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Tag Archives: 1950s
Gog (1954) Herbert L. Strock, Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Herbert Marshall

Scientists working on induced hibernation for space travel are killed, apparently by machines acting independently. Read More »
The Last Hunt (1956) Richard Brooks, Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan

Set in the early 1880s, this is the story of one of the last buffalo hunts in the Northwest. Read More »
Something to Live For (1952) George Stevens, Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright

An actress becomes an alcoholic after being jilted. She is aided by an Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair; however, he is married. Read More »
Summer Clouds (1958) Mikio Naruse, Chikage Awashima, Michiyo Aratama, Kumi Mizuno

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. Read More »
Fast Company (1953) John Sturges, Howard Keel, Polly Bergen, Marjorie Main

The temperamental Carol Maldon leaves New York behind to take control of her father’s stable, she inherited. Read More »
Plunder of the Sun (1953) John Farrow, Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina

An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist Read More »
Jirocho Fuji (1959) Kazuo Mori, Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu

An all-star cast from Daiei Film Company has made “the ultimate Jirocho movie” about the legendary yakuza Shimizu no Jirocho, the biggest Boss in the Tokaido area. Read More »
Thunder Road (1958) Arthur Ripley, Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. Read More »
Battle Hymn (1957) Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea

Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Read More »