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Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
Blue Denim (1959) Philip Dunne, Carol Lynley, Brandon De Wilde, Macdonald Carey

Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Read More »
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 »