Scout and wagon-train guide Kirby Randolph hates all Indians, particularly Kiowa Chief Satank, whose massacre of an entire wagon-train of settlers led by Kirby, has led to his ostracism and neither he nor his pal Sam Beekman can get jobs. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Gunslinger (1956) Roger Corman, John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes, Western
Oracle, Texas Marshal Scott Hood is murdered and his wife, Rose, takes his badge and sets out on a personal vendetta to find the killers. Read More »
Taiyo to bara / The Rose on His Arm (1956) Keisuke Kinoshita, Akira Ishihama, Katsuo Nakamura, Sadako Sawamura, Drama
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza. Read More »
City Beneath the Sea (1953) Budd Boetticher, Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Divers Brad and Tony arrive in Jamaica to attempt salvage of the “Lady Luck,” sunk with all hands and a million in gold. Read More »
Intent to Kill (1958) Jack Cardiff, Richard Todd, Betsy Drake, Herbert Lom, Crime, Drama, Thriller
As British Dr. Bob McLaurin prepares for a dangerous surgical procedure on South American leader Juan Menda in Montreal, the doctor’s wife reveals her plan to blackmail McLaurin if he refuses her demand to take a job in England. Read More »
The Idiot (1958) Ivan Pyrev, Yuriy Yakovlev, Yuliya Borisova, Nikita Podgorny, Drama
Upon Prince Myshkin’s return to St. Petersburg from an asylum in Switzerland, he becomes beguiled by the lovely young Aglaya, daughter of a wealthy father. Read More »
Home at Seven (1952) Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery
David Preston, a bank official goes missing for 24 hours and has no memory of the lost time, but when he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and has been found murdered. Read More »
Hilda Crane (1956) Philip Dunne, Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Drama, Romance
Twice divorced Hilda Crane feeling she’s run out of chances returns to her mother’s house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge. Read More »
Dreamboat (1952) Claude Binyon, Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis, Comedy
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor, is plagued when his old movies are shown on TV and sets out with his daughter to stop it. Read More »
Paratroop Command (1959) William Witney, Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch, Jack Hogan, Drama, War
A squad member of the U.S. Paratroop unit in WWII accidently shoots one of his unit. Over the forthcoming months there is some anamosity against him as they battle their way across Italy. Read More »