
Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
All for Mary (1955) Wendy Toye, Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson

In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord’s daughter. Read More »
Alive and Kicking (1959) Cyril Frankel, Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood

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 »
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 »