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Tag Archives: 1950s
Ukikusa / Floating Weeds (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Haruko Sugimura
A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Read More »
The Stranger’s Hand / La mano dello straniero (1954) Mario Soldati, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli, Richard Basehart
A British lad tries to investigate his father’s disappearance in Venice when nobody believes him. Read More »
Hound-Dog Man (1959) Don Siegel, Fabian, Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley
A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man Read More »
Three Stripes in the Sun (1955) Richard Murphy, Aldo Ray, Philip Carey, Dick York
Army Master Sergeant Hugh O’Reilly is stationed in Japan after World War II. Read More »
China Venture (1953) Don Siegel, Edmond O’Brien, Barry Sullivan, Jocelyn Brando
An American patrol was sent during World War II to the south of China which was occupied by Japanese troops with the order to rescue a prisoner of the Chinese guerilla. Read More »
La schiava del peccato / The Slave of Sin (1954) Raffaello Matarazzo, Silvana Pampanini, Marcello Mastroianni, Camillo Pilotto
The only survivors of a serious train accident are a little girl and a prostitute. Read More »
Tormento (1950) Raffaello Matarazzo, Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson, Annibale Betrone
Living with her father and stepmother in Naples, Anna is very unhappy as her stepmother hinders her attempts to live her own life. Read More »
Flight Nurse (1953) Allan Dwan, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz
A routine film on the surface, Flight Nurse is quite original in showing war from the point of view of a nurse who is as comely as as she is generous. Read More »
Side Street (1950) Anthony Mann, Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, James Craig
Joe Norson, a poor letter carrier with a sweet, pregnant wife, yields to momentary temptation Read More »