The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Sabrina (1954) Billy Wilder, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Read More »
The Wind, Woman and Road (1958) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity Read More »
On the Waterfront (1954) Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly Read More »
Barbados Quest (1955) Bernard Knowles, Tom Conway, Delphi Lawrence, Brian Worth
J. D. Everleigh, a wealthy American, purchases a rare stamp in London from Geoffrey Blake, who says he represents Robert Coburn, a stamp agent. Read More »
Man in the Attic (1953) Hugo Fregonese, Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade Read More »
Smiley (1956) Anthony Kimmins, Colin Petersen, Bruce Archer, Ralph Richardson
Smiley Greevins is a cheeky, mischievous, imaginative little boy who lives in the small town of Murrumbilla in the Australian outback. Read More »
Riders to the Stars (1954) Richard Carlson, Herbert L. Strock, William Lundigan, Herbert Marshall
In an attempt to discover the composition of meteors, three astronauts are sent out into space Read More »
One Way Out (1955) Francis Searle, Jill Adams, Eddie Byrne, Lyndon Brook
As he is about to retire, a police officer discovers that his daughter is mixed up with a criminal gang Read More »
Olivia (1951) Jacqueline Audry, Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia
Olivia, an English teenager, arrives at a finishing school in France. Read More »