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Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
Naked Gun (1956) Eddie Dew, Paul Landres, Willard Parker, Mara Corday, Barton MacLane
Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man Read More »
The Temptress / Le due verità (1951) Antonio Leonviola, Anna Maria Ferrero, Michel Auclair, Michel Simon
The young Lut Loris is undergoing a trial for killing his girlfriend Maria Luce. Read More »
God’s Little Acre (1958) Anthony Mann, Robert Ryan, Tina Louise, Aldo Ray
A poor farmer is obsessed with finding gold on his land supposedly buried by his grandfather. Read More »