
Jim Canfield, convicted of a crime he did not commit, escapes a Nevada prison with several hardened criminals. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Quand tu liras cette lettre / When You Read This Letter (1953) Jean-Pierre Melville, Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson, Drama

Juliette Greco plays Therese, a nun-in-training who returns to “civilian” life to care for her young sister Denise (Irene Gatter). Read More »
Kyriakatiko xypnima / Windfall in Athens (1954) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Ellie Lambeti, Dimitris Horn, Giorgos Pappas, Comedy, Romance

Mina is a charming salesgirl. She buys a lottery ticket, but she finds out soon that it has been stolen from her. Read More »
The Ringer (1952) Guy Hamilton, Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Mystery

‘The Ringer’ is an elusive criminal, reported dead in Australia but now thought to be alive in London. Read More »
A Prize of Gold (1955) Mark Robson, Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterling, Nigel Patrick, Crime, Adventure, Drama

Gold bars are discovered while dredging a canal in post WWII Berlin, which the Air Force is transporting in trips to London. Read More »
Terror on a Train / Time Bomb (1953) Ted Tetzlaff, Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon, Maurice Denham, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

A terrorist has placed a bomb on board a train transporting sea mines to Portsmouth. The train is stopped but near a small town, which actually exacerbates the problem. Read More »
Trigger, Jr. (1950) William Witney, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Western

Evil Grant Withers lets a killer horse loose to ruin valuable horses on nearby ranches. He hopes to shake down the ranchers for his “protection”. Read More »
Murder by Proxy / Blackout (1954) Terence Fisher, Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir

An American in London, down on his luck, runs into a beautiful blonde in a bar who offers him a lot of money to marry her. Read More »
An American in Paris (1951) Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Musical, Romance, Drama

Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is “discovered” by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry’s art. Read More »
Boots Malone (1952) William Dieterle, William Holden, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael, Drama, Sport

Boots Malone is jockey’s agent and a bit of a wheeler-dealer who went from living at the Ritz to living in a room at the stables when his star jockey was killed in an accident. Read More »