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Tag Archives: 1950s
Second Chance (1953) Rudolph Maté, Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Claire Sinclair is hiding in Mexico to avoid testifying against her gangster boyfriend. Read More »
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideki Gôko, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Drama

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi struggles to imbue her students with a positive view of the world and their place in it Read More »
The Clouded Yellow (1950) Ralph Thomas, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Sonia Dresdel, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When Secret Service agent David Somers is fired, he takes a quiet job with the Fentons at their country estate – cataloging butterflies, hence the title insect. Read More »
Big Leaguer (1953) Robert Aldrich, Edward G. Robinson, Vera-Ellen, Jeff Richards, Drama, Family, Sport

John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the 18-22 year old hopefuls to pick the best for a minor league contract. Read More »
The Dam Busters (1955) Michael Anderson, Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Drama, History, War

The British are desperate to shorten the length of WW2 and propose a daring raid to smash Germany’s industrial heart. Read More »
Backfire (1950) Vincent Sherman, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Edmond O’Brien, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Bob Corey, recovering from a series of operations in a Veterans’ hospital, learns that his friend, Steve Connelly, with whom he intended to buy a ranch Read More »
Fortune Is a Woman (1957) Sidney Gilliat, Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price, Crime, Drama

Oliver Bramwell, an insurance inspector, arrives at Lewis Manor where he is to investigate a fire that broke out there on Christmas Eve. Read More »
Track the Man Down (1955) R.G. Springsteen, Kent Taylor, Petula Clark, George Rose, Crime, Drama

The melodramatic crime caper centers on a robbery at a greyhound racetrack that results in the unintentional murder of a guard. Read More »
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Ingmar Bergman, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Comedy, Romance

It’s late nineteenth century Sweden. Middle aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his nineteen year old current wife Anne Egerman’s two-year marriage has not yet been consummated. Read More »