A Hobo thrown off a train assumes the identity of a big-city police detective, found by him dead, and is assigned to rid an isolated desert town of big-time racketeers. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
U47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien / U-47 Lt. Commander Prien (1958) Harald Reinl, Dieter Eppler, Sabine Sesselmann, Joachim Fuchsberger, Drama, War
In 1939, at the outbreak of WW2, German U-boat captain Günther Prien and his crew receive orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships. Read More »
Malta Story (1953) Brian Desmond Hurst, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Drama, History, War
In 1942 Britain was clinging to the island of Malta since it was critical to keeping Allied supply lines open. Read More »
Lili (1953) Charles Walters, Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Drama, Musical, Romance
Members of a circus troupe “adopt” Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. Read More »
Living It Up (1954) Norman Taurog, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Comedy
Pretty Wally Cooper, a reporter for the New York Chronicle convinces her editor to let her do a series of articles on Homer Flagg Read More »
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952) Stanley Donen, Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Comedy, Romance
The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too, but does not want to give up his solo life at all. Thus she plans a trap for him… Read More »
Marisa, la civetta / Marisa (1957) Mauro Bolognini, Marisa Allasio, Renato Salvatori, Francisco Rabal, Comedy
Marisa is young, beautiful Marisa, Marisa dress provocatively, Marisa is an orphan and sells ice cream station Read More »
The Happy Years (1950) William A. Wellman, Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink “Dink” Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School Read More »
Expresso Bongo (1959) Val Guest, Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Drama, Music
Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Read More »
The Man Is Armed (1956) Franklin Adreon, Dane Clark, May Wynn, William Talman, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Crime drama in which a man unknowingly helps a gang pull off a big heist. The gang discovers that the man is more trouble than he is worth and as a result Read More »