Mafia gunmen sent by their boss to kill a rival gang leader take over a small airfield where their target is scheduled to land. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Man from God’s Country (1958) Paul Landres, George Montgomery, Randy Stuart, Gregg Barton
Dan Beattie gives up his lawman job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt Warren in the town of Sundown. Read More »
The Treasure of San Teresa / Hot Money Girl (1959) Alvin Rakoff, Eddie Constantine, Dawn Addams, Marius Goring
After World War II, an ex-spy returns to Germany to search for a cache of jewels he hid in a Czechoslovakian convent. Read More »
Terror in a Texas Town (1958) Joseph H. Lewis, Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly
Sven Hanson is one of a number of farmers whom Ed McNeil wants to run off their land (because he knows there’s oil on it). Read More »
The Pathfinder (1952) Sidney Salkow, George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Jay Silverheels
Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians Read More »
Defiance / Trots (1952) Gustaf Molander, Anders Henrikson, Per Oscarsson, Harriet Andersson
A teacher is so hard on his students that he faces a warning by the school principal. Read More »
Hell’s Island (1955) Phil Karlson, John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan
Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. Read More »
Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952) Douglas Sirk, Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn
Wealthy Samuel Fulton is getting older and has no family of his own. He decides to leave his estate Read More »
The Doll Merchant / Nukkekauppias ja kaunis Lilith (1955) Jack Witikka, Martti Katajisto, Hillevi Lagerstam, Heikki Savolainen
A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state. Read More »
The James Dean Story (1957) Robert Altman, George W. George, Martin Gabel, James Dean, Lew Bracker
This documentary, which was undertaken soon after James Dean’s death, looks at Dean’s life through the use of still photographs with narration Read More »