A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Background (1953) Daniel Birt, Valerie Hobson, Philip Friend, Norman Wooland, Drama
In post-war London, upper-middle class barrister John Lomax and his wife Barbie decide after several years of constant bickering to divorce. Read More »
The Wild Heart (1952) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Drama, Romance
A re-editing of Gone to Earth (1950) after a disagreement and court case between director Michael Powell and producer David O. Selznick. Read More »
The Court Jester (1956) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
The throne of rightful king of England, the small babe with the purple pimpernel birthmark, has been usurped by the evil King Roderick. Read More »
Osmy dzien tygodnia / The Eight Day of the Week (1958) Aleksander Ford, Sonja Ziemann, Zbigniew Cybulski, Barbara Polomska, Drama, Romance
A young couple in love hopes to have some privacy but the widespread housing problems don’t allow them to find any place to stay. Read More »
Des femmes disparaissent / Girls Disappear (1959) Édouard Molinaro, Robert Hossein, Magali Noël, Estella Blain, Thriller
Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Read More »
The Lineup (1958) Don Siegel, Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Crime, Film-Noir, Drama
In San Francisco, two police inspectors are on the case when a rogue taxi driver, with the help of a rogue porter Read More »
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952) Joseph M. Newman, Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, Miriam Hopkins, Western
A murderous western outlaw, his wife, a disgraced gambler and a faded dance hall floozie and a few other socially undesirable characters are trapped in a snowbound mountain cabin. Read More »
Anna (1951) Alberto Lattuada, Silvana Mangano, Gaby Morlay, Raf Vallone, Drama, Romance
Anna, a former sexy nightclub dancer who has become a hospital nurse, is on the verge of taking the veil. Read More »
High School Hellcats (1958) Edward Bernds, Yvonne Lime, Brett Halsey, Jana Lund, Crime, Drama
The Hellcats are an all-female gang bent on bucking authority and terrorizing the schools by doing things like having a bad attitude toward their teachers and parents. Read More »