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Tag Archives: 1950s
That Is the Dawn / Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956) Luis Buñuel, Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosé, Julien Bertheau
The wife of a physician who diligently cares for the poor, grows weary of their dull South France factory town Read More »
Guilty Bystander (1950) Joseph Lerner, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland
An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town Read More »
Another Man’s Poison (1951) Irving Rapper, Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams
Mystery writer Janet Frobisher lives alone in a dark English country house Read More »
Lucrèce Borgia / Lucretia Borgia (1953) Christian-Jaque, Martine Carol, Pedro Armendáriz, Valentine Tessier
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrètè. Read More »
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Richard Brooks, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives
The family of who is “affectionately” known as “Big Daddy” Pollitt convenes Read More »
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 »