Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Flying Saucer (1950) Mikel Conrad, Pat Garrison, Hantz von Teuffen, Thriller, Sci-Fi
The CIA sends playboy Mike Trent to Alaska with agent Vee Langley, posing as his “nurse,” to investigate flying saucer sightings. Read More »
Afrodite, dea dell’amore / Aphrodite, Goddess of Love (1958) Mario Bonnard, Isabelle Corey, Anthony Steffen, Irène Tunc, Drama, History
Year 67 A.D. the ruler of Corinth is a fan of Nero. Fails to set fire to his hometown, dedicated to the worship of Aphrodite, goddess of love Read More »
The Steel Lady (1953) Ewald André Dupont, Rod Cameron, Tab Hunter, John Dehner, Action, Drama, War
Surviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika Corps tank which had been buried in the sand since WWII. Read More »
Conquest of Space (1955) Byron Haskin, Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, Sci-Fi
An American-led team of International astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain’s religious beliefs may get in the way. Read More »
Neko to shozo to futari no onna / Shozo, a Cat and Two Women (1956) Shirô Toyoda, Hisaya Morishige, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Comedy, Drama, Family
A timid man who has spent much of his life attempting without success to get out from under the domination of his mother, finds that marriage is no answer. Read More »
The Man in the Net (1959) Michael Curtiz, Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster, Mystery, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
John Hamilton leaves a comfortable New York job to take up as an artist in a quiet Connecticut town. Read More »
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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