
World War II drama in which Richard Widmark, as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence, replaces the popular commanding officer of a group of underwater demolition divers. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Chain of Events (1958) Gerald Thomas, Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Lisa Gastoni

When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks all sorts of complications. Read More »
The Desert Song (1953) H. Bruce Humberstone, Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran

Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Read More »
Reprisal! (1956) George Sherman, Guy Madison, Felicia Farr, Kathryn Grant

New ranch owner Frank Madden, half Indian but posing as white, arrives just as an all white jury finds the three white Shipley brothers who lynched three Indians innocent. Read More »
Lure of the Wilderness (1952) Jean Negulesco, Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith

A young girl and her father, who was unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp in search of his dog. Read More »
Beauties of the Night (1952) René Clair, Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida

Young Claude, teacher by day, is a struggling composer by night. Alas, everyone around him seems to prefer noise to music. Read More »
Houseboat (1958) Melville Shavelson, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer

Tom Winters, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. Read More »
Arctic Flight (1952) Lew Landers, Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Alan Hale Jr.

Monogram Studios certainly got its money’s worth out of contractee Wayne Morris, profitably plunking him into virtually every film genre known to man. Read More »
Attila (1954) Pietro Francisci, Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal

The king of the Huns, whose hordes from various tribes and allies have been sweeping the Asian steppes and both Roman empires, dies, leaving the throne to two sons. Read More »
Mandy (1952) Alexander Mackendrick, Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan

Mandy was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught and so enrol her with a special teacher. Read More »