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Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
Unvanquished City / Robinson warszawski (1950) Jerzy Zarzycki, Jan Kurnakowicz, Zofia Mrozowska, Igor Smialowski

The story of those who stayed in the ruins and rubbles of Warsaw after the failure of the 1944 uprising. Read More »
Saturday Night / Subotom uvece (1957) Vladimir Pogacic, Radmila Andric, Zoran Stojiljkovic, Sima Janicijevic

The first omnibus film made in Yugoslavia, tells the three stories set in Belgrade by night Read More »
The Man Without a Face / El hombre sin rostro (1950) Juan Bustillo Oro, Arturo de Córdova, Carmen Molina, Miguel Ángel Ferriz

A faceless killer who hunts women can only be stopped by a detective with a disturbing past. Read More »