
Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town’s outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man’s shoes. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Three Young Texans (1954) Henry Levin, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeffrey Hunter, Keefe Brasselle

A western about a Texan who robs a train in an effort to prevent his father from committing the crime Read More »
White Feather (1955) Robert D. Webb, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lund

The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. Read More »
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) Charles Crichton, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James

Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Read More »
Surrender – Hell! (1959) John Barnwell, Keith Andes, Susan Cabot, Paraluman

An officer leads a band of Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese in anticipation of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s return. Read More »
I vitelloni (1953) Federico Fellini, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi

Fausto Moretti, having seduced Sandra Rubini, the sister of his friend Read More »
Gli sbandati / Abandoned / The Disbanded (1955) Francesco Maselli, Lucia Bosé, Isa Miranda, Jean-Pierre Mocky

Set during WWII, the film is a drama of the Italian resistance, with all the usual clichéd characters in attendance. Read More »
Bakurô ichidai / The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) Keigo Kimura, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Takashi Shimura

This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiba tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka “The Shark,” Read More »
Il segno di Venere / The Sign of Venus (1955) Dino Risi, Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri, Vittorio De Sica

Cesira lives with her cousin Agnese. Agnese is beautiful, while Cesira, dreamy and sentimental, is unattractive. Read More »
Maiden’s Cheek / To xylo vgike apo ton Paradeiso (1959) Alekos Sakellarios, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Hristos Tsaganeas

Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. Read More »