In 1873, on the Gold Trail, Montana, the mysterious and controlling Dr. Joseph Frail arrives in the small town of Skull Creek with miners in a gold rush. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
You Cant Run Away from It (1956) Dick Powell, June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. Read More »
The Unholy Wife (1957) John Farrow, Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Wealthy vintner Paul Hochen meets blonde bombshell Phyllis in a bar…and marries her. In due course, Phyllis is bored by Paul, and finds an exciting new lover in rodeo rider San. Read More »
Cairo Station (1958) Youssef Chahine, Farid Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Crime, Drama
Kinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hannouma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. Read More »
The Boy Who Came Back (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Sachiko Hidari, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Drama
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. Read More »
Son of Sinbad (1955) Ted Tetzlaff, Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sinbad was pursuing a secret weapon: Greek Fire. Attributed to the ancient Greeks, it was composed of pitch or bitumen, sulfur, and other ingredients. Read More »
Double Crossbones (1951) Charles Barton, Donald O’Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer, Adventure, Comedy, History, Musical, Romance
Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. Read More »
House of Secrets (1956) Guy Green, Michael Craig, Anton Diffring, Gérard Oury, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ship’s officer Larry Ellis is asked by the CIA to help infiltrate a forgery ring in France as he is almost a double for a dead double-crossing gold courier who worked for the gang. Read More »
The Scarf (1951) Ewald André Dupont, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
John Barrington escapes from an asylum for the criminally-insane and finds refuge on the ranch of turkey-raiser Ezra Thompson. Read More »
Points and Lines (1958) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Hiroshi Minami, Isao Yamagata, Mieko Takamine, Mystery
A senior detective is determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide. Read More »