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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Long Wait (1954) Victor Saville, Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans

Hitchhiker Johnny McBride is badly hurt and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Read More »
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1955) Edward Buzzell, Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson

Harold North, public relations director of the Post conglomerate Read More »
Decision at Sundown (1957) Budd Boetticher, Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele

Bart Allison arrives in Sundown planning to kill Tate Kimbrough. Read More »
Japanese War Bride (1952) King Vidor, Shirley Yamaguchi, Don Taylor, Cameron Mitchell

Korean War veteran returns home to rural Salinas, California with his new Japanese wife, whom he met at a war hospital. Read More »
The Mudlark (1950) Jean Negulesco

In 1875 London, young Wheeler (who lives by scavenging) finds a cameo of Queen Victoria Read More »
Kill or Be Killed (1950) Max Nosseck, Lawrence Tierney, George Coulouris, Marissa O’Brien

Man accused of a murder he didn’t commit hides out in the South American jungle. Read More »
Confess, Dr. Corda / Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda (1958) Josef von Báky, Hardy Krüger, Elisabeth Müller, Lucie Mannheim

A doctor goes to meet a beautiful girl at a park bench near a wooded area. Read More »
Two Flags West (1950) Robert Wise, Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, Jeff Chandler

During the Civil War, in 1863,Confederate prisoners of war agree to join forces with the Union Army in the common fight against Indians. Read More »
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952) Ted Tetzlaff, William Powell, Julie Adams, Charles Drake

Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal Baltimore Dan. Read More »