Synopsis :
In this western, an adventurous gambler goes on the lam when he is falsely accused of a riverboat killing. He hides out for three years before returning to prove his innocence and find the girl he loves. Unfortunately, the girl is involved with the gang ringleader responsible for the killing.Read More »
1950s
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Rudolph Maté – The Rawhide Years (1955)
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William Castle – The Tingler (1959)
1951-1960HorrorSci-FiUSAWilliam Castle

Dr. Warren Chapin has made an unusual discovery; his autopsies on executed prisoners reveal that humans who die in situations of extreme stress or panic have their spines torn and snapped. Warren dubs this force “the tingler” — that strange sensation people experience in situations of mounting fear. How could this be?Read More »
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Branko Bauer – Ne okreci se sine AKA Don’t Look Back, My Son (1956)
1951-1960Branko BauerDramaWarYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoPlot:
A partisan comes secretly to town to find about what happened to his little son who barely remembers him. He is horrified when he finds out that his son is raised in a colaborators’ orphanage, brought up to hate and fight communists and partisans. He decides to take his son to the freed territory out of town…
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Michelangelo Antonioni – Cronaca di un amore AKA Story of a Love Affair (1950)
1941-1950CrimeDramaItalyMichelangelo AntonioniPaola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.Read More »
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Felix E. Feist – This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
1951-1960ClassicsDramaFelix E. FeistUSAPlot:
A tough lady gangster learns that she will be totally blind within a week. She seeks help from the one eye surgeon who may be able to save her sight. In the process, he also causes her to have a change of heart. Written by Daniel Bubbeo Read More » -
Vincent Sherman – Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
USA1951-1960ComedyRomanceVincent ShermanPlot: Congresswoman Agatha Reed returns to her alma mater for homecoming, although she’s more interested in renewing her romance with an old flame who’s now the college president. Their attempts at rekindling any sparks are thwarted by the arrival of another rival for her affections and the showing of her controversial film which could put her former beau’s job in jeopardy. Written by Daniel Bubbeo Read More »
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Delmer Daves – 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
USA1951-1960ClassicsDelmer DavesWesternSYNOPSIS:
Dan Evans is a farmer struggling to hold onto his land and livelihood during a severe drought. He finds a financial solution for himself and his family when he is offered a large sum of money to secretly escort Ben Wade, the captured leader of an outlaw gang, to a nearby town and place him on board a train that will carry him to trial in Yuma. The two men hole up in a hotel near the station where the smooth-talking Wade tries to mentally and emotionally manipulate his captor into letting him go. Meanwhile, Wade’s gang is fast approaching the town where a final showdown between Evans and the outlaws is imminent.Read More » -
Lionel Rogosin – On the Bowery (1957) (HD)
1951-1960DocumentaryDramaLionel RogosinUSAA mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City’s skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray. He is younger and more vigorous than most on the Bowery. He arrives in Manhattan with a suitcase and a little money in his pocket. On his first night, he drinks himself into a stupor, falls asleep on the sidewalk, and is robbed of his suitcase. Over the next two days, we follow both Ray and the thief, who befriends him. Is there any hope Ray can get out of town and restart a life of work and sobriety, or is he stuck on the Bowery? Can the good thief help?Read More »
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Keisuke Kinoshita – Umi no hanabi AKA Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
1951-1960ClassicsDramaJapanKeisuke KinoshitaQuote:
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
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