
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 »
Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
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 »