
The fifth and last of the Ben Schwab productions starring Bill Elliott as a L.A. sheriff’s department detective begins with Henry Johnson being sought by the sheriff’s office for the murder Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) J. Lee Thompson, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Drama, Romance

Amy and Jim Preston have been married for twenty years but, in her husband’s eyes, she has become sloppy both about the house and herself. Read More »
Scarlet Angel (1952) Sidney Salkow, Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Denning, Adventure, Drama, Western

In 1865 New Orleans, sea captain Truscott goes to the notorious Scarlet Angel saloon, where he meets rapacious Roxy McClanahan, as rough and tough as he is. Read More »
Le plaisir (1952) Max Ophüls, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women – pleasure and youth. Read More »
Three Violent People (1956) Rudolph Maté, Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland, Western

Former dance hall girl Lorna, masquerading as a lady, meets and marries Confederate ex-officer Colt Saunders, returning to his rich Texas ranch. Read More »
La beauté du diable / Beauty and the Devil (1950) René Clair, Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Professor Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as an alchemist in a circa-1700 university, despairs at still knowing nothing of the true secrets of nature Read More »
Big House, U.S.A. (1955) Howard W. Koch, Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

When young Danny Lambert runs away from camp in south-central Colorado, he becomes the object of a park-wide-search by his wealthy father Robertson Lambert. Read More »
36 Hours (1953) Montgomery Tully, Dan Duryea, Elsie Albiin, Gudrun Ure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Bill Rogers, an American pilot taking special training in the States, gets an unauthorized hop to England to pay a surprise visit his beautiful Norwegian wife. Read More »
Serenade (1956) Anthony Mann, Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel, Drama, Music, Romance

Damon Vincenti, a young vineyard worker, has a beautiful tenor voice and dreams of becoming a great opera singer. Read More »
Ai margini della metropoli (1953) Carlo Lizzani, Massimo Mida, Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti, Giulietta Masina, Crime, Drama

Mario Ilari, a young unemployed worker, is wrongly accused of killing a girl, friend of his. Read More »