After a wealthy businessman is found dead, reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Clash by Night (1952) Fritz Lang, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas
The bitter and cynical Mae Doyle returns to the fishing village where she was raised after deceptive loves and life in New York. Read More »
True as a Turtle (1957) Wendy Toye, John Gregson, Cecil Parker, June Thorburn
Newlywed Tony Hudson offers his young wife Jane a cruise on a yacht as a honeymoon trip. Read More »
The Private War of Major Benson (1955) Jerry Hopper, Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, William Demarest
A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army Read More »
Samurai Vendetta (1959) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Chitose Maki
Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurai living in an era of corrupt officials and treacherous clans. Read More »
Not As a Stranger (1955) Stanley Kramer, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. Read More »
Escape to Burma (1955) Allan Dwan, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar
A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. Read More »
Bim (1951) Albert Lamorisse, Jacques Prévert, Udo Langhoff
On an island in an Eastern country, a poor young boy only has a little donkey, Bim, who shares all his games. Read More »
The Furies (1950) Anthony Mann, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston
A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon Read More »
Ukikusa / Floating Weeds (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Haruko Sugimura
A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Read More »