Produced in England, Michael Anderson’s 1955 version of George Orwell’s dystopian novel is set in a futuristic 1984 and remains faithful to its source, concentrating…
Browsing: Movies 1955
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Two goofy innocents in New York – Harry ‘Slim’ Pierce (Abbott) and Willie ‘Tubby’ Piper (Costello) – are tricked into paying $5,000 for a bottom-of-the-barrel…
When Abbott and Costello – as two stranded Americans in modern-day Egypt – inadvertently become involved in a search for the Sacred Medallion of the…
This British war film tells the story of the human torpedo and midget submarine attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz in the Norwegian fjords during World War II.…
Mary (singer Jill Day) is the daughter of a hotel proprietor at a Swiss skiing resort, and since she is a very beautiful blonde, she…
Sam Dent (Glenn Ford) sets off on the long journey from Texas to Brazil with a cargo of prize Brahma bulls for a wealthy Brazilian rancher.…
The great strength of classic British screen comedies often lies not so much in the stars of the story but in the supporting cast, drawn…
An unidentified man is shot and thrown into the River Thames. He is rescued and rushed to the hospital where, during surgery, his heart stops…
It’s 1945, just after World War II, and Spencer Tracy is John J. Macreedy – a one-armed ex-army man who steps off the train in…
Captain Russ Edwards (Sterling Hayden), the commander of the K-59 Helicopter Element in Korea, dispatches former fighter pilot Lieutenant Pete Stacey (Arthur Franz) to rescue…
An intelligent, haunting film full of wonderful performances, particularly from Jack Palance (never better) and Rod Steiger as, respectively, the successful movie star Charlie Castle,…
During the 1950s, the United States and its mouthpiece, Hollywood, seemed to see threats around every corner. If it wasn’t the Commies, then it was the…
English adventurer Captain Skip Morgan (imported American star Forrest Tucker) is contacted by a “Major Hobart” who has an adventurous job for Morgan: go to…
Rumours abound about what may go on at a creepy mansion just out of town. The house is owned by Dr Eric Vornoff who is…
In 19th-century Ireland, the nation is in rebellion and rebel leader John Doherty (Jeff Morrow) – alias Captain Thunderbolt – fights a ceaseless battle against…
This well-made and above-average World War II suspense thriller shows the daring exploits of canoe-paddling volunteers who set out to destroy German battleships. It’s 1942…
Conquest of Space is a good science fiction adventure, dazzlingly photographed in Technicolor. An American-led International team of astronauts leave their space station on the first mission…
This sparkling Launder-Gilliat comedy has a well-bred Englishman (Rex Harrison) waking in a hotel bedroom in a fishing village in Wales suffering from amnesia. He…
Stanley Fabian (Frank Lovejoy) owns a busy drive-in diner in Hollywood and is in love with one of the carhops, Joanie Daniel (Mari Blanchard). She…
The Dam Busters follows the conception and implementation of a new British weapon during World War II and the true story of ‘Operation Chastise’ -…