A stranger – a fugitive, a sought-after – walks through a deserted landscape a late rainy day in August 1947. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Shanghai Story (1954) Frank Lloyd, Ruth Roman, Edmond O’Brien, Richard Jaeckel
In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists Read More »
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957) Harold D. Schuster, Barry Sullivan, Dennis O’Keefe, Mona Freeman
A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country. Read More »
Sierra Stranger (1957) Lee Sholem, Howard Duff, Gloria McGehee, Dick Foran
After pennyless miner Jess Collins saves Sonny Grover from two men he calls claim jumpers, he heads of the town of Colton. Read More »
The Brute (1953) El bruto – Luis Buñuel
In the 50’s, in a poor community in Mexico, the landlord Andrés Cabrera wants to evict Read More »
Inazuma / Lightning (1952) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Mitsuko Miura, Kyôko Kagawa
Mikio Naruse’s second adaptation of a novel by Fumiko Hayashi stars Hideko Takamine, the director’s frequent muse Read More »
Undersea Girl (1957) John Peyser, Mara Corday, Pat Conway, Florence Marly
When the body of a fisherman is found beneath the sea, investigating police Lieutenant Mike Travis Read More »
Dragstrip Riot (1958) David Bradley, Yvonne Lime, Gary Clarke, Fay Wray
After a run-in with a tough motorcycle gang, where Gary Clarke is blamed Read More »
Valley of Eagles (1951) Terence Young, Jack Warner, Nadia Gray, John McCallum
A Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. Read More »
The Looters (1955) Abner Biberman, Rory Calhoun, Julie Adams, Ray Danton
An expert mountain climber and his partner find a plane wreck in the Rockies, but the partner conspires Read More »