles from anywhere when the train he is on is robbed. Read More »
Mister Scoutmaster (1953) Henry Levin, Clifton Webb, Edmund Gwenn, George Winslow
Snobby TV star (Clifton Webb) worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that’s why his TV show is failing. Read More »