Police Commissioner Norbert Wilms investigates an auto theft ring in Hamburg following the murder of an inspector. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Wide Blue Road / La grande strada azzurra (1957) Gillo Pontecorvo, Maleno Malenotti, Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal
Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Read More »
The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo / Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo (1952) Pietro Germi, Amedeo Nazzari, Cosetta Greco, Saro Urzì
In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers Read More »
Way of Youth (1959) Michel Boisrond, Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Lino Ventura
This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation Read More »
Crime and Punishment, USA (1959) Denis Sanders
Believing he can elude justice, a California law student murders an elderly pawnbroker, then matches wits with the detective on the case. Read More »
The Human Jungle (1954) Joseph M. Newman, Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling, Regis Toomey
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled Read More »
Il maestro di Don Giovanni / Crossed Swords (1954) Milton Krims, Vittorio Vassarotti, Errol Flynn, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray
Nobleman Rainiero, Sidonia’s duke son, comes back home with his friend Renzo. Read More »
Home Town Story (1951) Arthur Pierson, Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, Marjorie Reynolds
Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. Read More »
Grip of the Strangler (1958) Robert Day
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier Read More »
The Intimate Stranger (1956) Joseph Losey
A married movie studio executive’s life starts to unravel when he is stalked Read More »