
On a vacation in France from his nondescript job and life, John Barratt encounters a titled but impoverished French nobleman who looks exactly like him. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Bandido! (1956) Richard Fleischer, Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess, Gilbert Roland

American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the “regulares” in the 1916 Mexican revolution. Read More »
The Men (1950) Fred Zinnemann, Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane

Ex-GI Ken who as a result of a war wound is paralyzed below the waist. Read More »
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 »