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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Night My Number Came Up (1955) Leslie Norman, Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox

At a fashionable dinner party in Hong Kong, a Naval officer is coaxed into Read More »
The Truth About Bebe Donge / La vérité sur Bébé Donge (1952) Henri Decoin, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, Jacques Castelot

Francois Donge, a wealthy manufacturer, is fighting death at hospital. Read More »
The Scarlet Web (1954) Charles Saunders, Griffith Jones, Hazel Court, Zena Marshall

An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman Read More »
The Sins of Rose Bernd / Rose Bernd (1957) Wolfgang Staudte, Maria Schell, Raf Vallone, Käthe Gold

Rose Bernd, a pretty farm girl, attracts the men around her against her will. Read More »
The Rats / Die Ratten (1955) Robert Siodmak, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Heidemarie Hatheyer

In the early Fifties Pauline Karka (Maria Schell) comes to Berlin. She is pregnant and totally penniless. Read More »
Totò e Carolina (1955) Mario Monicelli, Totò, Anna Maria Ferrero, Arnoldo Foà

The policeman stops Caccavallo Villa Borghese prostitutes: among women Read More »
Fathers and Sons / Padri e figli (1957) Mario Monicelli, Vittorio De Sica, Lorella De Luca, Riccardo Garrone

Set in the weeks just prior to Christmas, the story focuses on the Yuletide preparations made by five different families. Read More »
Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950) Otto Preminger, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill

Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon always wanted to be something his old man wasn’t: a guy on the right side of the law. Read More »
Toi… le venin / Blonde in a White Car (1958) Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Odile Versois

One dark night, in the deserted streets of Nice, an American car slowly drives past Victor Menda, then slowly pulls up. Read More »