
A group of escaped convicts take over a suburban home to evade the ongoing police manhunt, making the lives of the family living there a nightmare. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Juke Box Rhythm (1959) Arthur Dreifuss, Jo Morrow, Jack Jones, Brian Donlevy, Drama, Musical

While in New York to select her coronation wardrobe, Princess Ann is photographed dancing with Riff Manton, son of impoverished producer George Manton. Read More »
The Lone Hand (1953) George Sherman, Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Alex Nicol, Western

A farmer, Zachary Hallock (Joel McCrea) & his son Joshua (Jimmy Hunt) try to establish new roots on their farm near a small western town victimized by outlaws. Read More »
Killer Shark (1950) Budd Boetticher, Roddy McDowall, Laurette Luez, Roland Winters, Adventure

A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. Read More »
The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) Irvin Berwick, Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, John Harmon, Horror, Sci-Fi

The monster, which looks like a nastier version of “The Creature from the Black Lagoon,” invades a sleepy lighthouse town. Read More »
Flight to Hong Kong (1956) Joseph M. Newman, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony Dumont (Rory Calhoun) is attracted to a pretty novelist, Pamela Vincent (Barbara Rush), who returns the attention. Read More »
The Key (1958) Carol Reed, William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Drama, Romance, War

Not well equipped with weaponry, the tugs are sitting ducks for enemy fire. As such, the crew working the tugs have precarious lives, many with deep seated emotional problems. Read More »
Comanche (1956) George Sherman, Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Romance, Western

Indian scout Jim Read is picked by his commander to set up a meeting between Comanche Chief Quanah Parker and a representative from Washington to negotiate a peace treaty. Read More »
Nel gorgo del peccato / Eternal Song of Love (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Elisa Cegani, Fausto Tozzi, Margot Hielscher

As Cottafavi himself said, “it is a story of love, death and drugs”. Read More »
Mutiny (1952) Edward Dmytryk, Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles, Action, Adventure

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. Read More »