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 »
Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) Gordon Douglas, Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
The FBI infiltrates one of their agents in the US Communist Party. Read More »
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 »