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Tag Archives: 1950s
Hercules (1958)
“From this day on you shall have to face all the ordeals reserved by your destiny with only your mortal strength. You may win your battles, or go down in defeat; kill others—or be killed…” [Original title: Le Fatiche di … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy
Tagged 1950s, Afro Poli, an animal dies, Arturo Dominici, Ennio de Concini, Fabrizio Mioni, Gabriele Antonini, Gaio Frattini, Gianna Maria Canale, Italian, Ivo Garrani, Lidia Alfonsi, Luciana Paluzzi, Mimmo Palmara, Pietro Francisci, Steve Reeves, sword and sandal, Sylva Koscina
8 Comments
No Time At All (1958)
“The plane is flying. They seem to think he’s coming into Idlewild, where he was supposed to all along. They’ve spotted him visually – he’s back on radar – but he’s got no radio, no lights…” Director: David Swift Starring: … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster movie
Tagged 1950s, aeroplane, based on a novel, Betsy Palmer, Buster Keaton, Charles Bronson, Charles Einstein, Chico Marx, David Swift, Disaster movie, Everett Sloane, Florence Halop, Harry Einstein, Jack Haley, James Gleason, Jane Greer, Jay C. Flippen, Jim Bannon, Keenan Wynn, made-for-TV, Playhouse 90, Reginald Gardiner, Regis Toomey, Robert Bailey, Ron Hargrave, Shepperd Strudwick, Sylvia Sidney, William Lundigan
18 Comments
Rodan (1956)
“The Pteranodon is the largest flying species recorded in our history. According to the computer calculation from its egg-shell, this one – we named it ‘Rodan’ – has a 270-foot wing-span…” [Original title: Sora No Daikaiju Radon (Giant Sky … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction
Tagged 1950s, Hirata Akihiko, Honda Ishirō, Imaizumi Ren, Japanese, kaiju eiga, Kimura Takeshi, Kisaragi Kanta, Kobori Akio, Kuronuma Ken, Matsuo Fumihito, Mizunoya Kiyomi, monster, Murata Takeo, Ogata Rinsaku, Sahara Kenji, science fiction, Shirakawa Yumi, Suzukawa Jirô, Tajima Yoshifumi, Takagi Kiyoshi, Toho, Yamada Tatsunosuke
25 Comments
H-8… (1958)
“Eight dead. Fifteen minutes ago they were still alive. A couple of hours ago they were hurrying along streets, saying goodbye to friends and family; even arguing…” Director: Nikola Tanhofer Starring: Boris Buzančić, Antun Vrdoljak, Đurđa Ivezić, Ivan Šubić, … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster movie
Tagged 1950s, Andro Lušičić, Antun Nalis, Antun Vrdoljak, Boris Buzančić, Disaster movie, Dobrila Berković, Drago Mitrović, drama, Fabijan Šovagović, Ivan Šubić, Josip Presl, Ljubica Jović, Marija Kohn, Marijan Lovrić, Mia Oremović, Milan Orlović, Mira Nikolić, Nela Eržišnik, Nikola Tanhofer, Pavle Bogdanović, Pero Kvrgić, road accident, Rudolf Kukić, Siniša Knaflec, Stane Sever, Tomislav Butorac, true story, Vanja Drach, Yugoslavian, Zvonimir Berković, Đurđa Ivezić
7 Comments
The Naked Jungle (1954)
“You’re up against a monster twenty miles long and two miles wide—forty square miles of agonising death! Director: Byron Haskin Starring: Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, William Conrad, Abraham Sofaer, Romo Vincent, Douglas Fowley, John Dierkes, Leonard Strong, Norma … Continue reading
Posted in Killer animals
Tagged 1950s, Abraham Sofaer, Amazon, an animal dies, an animal really dies, ants, Ben Maddow, Byron Haskin, Carl Stephenson, Charlton Heston, Douglas Fowley, drama, Eleanor Parker, George Pal, John Dierkes, Killer animals, Leonard Strong, Norma Calderon, Paramount, Ranald MacDougall, romance, Romo Vincent, William Conrad
15 Comments
Them! (1954)
“We haven’t seen the end of them. We’ve only had a close view of the beginning of what may be the end of us…” Director: Gordon Douglas Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Whitmore, James Arness, Sandy Descher, Onslow … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction
Tagged 1950s, an animal dies, big bugs, Don Shelton, Edmund Gwenn, female scientist, Fess Parker, George Worthington Yates, Gordon Douglas, James Arness, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, John Close, John Maxwell, Leonard Nimoy, Mary Alan Hokanson, Olin Howlin, Onslow Stevens, radiation, Russell S. Hughes, Sandy Descher, science fiction, Sean McClory, Ted Sherdeman, Warners, William Schallert
58 Comments
Cult Of The Cobra (1955)
“The Cobra Goddess will avenge herself! One by one, you will all die!” Director: Francis D. Lyon Starring: Faith Domergue, Marshall Thompson, Richard Long, Kathleen Hughes, James Dobson, David Janssen, Jack Kelly, William Reynolds, Leonard Strong, Walter Coy, Edward … Continue reading
Posted in Horror
Tagged 1950s, Cecil Maiden, David Janssen, Edward Platt, Faith Domergue, Francis D. Lyon, Horror, Jack Kelly, James Dobson, Jerry Davis, Kathleen Hughes, Leonard Strong, Marshall Thompson, Richard Collins, Richard Long, snakes, transformation, Universal, Walter Coy, William Reynolds
6 Comments
Destination Moon (1950)
“We are not the only ones who know that the moon can be reached. We are not the only ones planning to go there. The race is on—and we had better win it!” Director: Irving Pichel Starring: John Archer, … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction
Tagged 1950s, Alford “Rip” Van Ronkel, Chesley Bonestell, Cold War, Dick Wesson, Erin O’Brien-Moore, Irving Pichel, James O'Hanlon, John Archer, Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction, space travel, Ted Warde, the moon, Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, Woody Woodpecker
11 Comments
