Tag Archives: 1950s

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 »

Howard Keel stars as a stalwart Simon-Peter, the apostle of Christ called “the fisher of men” and the “Rock” upon whom the Christian Church was founded. Read More »

Set in the outback where a local policeman tries to help a rambunctious scamp settle down by promising the lad a new gun if he can stay out of mischief and treat other people with respect. Read More »

After Ben Keefer kills Gil Reardon’s wife, Reardon seeks revenge. To get to Keefer he has to outdraw one of Keefer’s henchmen. Read More »

Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. Read More »

An architect travels to the remote city of Eschnapur to oversee some work being done at the bequest of the local Maharajah. Read More »

It’s nearly Christmas, but Mike Hammer is on the vengeance trail when Jack, his wartime buddy, is murdered. Read More »

In the countryside of London, a rocket crashes on a farm and Professor Bernard Quatermass and Scotland Yard Inspector Lomax arrive in the spot. Read More »