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Tag Archives: 1950s
Hi-Jack Highway / Gas-Oil (1955) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset

After a spending the night with his girlfriend Alice (Jeanne Moreau), trucker Jean (Jean Gabin) encounters a dead body on the road home. Read More »
Rosaura at 10 O’Clock / Rosaura a las 10 (1958) Mario Soffici, Juan Verdaguer, Susana Campos, María Luisa Robledo

Out of the blue, a meek, old painter begins receiving love letters from Rosaura. Read More »
Rififi / Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) Jules Dassin, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel

After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City Read More »
Genghis Khan and His Mongols / Kogan no misshi (1959) Tai Katô, Hashizô Ôkawa, Yoshio Yoshida, Jun Tazaki

Over 1,000 years ago, Mt. Fumi violently erupted, sending fiery fumes Read More »
Unnatural / Alraune (1952) Arthur Maria Rabenalt, Hildegard Knef, Erich von Stroheim, Karlheinz Böhm

A scientist creates a beautiful “perfect woman”, but since she is artificial Read More »
Jealousy / Gelosia (1953) Pietro Germi, Marisa Belli, Erno Crisa, Alessandro Fersen

A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married Read More »
The Green Mare / La jument verte (1959) Claude Autant-Lara, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo

The story is set during the latter half of the 19th century and follows two feuding peasant families. Read More »
Showdown at the Great Tone River / Doto no taiketsu (1959) Yasushi Sasaki, Utaemon Ichikawa, Chiezô Kataoka

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale Read More »
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 »