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Tag Archives: 1950s
Rue des Prairies (1959) Denys de La Patellière

Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin) Read More »
The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957) Bernard Girard, Susan Oliver, Melinda Casey, Beverly Long

Moving story of a group in a home for wayward girls who find an illegal opportunity to be a family. Read More »
A Mother’s Love / Bojô (1950) Hiroshi Shimizu, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Musei Tokugawa, Yatarô Kurokawa

A poor mother leaves behind three children,whom she had with different fathers Read More »
The Respectful Whore / La p… respectueuse (1952) Charles Brabant, Marcello Pagliero, Barbara Laage, Ivan Desny, Walter Bryant

Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. Read More »
Stolen Identity (1953) Gunther von Fritsch, Donald Buka, Joan Camden, Francis Lederer

A jealous concert pianist murders his wife’s lover, then frames an innocent taxi driver for the crime. Read More »
Let’s Rock (1958) Harry Foster, Julius LaRosa

Singer’s girlfriend helps him adjust to the new rock’n’roll music. Read More »
Man on the Tracks (1957) Andrzej Munk, Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel

In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. Read More »
Hi-Jacked (1950) Sam Newfield, Jim Davis

A truck driver stops on a rainy road at night to help a stranded motorist Read More »
Crime et châtiment / Crime and Punishment (1956) Georges Lampin, Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady, Ulla Jacobsson

Convinced of his own intelligence and talent, René Brunel (Robert Hossein) decide to try that is above Read More »