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Tag Archives: 1950s
John and Julie (1955) William Fairchild, Colin Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Noelle Middleton

John and Julie are two children, aged about 9 and 6, who live in Dorset. Read More »
Savage Fury (1956) Lew Landers, Noah Beery Jr., Dorothy Short, Harry Woods

Separately released feature version of the 1935 Serial, Call of the Savage. Read More »
Passage West (1951) Lewis R. Foster, John Payne

In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Read More »
Life or Death / Hayat ou maut (1954) Kamal El-Shaikh, Yusuf Wahbi, Madihah Yusri, Imad Hamdi

A man with cardiac problems, had heart attack and sent his daughter Read More »
The Heart of the Matter (1953) George More O’Ferrall, Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell

An unhappily married British security officer stationed in Sierra Leone during World War II Read More »
Deadline – U.S.A. (1952) Richard Brooks, Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter

Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York ‘Day’, finds that the late owner’s heirs Read More »
Take the High Ground! (1953) Richard Brooks, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart

Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor Read More »
The Sword and the Cross / Le schiave di Cartagine (1956) Guido Brignone, Gianna Maria Canale, Jorge Mistral, Marisa Allasio

Tarsus, in the Roman province of Cilicia, AD 120. Two Carthaginian sisters, Lea and Esther Read More »
Seven Waves Away (1957) Richard Sale, Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan

After their luxury liner is sunk, a group of over twenty survivors take refuge in a life boat made for only nine. Read More »