After their latest rocket fails, Dr. Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer have to start over again. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Garment Jungle (1957) Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich, Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
During the 1950s, the New York garment industry is going through a turmoil. Read More »
Vera Cruz (1954) Robert Aldrich, Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Adventure, Western
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. Read More »
Aparajito (1956) Satyajit Ray, Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Lalchand Banerjee, Drama
After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small Bengali village. Read More »
Destination Murder (1950) Edward L. Cahn, Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Laura Mansfield’s father is killed, apparently by a telegraphic messenger. She spots Jackie Wales in a police lineup, but can’t identify him positively. Read More »
Night Passage (1957) James Neilson, James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
The workers on the railroad haven’t been paid in several months, that’s because Whitey and his gang, including fast-shooting, dangerous Read More »
Les Enfants Terribles (1950) Jean-Pierre Melville, Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Drama
In a snowball fight between schoolboys the handsome Dargelos hits the chest of Paul, who drops unconscious to the ground. Read More »
It Happened on July 20th (1955) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Bernhard Wicki, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Carl Wery, Drama, History, Thriller, War
A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed. Read More »
This Strange Passion (1953) Luis Buñuel, Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Aurora Walker, Drama, Romance
Francisco is rich, rather strict on principles, and still a bachelor. Read More »
The Naked Spur (1953) Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan
Howard Kemp is a bounty hunter who’s been after killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. Read More »