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…
Browsing: Movies – 1950s
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This cops and robbers melodrama from Merton Park Studios concerns prim spinster Miss Crystal (Olive Sloane), who imposes her will on Scotland Yard and helps…
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…
Enlisted American Airman Joe Turner (Peter Thompson) receives a visit from British solicitor Mr Kimp (Reginald Beckwith), informing him that he’s about to inherit 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…
Cut off by the Japanese advance into Burma during World War II, a tough but respected officer, Captain Langford (Stanley Baker), and his exhausted British…
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…
The product of British production company Warwick Films (set up by Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli to offer a European lifeline to fading Hollywood…
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…