
Frightened 19-year-old Marie Allen gets sent to an Illinois penitentiary for being an accomplice in an armed robbery. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Kind Lady (1951) John Sturges, Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. Read More »
Stopover Tokyo (1957) Richard L. Breen, Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O’Brien, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

An American intelligence agent is sent to Tokyo to track down a Communist spy ring. Read More »
Lucky Jim (1957) John Boulting, John Welsh, Ronald Cardew, Hugh Griffith, Comedy

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Read More »
Mr. Steve (1957) Raymond Bailly, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Lemaire, Armand Mestral, Drama

Georges Villard is a modest bank employee who dreams of earning more money so that he can live more comfortably. Read More »
Dont Bother to Knock (1952) Roy Ward Baker, Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

Airline pilot Jed stays at the New York hotel where girlfriend Lyn is a singer. He sees Nell in a window opposite his and they get chummy. Read More »
The Birthday Present (1957) Pat Jackson, Tony Britton, Sylvia Syms, Jack Watling, Drama

A top salesman with a U.K. toy firm foolishly brings an expensive watch back from a German trip for his wife’s birthday. Read More »
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957) Norman Taurog, Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker, Comedy, Crime

Laurel Stevens (Jane Russell) is a movie star who’s kidnapped by a pair of desperate amateurs – Mike Valla (Ralph Meeker) and “Dandy” (Keenan Wynn). Read More »
Cry Vengeance (1954) Mark Stevens, Martha Hyer, Skip Homeier, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he himself scarred, framed and imprisoned. Read More »
Gunslingers (1950) Wallace Fox, Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne, Western

Lou Cramer (Steve Clark) is accused of rustling and is convicted on the testimony of a rancher and the town marshal, both members of the actual gang. Read More »