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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Whole Truth (1958) John Guillermin, Dan Cohen, Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

Movie producer Max Poulton is having an on again, off again affair with Gina Bertini, the temperamental leading lady in his latest movie which is filming in the French Riviera. Read More »
Peking Express (1951) William Dieterle, Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn, Action, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller

A group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws. Read More »
The Gift of Love (1958) Jean Negulesco, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Evelyn Rudie, Drama, Romance

Physicist Bill Beck meets and marries doctor’s receptionist Julie. Five happy years later, she develops a heart condition. Read More »
Narayama bushikô / Ballad of Narayama (1958) Keisuke Kinoshita, Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki, Drama

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy Read More »
Three Secrets (1950) Robert Wise, Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman, Drama

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. Read More »
Some Came Running (1958) Vincente Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Drama, Romance

In the post-war, the alcoholic and bitter veteran military and former writer Dave Hirsch returns from Chicago to his hometown Parkman, Indiana. Read More »
City That Never Sleeps (1953) John H. Auer, Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. Read More »
Fear and Desire (1953) Stanley Kubrick, Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky, Drama, Thriller, War

A ficticious war in an unidentified country provides the setting for this drama. Four soldiers survive the crash-landing of their plane to find themselves in a forest six miles behind enemy lines. Read More »
Tommy the Toreador (1959) John Paddy Carstairs, Tommy Steele, Janet Munro, Sidney James, Comedy, Musical

Tommy is a happy sailor, travelling the world, singing his favourite songs. When he visits Spain, he gets mistaken for a famous bullfighter. Read More »