
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former trooper from his tank regiment. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Gidget (1959) Paul Wendkos, Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Comedy

Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggy. She’s fascinated of his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Read More »
The Naked Jungle (1954) Byron Haskin, Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, Abraham Sofaer, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

It’s 1901. At 19, tough, stubborn Christopher Leiningen came to South America and built levees to claim thousands of acres of Rio Negro river land for a chocolate plantation. Read More »
La mort en ce jardin / Death in the Garden (1956) Luis Buñuel, Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Charles Vanel, Adventure, Drama

Chark, an adventurer comes to small village in the near of a gold digger’s camp. He is arrested by the local police, who accuse him of having comitted a bank robbery in a neighoured town. Read More »
War Arrow (1953) George Sherman, Maureen O’Hara, Jeff Chandler, John McIntire, Romance, War, Western

Major Howell Brady and two non-coms are assigned to go to Indian territory and recruit peaceful Seminoles relocated from Florida to aid the army in fighting the larger, rampaging Kiowa tribe. Read More »
The Marrying Kind (1952) George Cukor, Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Comedy, Drama

Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved. Read More »
Missing Women (1951) Philip Ford, Penny Edwards, James Millican, John Gallaudet, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

Claudia Rankin’s husband of one hour is murdered after they stop on an isolated road. When the police appear, to her, to be taking their time about finding the killer, Claudia changes her name and appearance and starts her own investigation. Read More »
The Wild and the Innocent (1959) Jack Sher, Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Romance, Western

Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy’s first taste “big city” life with young, sweet Sandra Dee in tow. Read More »
Saraba Rabauru / Farewell Rabaul (1954) Ishirô Honda, Ryô Ikebe, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, War, Romance

This is a film about a Naval Air Corps Director who hates the war. Director Honda uses this film to ask the question “What is war?”, showing the human bonds between Japan and America Read More »
Ikari no machi / The Angry Street (1950) Mikio Naruse, Jûkichi Uno, Yasumi Hara, Yuriko Hamada, Crime, Drama

The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of the University of Tokyo, and the high life of jazzy dance halls. Read More »