Search results for "1953"
The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt
IMDb: 7
84

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member…

Genre: Comedy
The Conquest of Everest

The Conquest of Everest

The Conquest of Everest
IMDb: 7.3
78

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

Robot Monster

Robot Monster

Robot Monster
IMDb: 2.9
66

Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the…

Rhine Virgin

Rhine Virgin

Rhine Virgin
IMDb: 6.4
82

Reported missing in 1940, Jacques Ledru comes back to Strasbourg as Martin Schmidt. He tracks down his wife Genevieve, but she’s remarried and has taken the head of his shipping…

Genre: Drama
China Venture

China Venture

China Venture
IMDb: 5.4
83

American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Genre: War
Love Letter

Love Letter

Love Letter
IMDb: 7.2
98

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Genre: Romance
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
IMDb: 4.6
87

A brave Army dog returns to the U.S., where he helps his heroic handler bond with his resentful daughter on a camping trip despite danger lurking around every corner.

Genre: Action, Family
Mr. Pu

Mr. Pu

Mr. Pu
IMDb: 6.6
98

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

Genre: Comedy
Man in the Dark

Man in the Dark

Man in the Dark
IMDb: 6.2
70

A prisoner undergoes experimental brain surgery in order to get early parole. He released but has no memories. Things get dangerous when a group of thugs go after him in…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Sea has Risen

The Sea has Risen

The Sea has Risen
IMDb: 6.4
135

March 15, 1848; the revolution breaks out in the town of Pest. Yet at cafĂ© Pilvax, in among he revolutionary youth, there is the informer of the imperial court as…

Genre: Drama, History
A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy
IMDb: 7.4
116

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard…

Genre: Drama
Meet Mr. Lucifer

Meet Mr. Lucifer

Meet Mr. Lucifer
IMDb: 5.9
83

A T.V. set given as a retiremant present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break
IMDb: 6.3
82

When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced…

Glen or Glenda

Glen or Glenda

Glen or Glenda
IMDb: 4.2
71

A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a trans woman, the other of a pseudohermaphrodite.

Genre: Drama
I, the Jury

I, the Jury

I, the Jury
IMDb: 6.1
87

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer in his first film adventure. Originally screened in 3D.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Column South

Column South

Column South
IMDb: 6.2
84

In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territory. Director Frederick…

Genre: Western
Sombrero

Sombrero

Sombrero
IMDb: 5.3
103

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter’s sister and lovers from feuding villages.

Genre: Music, Romance
Always a Bride

Always a Bride

Always a Bride
IMDb: 6
82

Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Young Bess

Young Bess

Young Bess
IMDb: 6.6
112

The mother died under the executioner’s axe; the daughter rose to become England’s greatest monarch — the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this…

Appointment in Honduras

Appointment in Honduras

Appointment in Honduras
IMDb: 5.6
79

On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution….

The Net

The Net

The Net
IMDb: 5.6
86

A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of…

Confidentially Connie

Confidentially Connie

Confidentially Connie
IMDb: 5.7
74

Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching…

Genre: Comedy, Family
The Actress

The Actress

The Actress
IMDb: 6.5
90

The true story of Ruth Gordon’s early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Salome

Salome

Salome
IMDb: 5.8
103

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Drayton Case

The Drayton Case

The Drayton Case
IMDb: 6.7
26

During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.

Genre: Crime
Turn the Key Softly

Turn the Key Softly

Turn the Key Softly
IMDb: 6.9
81

A bitter burglar (Yvonne Mitchell), a prostitute (Joan Collins) and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Stolen Identity

Stolen Identity

Stolen Identity
IMDb: 6.5
88

A jealous musician kills his wife and frames a cab driver.

Jack McCall Desperado

Jack McCall Desperado

Jack McCall Desperado
IMDb: 5.3
76

During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the Confederates.

Genre: Western
Africa sotto i mari

Africa sotto i mari

Africa sotto i mari
IMDb: 5.2
90

The troublesome daughter of an American millionaire accompanies him aboard his yacht on a deep sea diving expedition in the Red Sea and falls in love with the captain.

Genre: Adventure
The Wild Oat

The Wild Oat

The Wild Oat
IMDb: 6.4
103

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker’s son, doing his…

Genre: Comedy
Innocents in Paris

Innocents in Paris

Innocents in Paris
IMDb: 5.8
102

Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.

One Girl’s Confession

One Girl’s Confession

One Girl’s Confession
IMDb: 6.4
74

Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Mexican Manhunt

Mexican Manhunt

Mexican Manhunt
IMDb: 6.2
71

Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. “Dave” Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Francis Covers the Big Town

Francis Covers the Big Town

Francis Covers the Big Town
IMDb: 6.4
86

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

Roadhouse Girl

Roadhouse Girl

Roadhouse Girl
IMDb: 5.7
70

A middle-aged garage owner’s life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.

Genre: Drama
The Limping Man

The Limping Man

The Limping Man
IMDb: 5.7
76

An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become involved with a dangerous spy ring and their search for a limping sniper.

Genre: Thriller
The Large Rope

The Large Rope

The Large Rope
IMDb: 6.1
72

After being framed for a murder he didn’t commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another…

Fort Algiers

Fort Algiers

Fort Algiers
IMDb: 5.4
78

Yvonne De Carlo is a French agent who is sent to spy on evil Arab potentate Raymond Burr.

Genre: Adventure, War
Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific
IMDb: 5.7
73

Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out…

Genre: Action, Western
The Great Jesse James Raid

The Great Jesse James Raid

The Great Jesse James Raid
IMDb: 4.9
73

The famed outlaw is talked into saddling up for one more bank robbery.

Genre: Western