
In post-war London, upper-middle class barrister John Lomax and his wife Barbie decide after several years of constant bickering to divorce. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Wild Heart (1952) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Drama, Romance

A re-editing of Gone to Earth (1950) after a disagreement and court case between director Michael Powell and producer David O. Selznick. Read More »
The Court Jester (1956) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England. Read More »
Des femmes disparaissent / Girls Disappear (1959) Édouard Molinaro, Robert Hossein, Magali Noël, Estella Blain, Thriller

Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Read More »
The Lineup (1958) Don Siegel, Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Crime, Film-Noir, Drama

In San Francisco, two police inspectors are on the case when a rogue taxi driver, with the help of a rogue porter Read More »
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952) Joseph M. Newman, Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, Miriam Hopkins, Western

A murderous western outlaw, his wife, a disgraced gambler and a faded dance hall floozie and a few other socially undesirable characters are trapped in a snowbound mountain cabin. Read More »
High School Hellcats (1958) Edward Bernds, Yvonne Lime, Brett Halsey, Jana Lund, Crime, Drama

The Hellcats are an all-female gang bent on bucking authority and terrorizing the schools by doing things like having a bad attitude toward their teachers and parents. Read More »
Chéri (1950) Pierre Billon, Jean Desailly

Fred Peloux nicknamed Chéri, the handsome son of Charlotte Peloux, a former demimondaine, lives in the small circle of his mother’s friends, all high class prostitutes past their best. Read More »
Idol on Parade (1959) John Gilling, William Bendix, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Comedy

‘Jeep’ is a rising star who is drafted into the Army and spends the rest of the time trying to avoid being an ‘Idol on Parade’ Read More »
Rogue River (1951) John Rawlins, Rory Calhoun

The story of two step-brothers, raised by their father, the chief of police, in a small Oregon lumber town. Read More »