
Wealthy vintner Paul Hochen meets blonde bombshell Phyllis in a bar…and marries her. In due course, Phyllis is bored by Paul, and finds an exciting new lover in rodeo rider San. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Cairo Station (1958) Youssef Chahine, Farid Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Crime, Drama

Kinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hannouma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. Read More »
The Boy Who Came Back (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Sachiko Hidari, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Drama

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. Read More »
Son of Sinbad (1955) Ted Tetzlaff, Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sinbad was pursuing a secret weapon: Greek Fire. Attributed to the ancient Greeks, it was composed of pitch or bitumen, sulfur, and other ingredients. Read More »
Double Crossbones (1951) Charles Barton, Donald O’Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer, Adventure, Comedy, History, Musical, Romance

Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. Read More »
House of Secrets (1956) Guy Green, Michael Craig, Anton Diffring, Gérard Oury, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ship’s officer Larry Ellis is asked by the CIA to help infiltrate a forgery ring in France as he is almost a double for a dead double-crossing gold courier who worked for the gang. Read More »
The Scarf (1951) Ewald André Dupont, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

John Barrington escapes from an asylum for the criminally-insane and finds refuge on the ranch of turkey-raiser Ezra Thompson. Read More »
The Space Children (1958) Jack Arnold, Michel Ray, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber, Sci-Fi

A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. Read More »
Suddenly (1954) Lewis Allen, Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them. Read More »
Private Eyes (1953) Edward Bernds, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When Sach is hit on the nose by Herbie, Sach develops a mystic-mind power. This prompts Slip, Chuck, Butch and Louie to buy the Eagle Eye Detective Agency…using, of course, Louie’s money. Read More »