An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Women Without Names / Donne senza nome (1950) Géza von Radványi, Simone Simon, Vivi Gioi, Françoise Rosay
This is the sad story of several desperate ladies incarcerated somewhere in Italy Read More »
Cargo to Capetown (1950) Earl McEvoy, Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland
The plot involves Ireland, captain of a tired oil tanker, and Crawford, the ship’s engineer. Read More »
Tiger in the Smoke (1956) Roy Ward Baker, Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright
In wartime a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general Read More »
The Monstrous Doctor Crimen / El monstruo resucitado (1953) Chano Urueta, Miroslava, Carlos Navarro, José María Linares-Rivas
The first major medical sci/fi movie in Mexico, loosely based on the Frankenstein story Read More »
Dedication of the Great Buddha / Daibutsu kaigen (1952) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Shinobu Araki, Kôtarô Bandô, Kazuo Hasegawa
A talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Read More »
Hole in One / Ana (1957) Kon Ichikawa, Machiko Kyô, Eiji Funakoshi, Sô Yamamura
A clever reporter gets involved with a bank embezzlement case. Read More »
Cross of Valor (1959) Kazimierz Kutz
Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier returns to his ruined village Read More »
The Lie (1954) Harold Young, Lee Bowman, Ramsay Ames, Harald Maresch
A man who owns a diamond importing business goes out for a night on the town with his girlfriend Read More »
Flying Leathernecks (1951) Nicholas Ray, John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. Read More »