An American-led team of International astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain’s religious beliefs may get in the way. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Neko to shozo to futari no onna / Shozo, a Cat and Two Women (1956) Shirô Toyoda, Hisaya Morishige, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Comedy, Drama, Family
A timid man who has spent much of his life attempting without success to get out from under the domination of his mother, finds that marriage is no answer. Read More »
Marilyn / Roadhouse Girl (1953) Wolf Rilla, Sandra Dorne, Maxwell Reed, Leslie Dwyer, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
George Saunders is the middle-aged owner of a roadside garage and pub. Trouble is inevitable when his sexy young wife, Marilyn, gets involved with Tom, the new mechanic. Read More »
Roadblock (1951) Harold Daniels, Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore, Crime, Film-Noir, Drama, Thriller
An L.A. insurance detective starts to get involved with a girl he is increasingly attracted to, even though he sees her as a chiseller. Read More »
The Man in the Net (1959) Michael Curtiz, Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster, Mystery, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
John Hamilton leaves a comfortable New York job to take up as an artist in a quiet Connecticut town. Read More »
The Animal World (1956) Irwin Allen, John Storm, Theodore von Eltz, Documentary
The Animal World investigates the wonders of an astonishing array of creatures from butterflies to whales. Read More »
Silver Canyon (1951) John English, Gene Autry, Champion, Gail Davis, Action, Western
At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Read More »
The Violent Men (1955) Rudolph Maté, Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Western
A Union ex-officer plans to sell up to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee Read More »
Captured (1959) John Krish, Wilfrid Brambell, Ray Brooks, Alan Dobie, Drama, War
This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.
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Danger Zone (1951) William Berke, Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Claire Underwood hires San Francisco private-detective Dennis O’Brien to purchase a saxophone case at an auction Read More »