
It is a breezy, inconsequential, but likeable comedy about a photographer, Corrado, played by Mastroianni, who snaps a picture of a Rome beauty, Antonietta, played by Loren. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Tsuki wa noborinu / The Moon Has Risen (1955) Kinuyo Tanaka, Chishû Ryû, Hisako Yamane, Yôko Sugi, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. Read More »
Hong Kong (1952) Lewis R. Foster, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War

Roguish, Indiana Jones-like, fedora and leather jacket-wearing American adventurer and black marketeer Jeff Williams is hired to steal a priceless Read More »
The Captive City (1952) Robert Wise, John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy, Crime, Film-Noir, Drama

A private investigator informs small-town newspaper editor Jim Austin (John Forsythe) of corrupt local activity. Read More »
Accused of Murder (1956) Joseph Kane, David Brian, Vera Ralston, Sidney Blackmer, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

When gangland lawyer Frank Hobart is murdered there are two suspects, Ilona Vanve , beautiful nightclub singer, and a hood named Stan Read More »
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) Francis D. Lyon, Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, Action, Adventure, Family, War, Western

This is based on a true story. During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. Read More »
The Brain Eaters (1958) Bruno VeSota, Ed Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, Cornelius Keefe, Sci-Fi, Horror

Strange things are happening in Riverdale, Illinois. A huge, seemingly alien structure has been found jutting out of the earth. Read More »
Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952) Ford Beebe, Johnny Sheffield, Karen Sharpe, Walter Sande, Action, Adventure, Thriller

Bomba decides he wants to know more about his parents and sets out to find out what happened to them. Read More »
Hong Kong Confidential (1958) Edward L. Cahn, Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler, Allison Hayes, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Secret agent Casey Reed is assigned to locate a missing Arab prince kidnapped by Communists who hope to force the prince’s father Read More »
Carnival Story (1954) Kurt Neumann, Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, Drama

In search of better business, a big American carnival opens in Munich, Germany. Joe the barker befriends attractive pickpocket Willie, finds her a job, and beds her. Read More »