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About Mrs Leslie - 1954
A boarding house Landlady recalls her past tenants in a series of flashbacks, in this stylish romantic drama
Stars: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar
Quality: 9/10
Action Of The Tiger - 1957
An American smuggler is approached by a French woman who wants him to rescue her Brother who is a prisoner in Albania
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Sean Connery
Alaska Passage - 1959
Two partners in an Alaskan trucking company quarrel over expenses. One is having an affair with the other's wife which leads to a shooting and a truck getaway! Then of course there's the landslide looming! Great fun
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Bill Williams, Leslie Bradley, Nora Hayden, Lyn Thomas
All Mine To Give - 1957
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson
Autumn Leaves - 1956
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene, Ruth Donnelly
Back From The Dead - 1957 + trailer
Quality: 6/10, fairly rough
Stars: Peggie Castle, Arthur Franz, Masha Hunt
Bait - 1954
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar
The Beat Generation - 1959
A detective is assigned to track down and capture a crazed serial rapist
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Vampira, Louis Armstrong
Beware, My Lovely - 1952
Quality: 9/10 (occasional logo)
Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Whiting
Cargo To Capetown - 1950
The captain of a decrepit oil tanker and his engineer, both falls for the charms of Drew, who happens to be Captain Phelan's fiancee
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Broderick Crawford, Joh Ireland, Ellen Drew
The Company She Keeps - 1951
A female ex-convict tries to rebuild her life after being released from prison
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer, Dennis O'Keefe, Fay Baker, John Hoyt
Come Next Spring - 1956
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Ann Sheridan, Steve Cochran, Walter Brennan, Sherry Jackson
Confidence Girl - 1952
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Tom Conway, Hillary Brooke, Eddie Marr, John Gallaudet, Jack Kruschen
Count The Hours - 1953
A Lawyer defends a migrant worker falsely accused of two murders. Great film
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Teresa Wright MacDonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Adele Mara
The Cruel Tower - 1956
Sexy, hi-rise skyscaper construction thriller - not for the feint hearted!
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Mari Blanchard, Charles McGraw, John Ericson, Steve Brodie
Desperate Search - 1952
The family and friends of two children lost in the wilderness mount a desperate search to find them
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina, Keenan Wynn
Death In Small Doses - 1957
Truck drivers stuff themselves full of ‘Bennies’ to stay awake for the long haul. Some go crazy and some have terrible accidents so Tom Kaylor is sent undercover to expose the dealers
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Peter Graves, Chuck Connors, Mala Powers, Merry Anders
Double Jeopardy - 1955
Quality: 7.5/10 (occasional logo/egion free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Rod Cameron, Gale Robbins, Allison Hayes, Jack Kelly
The Green-Eyed Blonde - 1957
Noir-esq drama about a bunch of wayward girls in a correctional institution
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Susan Oliver, Melinda Plowman, Beverly Long, Norma Jean Nilsson, Tommie Moore
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown - 1957
When a movie star is kidnapped, everyone thinks it's a publicity stunt. It's not!
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker
Dir: Norman Taurog
Hot Summer Night - 1957
A big-city reporter between jobs, travelling with his wife through a small Ozarks town, gets a lead on a bank robbery
Quality: 7.5/10 (occasional logo)
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Colleen Miller, Edward Andres, Jay C Flippen
Home Before Dark - 1958
Jean Simmons plays a woman battling for her sanity after she walks out of a mental institution
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
The Flying Saucer - 1950
A playboy is sent to Alaska by the C.I.A. to investigate Flying Saucer sightings
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Mikel Conrad, Pat Garrison, Hantz von Teuffen
The Human Jungle - 1954
Quality: 9/10 (feint logo visible)
Stars: Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling, Regis Toomey, Chuck Connors, Paula Raymond
Invitation - 1952
Believing her marriage to be solid, Ellen's trust in her husband is shaken when she learns that her father had paid him to marry her because she may be dying. Also, her husband's ex girlfriend is determined to get her man back at any cost. Top-notch romantic melodrama
Quality: 9/10 (playback in 16:9 or zoom aspect for best picture)
Stars: Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, Ruth Roman
The Highwayman - 1951
During the 1700s, a masked bandit robs the rich and aids the poor to the chagrin of the authorities and the corrupt nobility
Quality: 7.5/10, US in colour
Stars: Philip Friend, Charles Coburn, Wanda Hendrix
I Married A Woman - 1958
Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Diana Dors, George Gobel, Aldophe Menjou, Nita Talbot, Angie Dickinson
Insurance Investigator - 1951
A businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover agent to investigate
Quality: 7/10 (region free PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Richard Denning, Audrey Long, John Eldredge, Hillary Brooke, Reed Hadley
Kind Lady - 1951
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury
Jeopardy - 1953
A man becomes trapped in the debris of a collapsed wooden jetty while his wife and son try desperately to free him before the tide comes in
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker
Last Train From Bombay - 1952
An American diplomat in India falsely accused on the killing of an Indian dignitary and sets out to prove his innocence while trying to find the location of explosives planted on a Bombay train by terrorists. Busy guy!
Quality: 8.5/10, US
Stars: Jon Hall, Christine Larson, Lisa Ferraday
Live Fast Die Young - 1958
Two sexy sisters in tight sweaters leave their no-good father for a lurid life on the road
Quality: 7/10 (a bit dark so adjust your contrast/occasional logo)
Stars: Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, Mike Connors, Peggy Maley, Sheridan Comerate
Lizzie - 1957
A Psychiatrist uses hypnosis to treat a 25 year old woman who is suffering from multiple personality disorder
Quality: 8.5/10, nb: won't play on Panasonic machines
Stars: Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondel, Hugo Haas
Lure Of The Swamp - 1957
Simon Lewt ekes out a modest living chartering his skiff to tourists and guiding them through the labyrinthine bayou. When a mysterious stranger asks him to take him deep into the swamp, it leads to robbery, murder and mystery, in this atmospheric thriller
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Marshall Thompson, Willard Parker, Joan Vohs, Joan Lora
The Little Hut - 1957
Three people are washed ashore on a desert island after their ship is wrecked
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, David Niven
Lost Lagoon - 1957
Presumed to be lost at sea during a tropical storm, Charlie Walker washes up on a small island in the Bahamas and encounters a beautiful younger woman - but being attached to a failing marriage causes difficulties. Really good little film
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Jeffrey Lynn, Leila Barry, Peter Donat
The Light Touch - 1951
Two art thieves operate in the Med. One steals a picture from a museum and tells the other it has been lost in a boat accident in an attempt to gain all the proceeds
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders
The Lineup - 1958
A psycho gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin carried by unsuspecting travellers
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche, Cheryl Calloway
Lisbon - 1956
High stakes battle of wits and morals, set on location in Portugal. A smuggler is hired to kidnap the rich husband of an American woman who has just arrived in Lisbon
Quality: 9/10 full runtime
Stars: Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains, Yvonne Furneaux
Man Afraid - 1957
Quality: 6.5/10 (region free EURO PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: George Nader, Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey, Eduard Franz, Harold J Stone
The Man With My Face - 1951
Wildly improbable but seldom less than absorbing and has the distinction of being the only Film Noir set in Puerto Rico
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Barry Nelson, Carole Mathews, Lynn Ainley, Chinita, Hazel Sherman
Missing Women - 1951
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Penny Edwards, John Alvin, James Millican, John Gallaudet, James Brown
The Mugger - 1958
Women are attacked, robbed and cut across the cheek by a manic in this unpleasantly themed late Noir entry
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Kent Smith, Nan Martin, James Franciscus
Night Of The Quarter Moon - 1959
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Julie London, John Drew Barrymore, Anna Kashfi, Dean Jones, Agnes Moorehead, Nat King Cole (sings theme tune too)
Mystery Street - 1950
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson
Naked Alibi - 1954
A police chief fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a Police killer in Tijuana
Quality: 9/10, printupgrade
Stars: Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Marcia Henderson, Chuck Connors
No Down Payment - 1957
The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall, Jeffrey Hunter
The Naked Road - 1959
A young model and a sleazy married ad exec go canoodling but end up arguing as she won't go to a Motel for action. Following a speeding fine incident she ends up being offered a lift by a psycho who lures her into a drug-induced world of white slavery. Barmy!
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Jeanne Rainer, Ronald Long, Art Koulias
Outrage - 1950
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke, Rita Lupino
One Way Street - 1950
Quality: 6/10 (certainly worth the price of admission, good audio but poor video)
Stars: James Mason, Marta Toren, Dan Duryea, William Conrad
The Night Holds Terror - 1955
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes
Outside The Wall - 1950
Released from Prison early on parole after a 15 year stint, Basehart tries to adjust to normal life taking a job at a Sanitarium but is soon taken in by gold-digging, femme fatale nurse, Charlotte Maynard
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Richard Basehart, Marilyn Maxwell, Signe Hasso, Dorothy Hart
Night Into Morning - 1951
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Reagan
The Prowler - 1951
When Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way. Classic
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Evelyn Keyes, Van Heflin, John Maxwell, Emerson Treacy
Pushover - 1954
Quality: 9/10 (region free EURO PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak, Philip Carey, Dorothy Malone
Sabu and the Magic Ring - 1957
A jungle boy gets involved in some cracking adventures with a genie
Quality: 8.5/10, logo
Stars: Sabu, Daria Massey, William Marshall, John Doucette
Rider To The Stars - 1954
Rider To The Stars - 1954 (US Sci-Fi)
Three men are assigned by the Office of Scientific Investigation to man (and woman) rocket ships to outer space and attempt to capture a meteor. Ridiculous but great fun!
Quality: 7.5/10, USA
Stars: William Lundigan, Herbert Marshall, Martha Hyer, Dawn Addams, Richard Carlson
Dir: Richard Carlson
Nightmare - 1956
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Edward G Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine
Patterns Of Power - 1956
When Fred Staples is recruited onto the board of a high-powered New York corporation, he finds his ethics and ambition at odds
Quality: 7.5/10 'aka Patterns'
Stars: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley
The Scarf - 1951
Following a prison break, a murderer with amnesia tries to recall his supposed murder of a woman. He hides out on a turkey ranch while the mists clear
Quality: 8/10
Stars: John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton, Emlyn Williams
Six Bridges To Cross - 1955
Youth gang leader Jerry Florea is shot in the particulars whilst fleeing from a crime scene by rookie cop Ed Gallagher who befriends the Jerry, but will he go straight now?
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, J C Flippen, Jan Merlin
Serpent Of The Nile - 1953
After the killing of Caesar, Cleopatra and Mark Anthony begin a doomed love affair
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue - 1957
When three criminals gun a man down the assistant DA vows to bring them to justice
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea
The Sleeping City - 1950
At Bellevue Hospital an intern is shot in the head by an unknown killer. Inspector Gordon finds no obvious leads but senses an undercurrent of mystery at the hospital
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Richard Taber, Peggy Dow, John Alexander
Stars In My Crown - 1950
In 1865, the small Southern town of Walsburg has become so dangerous that Parson Josiah Doziah Gray gives his sermons while holding a gun
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell
Stopover Tokyo - 1957
An American intelligence agent is sent to Tokyo to track down a Communist spy ring
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien
The Unholy Wife - 1957
Wealthy Paul Hochen meets blonde bombshell Phyllis in a bar and marries her - well, after a short introduction!. Phyllis is soon bored with him and gets friendly with a rodeo rider
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi, Marie Windsor
Stolen Identity - 1953
Suspense drama in which a jealous concert pianist murders his wife's lover, then frames an innocent taxi driver for the crime, the Cad
Quality: 7.5/10 (Austria/US production)
Stars: Donald Buka, Joan Camden, Francis Lederer, Inge Konradi
Tank Force! - 1958
During WW2 in North Africa an American sergeant serving with the British 8th Army is captured by the Germans but he hatches various plans of escape from the POW camp
Quality: 9/10, UK/US, widescreen
Stars: Victor Mature, Leo Genn, Anthony Newley, Bonar Colleano, Anne Aubrey
Ten Days To Tulara - 1958
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Sterling Hayden, Grace Raynor, Rodolfo Hoyos