Ex-GI Ken who as a result of a war wound is paralyzed below the waist. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) Roberto Rossellini, Aldo Fabrizi, Gianfranco Bellini, Peparuolo
The film dramatizes about a dozen vignettes from the life of St. Francis and his early followers Read More »
Fortunella (1958) Eduardo De Filippo, Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi, Paul Douglas
Nanda Diotallevi, called Fortunella, is a poor girl living in the second-hand dealers district, and is the lover of one of these, Peppino. Read More »
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953) John Gilling, Scott Brady, Mary Castle, John Blythe
American Gregor Stevens arrives in London searching for his brother who Read More »
Husband and Wife (1953) Mikio Naruse, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi, Rentarô Mikuni
A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband’s co-worker, a widower. Read More »
A Perilous Journey (1953) R.G. Springsteen, Vera Ralston, David Brian, Scott Brady
Francie Landereaux is one of 29 women on a voyage to California on a barter-bride deal in which any qualified man can buy a wife. Read More »
3 Ring Circus (1954) Joseph Pevney, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. Read More »
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) Norman Taurog, Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey
Jim Stauton Rogers, a Texas rancher turned international diplomat, take his young daughter, Elizabeth Rogers, on a trip to Paris. Read More »
No Trace (1950) John Gilling, Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan, John Laurie
When crime-writer Robert Southley finds his well-healed London lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former American criminal associate he murders him. Read More »
Glory Alley (1952) Raoul Walsh, Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Kurt Kasznar
In New Orleans, prizefighter Socks Barbarrosa suddenly runs out of the ring before his title bout, and swears he’ll never fight again. Read More »