When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.
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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Last Angry Man (1959) Daniel Mann, Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Drama
As the fiercely dedicated general practitioner who tries to help the sick, the poor and the unfortunate in his decrepit neighborhood Read More »
Date with Death (1959) Harold Daniels, Gerald Mohr, Liz Renay, Robert Clarke, Crime, Film-Noir
A Hobo thrown off a train assumes the identity of a big-city police detective, found by him dead, and is assigned to rid an isolated desert town of big-time racketeers. Read More »
Malta Story (1953) Brian Desmond Hurst, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Drama, History, War
In 1942 Britain was clinging to the island of Malta since it was critical to keeping Allied supply lines open. Read More »
Lili (1953) Charles Walters, Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Drama, Musical, Romance
Members of a circus troupe “adopt” Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. Read More »
Living It Up (1954) Norman Taurog, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Comedy
Pretty Wally Cooper, a reporter for the New York Chronicle convinces her editor to let her do a series of articles on Homer Flagg Read More »
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952) Stanley Donen, Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Comedy, Romance
The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too, but does not want to give up his solo life at all. Thus she plans a trap for him… Read More »
Marisa, la civetta / Marisa (1957) Mauro Bolognini, Marisa Allasio, Renato Salvatori, Francisco Rabal, Comedy
Marisa is young, beautiful Marisa, Marisa dress provocatively, Marisa is an orphan and sells ice cream station 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 »