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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Big Caper (1957) Robert Stevens, James Gregory, Mary Costa, Rory Calhoun

A con man in debt and down on his luck comes up with what he thinks is the perfect caper–robbing a small-town bank Read More »
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) Zoltan Korda, Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city Read More »
Kiss Me Kate (1953) George Sidney, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller

Fred and Lilly are a divorced pair of actors that are brought together Read More »
Rose of Cimarron (1952) Harry Keller, Jack Buetel, Mala Powers, Bill Williams

A white red-haired girl has been raised by the Cherokee Indians after her family was massacred. Read More »
Outlaw Women (1952) Sam Newfield, Ron Ormond, Marie Windsor, Richard Rober, Carla Balenda

Impressed by his medical skill, a pretty female outlaw forces a young doctor at gunpoint to travel to a town run by women Read More »
Eager to Live / Febbre di vivere (1953) Claudio Gora, Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Serato, Marina Berti

Leopoldo Trieste’s stage play Cronaca was the basis for the Italian drama Febbre di Vivere (Eager to Live). Read More »
Paris is Always Paris / Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951) Luciano Emmer, Aldo Fabrizi, Henri Guisol, Ave Ninchi

Parigi e Sempre Parigi (Paris is Always Paris) was the second feature-length effort Read More »
Stronger Than Love / Más fuerte que el amor (1955) Tulio Demicheli, Jorge Mistral, Miroslava, Néstor de Barbosa

Young industrialist with a working-class background forces his way into the old-money society that’s trying to shut him out. Read More »
Miracle In Soho (1957) Julian Amyes, John Gregson, Belinda Lee, Cyril Cusack

In London’s colourful but seedy Soho Michael Morgan is working mending the road. Read More »