A small-town policeman is informed that “naked women” are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Lola Montès (1955) Max Ophüls, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction Read More »
La Ronde (1950) Max Ophüls, Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. Read More »
The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955) George Sherman, Rory Calhoun, Shelley Winters, Gilbert Roland
Mexico, 1915. US bank robber Tom Bryan hopes to retire to Mexico Read More »
Mr. Denning Drives North (1951) Anthony Kimmins, John Mills, Phyllis Calvert, Eileen Moore
When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter’s current boyfriend is a nasty character Read More »
Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955) Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien
In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Read More »
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) Roy Rowland, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried
The bane of adolescent Bart Collins’ existence is the piano lessons he is forced to take under the tutelage of Dr. Terwilliker Read More »
Innocent Meeting (1959) Godfrey Grayson, Sean Lynch, Beth Rogan, Raymond Huntley
A teenager on probation is falsely accused of robbery. A young girl, knowing the truth Read More »
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Paige
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Read More »
Armored Car Robbery (1950) Richard Fleischer, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman
Dave Purvis takes pride in being unknown to the law, though famed among fellow crooks Read More »