Mr. Joly, doctor Cordelier’s lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
East of Sumatra (1953) Budd Boetticher, Jeff Chandler, Marilyn Maxwell, Anthony Quinn, Action, Adventure, Romance
Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in the jungle. Read More »
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) Henry King, Otto Lang, William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher, Biography, Drama, Romance
Newsman Mark Elliott is an American war correspondent in Hong Kong, separated from his wife. Read More »
The Toy Tiger (1956) Jerry Hopper, Jeff Chandler, Laraine Day, Tim Hovey, Comedy
Advertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist back to the commercial fold. Read More »
Deported (1950) Robert Siodmak, Märta Torén, Jeff Chandler, Claude Dauphin, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Read More »
Cita imposible (1958) Antonio Santillán, Beni Deus, Claudine Dupuis, Juanita Espín, Crime, Drama
When Rosario is released from a one year prison sentence in Barcelona women’s detention center, she is determined to prove her innocence. Read More »
Rikollinen nainen / A Woman of Crime (1952) Teuvo Tulio, Regina Linnanheimo, Eija Karipää, Tauno Majuri, Drama, Romance
Regina Linnanheimo plays Eeva, a happy and spirited lady who is being courted by two gentlemen. Read More »
China Venture (1953) Don Siegel, Edmond O’Brien, Barry Sullivan, Jocelyn Brando, Adventure, Drama, War
An American patrol was sent during World War II to the south of China which was occupied by Japanese troops with the order to rescue a prisoner of the Chinese guerilla. Read More »
Strange Intruder (1956) Irving Rapper, Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino, Mimi Gibson, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
During the Korean War, a soldier promises his dying buddy that he’ll look after the man’s family when he gets home. He winds up getting more than he bargained for. Read More »
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Richard Fleischer, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1866, Professor Pierre M. Aronnax (Paul Lukas) and his assistant Conseil (Peter Lorre), stranded in San Francisco by reports of a giant sea monster attacking ships in the Pacific Ocean, are invited to join an expedition to search for the creature. Read More »