Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O’Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Appointment with Venus (1951) Ralph Thomas, David Niven, Glynis Johns, George Coulouris, Comedy, Drama, War
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. Read More »
A Summer Place (1959) Delmer Daves, Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Drama, Romance
The Hunter family has long owned a mansion on Pine Island, a summer resort located off the Maine coast. Read More »
Izumi / Fountainhead (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Yôko Katsuragi, Drama
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply. Read More »
Ghost of the China Sea (1958) Fred F. Sears, David Brian, Lynette Bernay, Norman Wright, War, Drama
A ragtag group of survivors escape a Filipino sugar plantation overrun by Japanese soldiers during World War II, finding a small boat along the way. Read More »
Glad Tidings (1953) Wolf Rilla, Barbara Kelly, Raymond Huntley, Ronald Howard, Comedy, Drama
An English colonel finds love with an American widow, to the displeasure of his children. Read More »
Sunset in the West (1950) William Witney, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Estelita Rodriguez, Western
Near the border, outlaws are hijacking trains and using them to transport large quantities of rifles. Read More »
Envoi de fleurs / Sending of Flowers (1950) Jean Stelli, Tino Rossi, Micheline Francey, Jean Brochard, Drama
Envoi de Fleurs is based on incidents in the life of French composer Paul Delmet. Played by popular French singing star Tino Rossi Read More »
Desk Set (1957) Walter Lang, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Comedy, Romance
The mysterious man hanging about at the research department of a big TV network proves to be engineer Richard Sumner Read More »
Divisione Folgore / Folgore Division (1954) Duilio Coletti, Fausto Tozzi, Ettore Manni, Monica Clay, War
During the Second World War, after a long training, a group of young paratroopers of the Folgore is parachuted into the desert of Libya. Read More »