Three elderly ladies tire of living in an old people’s home and when they heard that they are about to be separated, they make a bid for freedom. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Truth About Women (1957) Muriel Box, Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Diane Cilento
A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well. Read More »
The Conqueror (1956) Dick Powell, John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz
In ancient times, the Mongolian warlord Temujin must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father. Read More »
Night Without Sleep (1952) Roy Ward Baker, Linda Darnell, Gary Merrill, Hildegard Knef
Awaking one morning out of a drunken stupor, composer Richard Morton can’t shake the feeling he has murdered a woman during the night. Read More »
Guilt Is My Shadow (1950) Roy Kellino, Elizabeth Sellars, Patrick Holt, Peter Reynolds
Linda (Elizabeth Sellars) is driven to the breaking point by her no-good husband. One day, he pushes her too far, and she kills him. Read More »
Johnny Rocco (1958) Paul Landres, Richard Eyer, Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray
Gangster and police look for a gangster’s son who witnessed a murder. Read More »
The Black Vampire (1953) Román Viñoly Barreto, Olga Zubarry, Roberto Escalada, Nathán Pinzón
This clever “feminist” reworking of Fritz Lang’s classic M focuses on the mothers of children stalked by a deranged pedophile. Read More »
The Crooked Circle (1957) Joseph Kane, John Smith, Fay Spain, Steve Brodie
A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight. Read More »
El Suavecito (1951) Fernando Méndez, Víctor Parra, Aurora Segura, Dagoberto Rodríguez
The playboy Roberto “El Suavecito” takes very comfortable working relationship with Lupita, despite his constant infidelities. Read More »
Town on Trial (1957) John Guillermin, John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. Read More »