U.S. Navy pilot Frank ‘Spig’ Wead (John Wayne) is a fun-loving and rowdy adventurer, but also a fierce proponent of Naval aviation. His dedication to…
Browsing: Movies – 1950s
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After 20 years of marriage and running around after her husband Jim (Anthony Quayle) and son Brian (Andrew Ray), warm-hearted but feckless and domestically untidy…
This romantic comedy-drama alternates between London and Malta where brothers Carmello Gomez (singing star Frankie Vaughan) and his younger brother, Mario (Jeremy Spenser) fish for…
The Wooden Horse tells the true story of the escape in Summer 1943 of three English prisoners from Stalag Luft III – a Luftwaffe-run prisoner…
Four astronauts – Hugh Marlowe, Rod Taylor, Christopher Dark and Nelson Leigh – are returning from the first mission to survey Mars in 1957 when…
Miner Harry Belafonte lives through an atomic attack and meets two other survivors when he arrives in devastated New York City – gorgeous Inger Stevens…
In a drunken rage, Robert Stack smashes a bottle of booze against the wall. Lauren Bacall, at her bedroom curtain, faints. Gunshots, death, tears. Written…
The Wrong Man is one of the bleakest movies Hitchcock ever made. Henry Fonda plays Manny Balestrero, a New York jazz musician who is mistakenly identified…
On a desolate Scottish moor, a platoon of soldiers is being trained in the use of the Geiger counter. Their manoeuvres are interrupted by a…
A young boy dies while playing in the ruins of a London neighbourhood destroyed during the blitz. His friend Frankie (Andrew Ray) – who was…
A poignant and sadly forgotten 1956 black and white British film directed by J Lee Thompson inspired by the story of Ruth Ellis – the…
For half-witted barbers apprentice, Wilbur Hoolick (Jerry Lewis) life is a continual series of mishaps. But the biggest mishap of all is when Noonan (Raymond…
Three youngsters steal a car for a joyride and encounter a couple out on a date. They drive the couple into a ditch, pull the…
Three soldiers have their outlook on life drastically altered during the Second World War. An idealistic German lieutenant begins to question his faith in Nazi…
Ted Stryker, an ex-fighter pilot haunted by his wartime experiences, is forced to take control of a Trans-continental airliner after half the passengers (including his…
