Rome Cabbie Paolo (Marcello Mastroianni) almost gets his cab stolen by two punks in the company of knockout Italiana Lina Stroppiani (Sophia Loren). Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Sensualidad (1951) Alberto Gout, Fernando Soler, Ninón Sevilla, Domingo Soler, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Saloon singer Aurora is sentenced to two years in prison for a prostitution conviction. Read More »
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny / Real End of the Great War (1957) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka, Roland Glowacki, Andrzej Szalawski, Drama
Sweethearts Juliusz (Roland Glowacki) and Roza (Lucyna Winnicka) meet just prior to the global conflict, fall deeply in love, and get married. Read More »
O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens (1956) Nikos Koundouros, Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Crime, Drama
The film “O Drakos” is about a mousy, timid, bespectacled guy in Athens who sees a newspaper photo of a fugitive criminal mastermind called “The Fiend”. Read More »
Kyojin to gangu / Giants and Toys (1958) Yasuzô Masumura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Osamu Abe, Comedy, Drama
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies. Read More »
But Not for Me (1959) Walter Lang, Clark Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli Palmer, Comedy, Romance
Russ Ward, after 30 years of producing Broadway plays, is ready to quit. His secretary, Ellie Brown, on being given notice, tells him she loves him. Read More »
Vachan (1955) Raj Rishi, Geeta Bali, Balraj, Rajendra Kumar, Drama
Kamla lives a poor lifestyle in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India, along with her widowed dad, Dinanath Read More »
The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) Arthur Dreifuss, Van Johnson, Kerwin Mathews, Dick York, War, Drama
The son of a high-ranking Nazi official, Kroner is called upon to lead a dangerous mission in the waning days of the war. Read More »
The Girl Next Door (1953) Richard Sale, Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Comedy, Musical
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird (June Haver) buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Read More »
The Duke Wore Jeans (1958) Gerald Thomas, Tommy Steele, June Laverick, Michael Medwin, Comedy
In anticipation of Elvis Presley’s Kissin’ Cousins, British rock-and-roll idol Tommy Steele plays a dual role in The Duke Wore Jeans. Read More »