
In this British detective yarn, a Yankee sleuth teams up with Scotland Yard to catch the culprits behind a successful counterfeiting ring. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Three Murderesses (1959) Michel Boisrond, Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit

Julien turns up at one of his former girlfriends’ wedding; she is marrying an “old man”. Read More »
Li’l Abner (1959) Melvin Frank, Leslie Parrish

As Sadie Hawkins Day approaches, Daisy Mae hopes to win the hand of Li’l Abner by catching him in the traditional race. Read More »
Let’s Make It Legal (1951) Richard Sale, Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott

The divorce of Hugh and Miriam Halsworth becomes final at midnight. Read More »
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) David Lean

This movie deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Read More »
The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) Gordon Douglas, Hugh O’Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels

In this western remake of Kiss of Death (1947), a convicted bank robber serving his sentence Read More »
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) André De Toth, Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Joan Weldon

Having been a spy for Quantrill’s raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man Read More »
Dallas (1950) Stuart Heisler, Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran

After Confederate officer Blayde Hollister’s home and family are destroyed by the Marlowe Brothers during the Civil War Read More »
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) Sidney Franklin, Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers

Elizabeth Barrett’s tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Read More »
A Lady Without Passport (1950) Joseph H. Lewis, Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig

There is a problem with foreign nationals using Cuba as a convenient jumping off point for illegal entry into the United States. Read More »