
A reformed forger runs into an acquaintance from his past, now an escaped murderer, who blackmails him into resuming his criminal career. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
A Free Woman (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Françoise Christophe, Pierre Cressoy, Gino Cervi, Drama

Liana, a girl with a good family, is about to marry an engineer, but the meeting with the musician Gerardo makes her change her mind. Read More »
Escapade in Japan (1957) Arthur Lubin, Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost

A plane on its way to Japan is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. Read More »
Imitation of Life (1959) Douglas Sirk, Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Drama

Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Read More »
A Bullet for Joey (1955) Lewis Allen, Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Montreal: the former well-known gangster Joey Victor is fetched from Europe, where he was deported to from USA. Read More »
My Favorite Spy (1951) Norman Z. McLeod, Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance

Peanuts White, a burlesque comic, is recruited by U.S. agents to impersonate international spy Eric Augustine (whom White resembles) in a mission to purchase Read More »
My Forbidden Past (1951) Robert Stevenson, Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Drama, Romance

Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800’s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University Read More »
Lullaby of Broadway (1951) David Butler, Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. Read More »
The Harder They Fall (1956) Mark Robson, Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Drama, Film-Noir, Sport, Thriller

After 17 years as a recognized and respected sports journalist in New York City, Eddie Willis finds himself out of a job when his newspaper folds. Read More »
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) Lloyd Bacon, Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert, Carl Benton Reid, Comedy

Scatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend’s kit without permission Read More »