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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Hangman (1959) Michael Curtiz, Robert Taylor, Tina Louise, Fess Parker
A marshal nicknamed “The Hangman” because of his track record in hunting down Read More »
The Tin Star (1957) Anthony Mann, Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer
Veteran bounty-hunter Morg Hickman rides into a town in danger. Read More »
We Have Only One Life AKA Mia zoi tin ehoume (1958) Yorgos Javellas, Yvonne Sanson, Dimitris Horn, Vasilis Avlonitis
Kleon is a poor man trying to make his living with a small job at a bank. Read More »
Lilacs in the Spring (1954) Herbert Wilcox, Errol Flynn, Anna Neagle, David Farrar
A young entertainer, Carole Beaumont, is wooed by actor-producer Charles King but Read More »
The Voice of Merrill (1952) John Gilling, Valerie Hobson, Edward Underdown, James Robertson Justice
The story of four people directly and indirectly involved with the murder of a female blackmailer. Read More »
Leonora of the Seven Seas AKA Leonora dos sete mares (1955) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Sadi Cabral, Wilza Carla, Annie Carol
A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious Read More »
Ramuntcho (1959) Pierre Schoendoerffer, François Guérin, Mijanou Bardot, Gaby Morlay
The Basque smuggler Ramuntcho is engaged to Gracieuse, whose mother Dolorès Read More »
The Moon Is Blue (1953) Otto Preminger, William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara
Successful architect Don Gresham (William Holden) engages a young actress Read More »
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) Otto Preminger, Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy
The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army’s fledgling air corp. Read More »
Les lumières du soir (1956) Robert Vernay, Gaby Morlay, Etchika Choureau, George Reich
Thief of Damascus (1952) Will Jason, Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell
In the world of Arabian Nights, Abu Amdar (Paul Henreid), head general of the Khalid, who is attacking Damascus Read More »
Androcles and the Lion (1952) Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young
Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion’s teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Read More »
The System (1953) Lewis Seiler, Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon, Robert Arthur
Gambler John Merrick (Frank Lovejoy) is the head of a bookie syndicate and the newspaper Read More »
Double Exposure (1954) John Gilling, John Bentley, Rona Anderson, Garry Marsh
A lady photographer clicks a few revealing pix at the home of a wealthy woman. Read More »