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Tag Archives: 1950s
Indestructible Man (1956) Jack Pollexfen, Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr

“Butcher” Benton goes to his death in the state prison, cursing the three men who double-crossed him following an armored-car hold-up Read More »
Moulin Rouge (1952) John Huston, José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Read More »
Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser (1957) Gerhard Klein, Ekkehard Schall, Ilse Pagé, Ernst-Georg Schwill

The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Read More »
Wetbacks (1956) Hank McCune, Lloyd Bridges

About to lose his sole possession, his boat, for lack of payments, ex- Coast Guardsman Jim Benson takes a gamble on a fishing charter Read More »
Bitter Victory (1957) Nicholas Ray, Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman

In North Africa during World War II, Major David Brand is assigned to lead a British commando raid into German-held Benghazi Read More »
Time Table (1956) Mark Stevens, King Calder, Felicia Farr

As a train speeds through the Arizona night, a man posing as a physician holds up the baggage-car crew and escapes with a $500,000 payroll. Read More »
Those Days (1954) Sundaram Balachander, Shivaji Ganesan, Pandharibai, Jawar N. Sitaraman

The night after the Japanese bombing of Madras, Rajan (Sivaji Ganesan) a radio engineer, is murdered while preparing to leave town with a bag full of cash. Read More »
Bellissima (1951) Luchino Visconti, Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daugther to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. Read More »
Slander (1957) Roy Rowland, Van Johnson, Ann Blyth, Steve Cochran

Steve Cochran plays the slick, debonair owner of a notorious gossip magazine who is anxious to break a big scandal to reverse a recent decline in sales. Read More »