
Highly fictionalized account of the formation of the US Army’s First Ranger Battalion in World War II and their first commanding officer Major (later, Lieutenant-Colonel) Orlando Darby. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Sea Devils (1953) – Raoul Walsh

Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. Read More »
Intent to Kill (1958) Jack Cardiff

As British Dr. Bob McLaurin prepares for a dangerous surgical procedure on South American leader Read More »
Angels in the Outfield (1951) Clarence Brown

A young woman reporter blames the Pittsburgh Pirates’ losing streak on the obscenely abusive manager. Read More »
Without Warning! (1952) Arnold Laven

Carl Martin is a morose and deranged Los Angeles gardener, who,in retribution for the infidelity of his unfaithful wife Read More »
Cinderella (1957) Ralph Nelson

Believed lost since its one-night-only television broadcast in March of 1957 Read More »
Eight Iron Men (1952) Edward Dmytryk

Stanley Kramer’s WW-II character study has Lee Marvin as the Sergeant of a small squad laid over during fighting in Italy. Read More »
The Jayhawkers! (1959) Melvin Frank, Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Nicole Maurey

Shortly before the start of the American Civil War rebel Kansas leader Luke Darcy dreams of a new independent Republic of Kansas. Read More »
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) Michael Anderson, Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste river in 1949, the British warship Amethyst Read More »
Interrupted Melody (1955) Curtis Bernhardt, Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore

Marjorie Lawrence (Eleanor Parker) crowds her life with excitement and achievement from the day she leaves her Australian home and goes to Paris to study voice. Read More »