John Hamilton leaves a comfortable New York job to take up as an artist in a quiet Connecticut town. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Animal World (1956) Irwin Allen, John Storm, Theodore von Eltz, Documentary
The Animal World investigates the wonders of an astonishing array of creatures from butterflies to whales. Read More »
Silver Canyon (1951) John English, Gene Autry, Champion, Gail Davis, Action, Western
At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Read More »
Captured (1959) John Krish, Wilfrid Brambell, Ray Brooks, Alan Dobie, Drama, War
This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.
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Danger Zone (1951) William Berke, Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Claire Underwood hires San Francisco private-detective Dennis O’Brien to purchase a saxophone case at an auction Read More »
Peccato che sia una canaglia / Too Bad She’s Bad (1954) Alessandro Blasetti, Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Comedy, Romance
Rome Cabbie Paolo (Marcello Mastroianni) almost gets his cab stolen by two punks in the company of knockout Italiana Lina Stroppiani (Sophia Loren). Read More »
Sensualidad (1951) Alberto Gout, Fernando Soler, Ninón Sevilla, Domingo Soler, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Saloon singer Aurora is sentenced to two years in prison for a prostitution conviction. Read More »
O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens (1956) Nikos Koundouros, Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Crime, Drama
The film “O Drakos” is about a mousy, timid, bespectacled guy in Athens who sees a newspaper photo of a fugitive criminal mastermind called “The Fiend”. Read More »
But Not for Me (1959) Walter Lang, Clark Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli Palmer, Comedy, Romance
Russ Ward, after 30 years of producing Broadway plays, is ready to quit. His secretary, Ellie Brown, on being given notice, tells him she loves him. Read More »
Vachan (1955) Raj Rishi, Geeta Bali, Balraj, Rajendra Kumar, Drama
Kamla lives a poor lifestyle in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India, along with her widowed dad, Dinanath Read More »