Professor Henry Jarrod is an actual performer whose wax sculptures are life threatening. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) Robert Siodmak, Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish, Carleton Carpenter, Drama
Brad Adams is the new manager of a production plant at a tiny New Hampshire town. He’s brought in by proprietor Mrs. Doubleday to calm labour relations plus layoff workers. Read More »
The Doll That Took the Town (1957) Francesco Maselli, Virna Lisi, Haya Harareet, Elisa Cegani, Drama
A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Read More »
Innocents in Paris (1953) Gordon Parry, Peter Illing, Gaby Bruyère, James Copeland, Adventure, Comedy
A choice of passengers grab the plane from London to get an early 1950’s weekend at Paris. Read More »
Backlash (1956) John Sturges, Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, Mystery, Romance, Western
Jim Slater’s dad (whom he never understood ) expired in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is looking for the 1 survivor Read More »
The Raging Tide (1951) George Sherman, Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A San Francisco hood is rubbed from rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the offense to Homicide Lieut. Read More »
Jan Zizka (1957) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Horák, Karel Höger, Drama, War
1419: The atmosphere in Prague after Hus’ death is very tense. Several rebels are prisoned and radical priest Jan Zelivský leads large masses of people to the Old Town’s council house occupied by corrupt councillors, where the prisoners are kept. Read More »
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa (1959) Ismael Rodríguez, María Félix, Dolores del Rio, Emilio Fernández, Drama, Romance, War
The Cucaracha is a courageous woman soldier who directs a group of comparable women to the fray from the forces of the Villa colonel, Zeta. Read More »
Professor Hannibal (1956) Zoltán Fábri, Ernö Szabó, Noémi Apor, Emmi Buttykay, Comedy, Drama
Every time a Latin instructor publishes an informative article on the Carthaginian General Hannibal Read More »
Highway Dragnet (1954) Nathan Juran, Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Mrs. Cummings, a free-lance magazine photographer and a recent widow following her husband committed suicide Read More »