Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane crashes near a remote hideaway of Nazi war criminals in hiding. The Nazis want to stay hidden and plan to dispose of their new guests.
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Tag Archives: 1950s
Lo svitato (1956) Carlo Lizzani, Dario Fo, Franca Rame, Giorgia Moll
Achille is the errand boy in a newspaper of Milan, who wants to become a famous journalist.
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Rancho Notorious (1952) Fritz Lang, Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer
A western based on the story “Gunsight Whitman” by Silvia Richards. Vern Haskell, a nice rancher, seeks out to avenge his fiancé’s death when she is killed during a robbery. His revenge leads him to Chuck-a-luck, Altar Keane’s ranch set up to hide criminals, and he finds more than he bargains for.
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Rogues March (1953) Allan Davis, Peter Lawford, Richard Greene, Janice Rule
It is indeed an unsung classic tale of The Great Game. Peter Lawford stars as a young Captain of the Royal Midland Fusiliers whose life and career are turned upside down as he is framed for treason. He makes his way to the Northwest Frontier to ultimately set things right.
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Al Capone (1959) Richard Wilson, Rod Steiger, Martin Balsam, Fay Spain
This factual biography of gang lord Al Capone follows his rise and fall in Chicago gangdom during the Prohibition era.
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