A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case. Stars Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt and John Dall.
Tag: 1950
Rocketship X-M
Astronauts blast off to the moon, but because of a malfunction, end up on Mars instead. Oops. This movie was the first of many many space movies of the 50’s, and stars Lloyd Bridges.
Quicksand
An engrossing film noir with Mickey Rooney, Peter Lorre, and Jeanne Cagney. Needing money for a date, Rooney borrows $20 from the cash register, starting a chain of events that includes car theft, burglary, and murder.
The Sundowners
In a range war, a brother fights his brother for what is right. This movie was also released as Thunder in the Dust. Stars Robert Preston, Chill Wills, and Jack Elam.
Borderline
Police Officer Madeleine Haley goes undercover in order to break up a smuggling ring, and finds that not everyone is who she thinks they are. Stars Fred McMurray, Claire Trevor, and Raymond Burr.
The Admiral Was A Lady
Four ex-GI’s work hard to keep from working, and meet a woman who was an Ensign in the Waves trying to find her missing fiance. Stars Edmond O’Brien and Wanda Hendrix.
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
A Hal Roach comedy about an elderly man who leaves Wyoming to visit his granddaughter in Massachusetts. Contains a lot of stereotypes, typical of the time. Stars Clem Bevans and Virginia Gray.
The Sun Sets At Dawn
As a young man is about to be executed after a wrongful conviction, the reporters covering the story each has his own view. Stars Sally Parr, Patrick Waltz, and Walter Reed.
Woman on the Run
A man flees the police after becoming an eyewitness to murder. He is chased by his wife, a reporter, the police, and the murderer. Stars Ann Sheridan and Dennis O’Keefe.
Three Came Home
The gripping story of Agnes Newton Keith’s imprisonment in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps from 1941 to the end of WWII. Stars Claudette Colbert.