When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems peacefully. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Careless Years (1957) Arthur Hiller, Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch, Drama, Romance
Two high-school seniors teenagers, from different social standings, have a date and when the girl resists the boy’s romantic advances Read More »
Les espions / The Spies (1957) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov, O.E. Hasse, Drama, Mystery
A psychiatrist, desperate for money to keep his faltering practice running, makes a deal with a spy to hide a mysterious person in his clinic in return for a million francs. Read More »
I ladri / The Thieves (1959) Lucio Fulci, Totò, Giovanna Ralli, Armando Calvo, Comedy
An Italo-American mobster is sent back to Naples from the States. He moves to Italy with all his illegal proceeds, hidden in jam jars. Read More »
I Want to Live! (1958) Robert Wise, Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Biography, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Read More »
The Big Gusher (1951) Lew Landers, Wayne Morris, Preston Foster, Dorothy Patrick, Adventure, Action
Oil-field roughnecks Kenny Blake and Hank Mason, on a drinking spree with Betsy Abbott, buy a piece of worthless oil land from conman Jim Tolman. Read More »
Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957) Lesley Selander, John Dehner, Gregg Palmer, Frances Helm, Western
It’s just prior to the Civil War and Fort Laramie’s problem is the Sioux Indians. When it is announced that war has been declared the fort becomes divided between northerners and southerners. Read More »
Return to Warbow (1958) Ray Nazarro, Philip Carey, Catherine McLeod, Andrew Duggan, Western
After eleven years in prison, Clay Hollister escapes. Two other prisoners escape with him and the three return to find the money that was never recovered. Read More »
Uranium Boom (1956) William Castle, Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina, William Talman, Adventure, Drama
Deep in the badlands of Colorado, Brad (Dennis Morgan) and Grady (William Talman) stumble across a large deposit of uranium. Read More »
Meeuwen sterven in de haven / Seagulls Die in the Harbour (1955) Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, Tine Balder, Tone Brulin, Alice De Graef, Drama, Film Noir
A pessimistic urban drama, with a musical score by Jack Sels and Max Damasse, charts in strongly expressionistically lit black-and-white images Read More »