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Tag Archives: 1950s
Rice Girl (1956) La risaia – Raffaello Matarazzo

The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Read More »
Kekec (1951) Joze Gale, Matija Barl, Frane Milcinski, Franc Presetnik

In an alpine valley lies an idyllic village. High up in the mountains, facing each others Read More »
The Young Don’t Cry (1957) Alfred L. Werker, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish

A teenager (Sal Mineo) fights to retain his dignity and self-respect against the brutality Read More »
Escape by Night (1953) John Gilling, Bonar Colleano, Andrew Ray, Sidney James

An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story. Read More »
O.K. Nero / O.K. Nerone (1951) Mario Soldati, Carlo Campanini, Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini

Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome Read More »
Stories from Madrid / Historias de Madrid (1958) Ramón Comas, Tony Leblanc, Licia Calderón, Mario Morales

In Madrid, both the owner of a building and its tenants have asked help to San Nicolás Read More »
House of Numbers (1957) Russell Rouse

Arnie Judlow, an inmate at San Quentin prison serving a life sentence for murder Read More »
Rear Window (1954) Alfred Hitchcock

Professional photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Read More »
Leda / À double tour (1959) Claude Chabrol, Madeleine Robinson, Antonella Lualdi, Jean-Paul Belmondo

Leda, the flirt of Monsieur Marcoux is murdered. His wife and the police think Read More »