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Tag Archives: 1950s
Soldier of Fortune (1955) Edward Dmytryk, Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie

During the 1950s an American journalist disappears in China. Read More »
Destination Gobi (1953) Robert Wise, Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II Read More »
A Town Like Alice (1956) Jack Lee, Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki

In 1941, The advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. Read More »
Night Was Our Friend (1951) Michael Anderson, Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Gough, Ronald Howard

Martin’s plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. Read More »
Waterfront (1950) Michael Anderson, Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott

A good-for-nothing sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. Read More »
Powder River (1953) Louis King, Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, Cameron Mitchell

Ex-marshal Chino Bull has hung up his guns until his prospecting partner is shot dead. Read More »
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff

Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. Read More »
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959) John Gilling, Victor Mature, Anne Aubrey, Anthony Newley

Bandit of Zhobe is what actor Hans Conried once described as a “western in burnoose.” Read More »
The Band Wagon (1953) Vincente Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant

Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie and tails to be exact). Read More »