
Two orphans, Polly and Doug, live with their stepmother Lynne; Polly collapses with the same mystery symptoms that killed her father. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Alaska Passage (1959) Edward Bernds, Bill Williams, Leslie Bradley, Naura Hayden, Adventure, Drama

Al Graham and Gerard Mason are partners in an Alaskan trucking company. They quarrel over expenses and losses. Read More »
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Billy Wilder, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

It’s Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, irrepressible barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts, known as a barrister for the hopeless Read More »
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie, Adventure, Drama, Romance, History

Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat Read More »
The Glass Web (1953) Jack Arnold, Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

The ice-cold diva Paula ruthlessly exploits the guys she dates. While blackmailing the married Don with a recent one-night-stand, she has a secret affair with Henry Read More »
Target Hong Kong (1953) Fred F. Sears, Richard Denning, Nancy Gates, Richard Loo, Action, Drama

American agents and Hong Kong nationalists recruit Lassiter to help remove the Communist influence that has come to the region, led by the evil Suma (Ben Astar). Read More »
Final Appointment (1954) Terence Fisher, John Bentley

A reporter and his girlfriend–also a reporter–investigate threats against a retired army officer Read More »
Three Little Words (1950) Richard Thorpe

Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can’t continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Read More »
Winchester 73 (1950) Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Action, Drama, Western

In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown. Read More »
Sincerely Yours (1955) Gordon Douglas, Liberace, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone, Drama

Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée Read More »