Tag Archives: 1950s

Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in the jungle. Read More »

Newsman Mark Elliott is an American war correspondent in Hong Kong, separated from his wife. Read More »

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Read More »

When Rosario is released from a one year prison sentence in Barcelona women’s detention center, she is determined to prove her innocence. Read More »

Regina Linnanheimo plays Eeva, a happy and spirited lady who is being courted by two gentlemen. Read More »

During the Korean War, a soldier promises his dying buddy that he’ll look after the man’s family when he gets home. He winds up getting more than he bargained for. Read More »

In 1866, Professor Pierre M. Aronnax (Paul Lukas) and his assistant Conseil (Peter Lorre), stranded in San Francisco by reports of a giant sea monster attacking ships in the Pacific Ocean, are invited to join an expedition to search for the creature. Read More »

Producer Walter Wanger, who had just been released from a prison term after shooting a man he believed was having an affair with his wife, wanted to make a film about the appalling conditions he saw while he was incarcerated. Read More »

A biographer researching a book on a pilot who died during the test flight of a new plane falls in love with the pilot’s sister. Read More »

When scheming fortune hunter and erstwhile Latin lover Ricardo De Villa learns that a wealthy but sickly widow has terminal heart disease, he seduces and marries the vulnerable millionairess. Read More »