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 »
Tag Archives: 1950s
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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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 »