Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Light in the Forest (1958) Herschel Daugherty, Fess Parker, Wendell Corey, Joanne Dru, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance, Western
In 1764, the British come to an agreement with the native Delaware tribes in order to bring peace to the region. Read More »
Red Ball Express (1952) Budd Boetticher, Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Drama, War
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton’s Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. Read More »
Day of the Outlaw (1959) André De Toth, Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Western
In the quiet frontier town of Bitters, Wyo., a dispute between cattleman Blaise Starrett (Robert Ryan) and farmer Hal Crane (Alan Marshal) is about to boil over into a bloody feud. Read More »
Once a Thief (1950) W. Lee Wilder, Cesar Romero, June Havoc, Marie McDonald, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as a waitress. Read More »
Shiroi yajuu / White Beast (1950) Mikio Naruse, Mitsuko Miura, Sô Yamamura, Eiji Okada, Drama
The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman’s prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. Read More »
Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki / She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955) Keisuke Kinoshita, Noriko Arita, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Drama, Romance
An old man, being rowed along a river, sees a field of daisies (or Wild Chrysanthemums, as they are described in the title, or starworts, as they are referred to in the subtitles), and thinks back to when he was fifteen. Read More »
Blood of the Vampire (1958) Henry Cass, Donald Wolfit, Vincent Ball, Barbara Shelley, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Read More »
Ikimono no kiroku / I Live in Fear (1955) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Drama
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is so frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear extermination that his family decides to have him ruled incompetent. Read More »
Mystery Submarine (1950) Douglas Sirk, Macdonald Carey, Märta Torén, Robert Douglas, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U.S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and sink a Nazi submarine, hiding off the coast of South America. Read More »