One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Racket (1951) John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer
The large federal crime syndicate has proceeded in to town, teaming up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. Read More »
It’s a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951) Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper
The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit Read More »
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
An itinerant troupe of show-biz folks arrives in Cactus Creek. Read More »
Vacuum Zone / Shinkû chitai (1952) Satsuo Yamamoto, Takashi Kanda, Yoshi Katô, Isao Kimura
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison Read More »
Gervaise (1956) René Clément, Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction Read More »
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 »