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Tag Archives: 1950s
Golden Demon / Konjiki yasha (1954) Kôji Shima, Jun Negami, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kenji Sugawara

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage Read More »
Man from Del Rio (1956) Harry Horner, Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney

Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town’s outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man’s shoes. Read More »
Three Young Texans (1954) Henry Levin, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeffrey Hunter, Keefe Brasselle

A western about a Texan who robs a train in an effort to prevent his father from committing the crime Read More »
White Feather (1955) Robert D. Webb, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lund

The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. Read More »
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) Charles Crichton, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James

Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Read More »
Surrender – Hell! (1959) John Barnwell, Keith Andes, Susan Cabot, Paraluman

An officer leads a band of Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese in anticipation of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s return. Read More »
I vitelloni (1953) Federico Fellini, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi

Fausto Moretti, having seduced Sandra Rubini, the sister of his friend Read More »
Gli sbandati / Abandoned / The Disbanded (1955) Francesco Maselli, Lucia Bosé, Isa Miranda, Jean-Pierre Mocky

Set during WWII, the film is a drama of the Italian resistance, with all the usual clichéd characters in attendance. Read More »
Bakurô ichidai / The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) Keigo Kimura, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Takashi Shimura

This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiba tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka “The Shark,” Read More »