
Women wait anxiously at a minehead in Capodarso, Sicily. Their men are underground. The mine is closing and the miners refuse to come up unless the owner relents. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Son of Robin Hood (1958) George Sherman, David Hedison, June Laverick, David Farrar

Robin Hood’s dead and an English nobleman wants to rule England. So, it’s up to his surviving merrymen to save England. Read More »
The Magnificent Matador (1955) Budd Boetticher

Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador Read More »
The Lonely Man (1957) Henry Levin, Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Drama, Western

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Read More »
The Gay Dog (1954) Maurice Elvey, Wilfred Pickles, Petula Clark, Megs Jenkins, Comedy

Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against. Read More »
Crime Wave (1954) André De Toth, Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Three San Quentin escapees (Penny, Hastings and Morgan) kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Read More »
The Black Dakotas (1954) Ray Nazarro, Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix, John Bromfield, Action, War, Western

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the Sioux Indians. Read More »
The Buckskin Lady (1957) Carl K. Hittleman, Patricia Medina, Richard Denning, Gerald Mohr, Western

Dr. Bruce Merritt is enticed to Bitter Water by ‘Doc’ Medley, a phony poker swindler, who persuades Merritt to pay him $250 for the use of his ‘medical practice.’ Read More »
Tobor the Great (1954) Lee Sholem, Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Billy Chapin, Sci-Fi

As projected here, a thinly-disguised NASA, working with nuclear rockets, is ready for manned flights in the mid-fifties…but Dr. Ralph Harrison doesn’t think so, and resigns in protest. Read More »
Sabita naifu / Rusty Knife (1958) Toshio Masuda, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Shôji Yasui, Action, Crime, Film-Noir

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. Read More »