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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Happy Years (1950) William A. Wellman, Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Comedy, Romance, Sport

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink “Dink” Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School Read More »
The Man Is Armed (1956) Franklin Adreon, Dane Clark, May Wynn, William Talman, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Crime drama in which a man unknowingly helps a gang pull off a big heist. The gang discovers that the man is more trouble than he is worth and as a result Read More »
Suicide Battalion (1958) Edward L. Cahn, Mike Connors, John Ashley, Jewell Lain, War, Drama

Second World War drama, set in the Philippines about a group of men recruited for the dangerous mission of destroying an American base Read More »
Step Down to Terror (1958) Harry Keller, Colleen Miller, Charles Drake, Rod Taylor, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Read More »
The Naked Truth (1957) Mario Zampi, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Comedy

Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described Read More »
Le crâneur / The Hotshot (1955) Dimitri Kirsanoff, Marina Vlady, Raymond Pellegrin, Dora Doll, Crime, Drama
When Betty Bell, a dancer at a swanky nightclub Le Toboggan, is found dead in a telephone booth suspicion falls immediately on her lover, Philippe, a former stuntman. Read More »
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) Edward L. Cahn, Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Several years earlier gangster Frank Buchanan was deported to his native Italy through the efforts of law enforcement authorities and rival gangsters who inform on him. Read More »
Miracolo a Milano / Miracle in Milan (1951) Vittorio De Sica, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Read More »
Insurance Investigator (1951) George Blair, Richard Denning, Audrey Long, John Eldredge, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

John Hammond’s partner, George Sullivan, dies in an apparently accidental death, with Hammond the beneficiary of his double-indemnity insurance policy. Read More »
