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Springfield Rifle (1952) Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war ...

Last nights first watch #film was the fairly routine #western Springfield Rifle (US, 1952)

Massively improved by the stylish direction of André de Toth and a very strong central performance by Gary Cooper.

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#SnowWestern #50sFilm #FiftiesCinema #midcenturycinema

Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) Two rivals from a German bomb squad are left to deactivate duds in postwar Berlin.

Last nights first watch #film was Robert Aldrich's gritty drama Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)

with Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler and Martine Carol

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#50sFilm #MidCenturyCinema #blackandwhitefilm #FiftiesCinema

Fort Yuma (1955) Apaches plan to attack a fort by wearing uniforms plundered from a cavalry officer's (Peter Graves) supply column.

Last nights #film first watch was the routine #western Fort Yuma (Lesley Selander, US 1955)
with Peter Graves , John Hudson and Joan Taylor but Joan Vohs

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#50sFilm #Technicolor #FiftiesCinema

Rebel in Town (1956) Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and shoots dead a boy playing with a cap pistol. The M...

Last nights first watch #film was the superior #Bmovie #western Rebel In Town (US, 1956)

Skilfully directed by Alfred L. Werker, with some real breath taking moments
Starring John Payne with Ruth Roman & J. Carrol Naish

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#50sFilm #FiftiesCinema #blackandwhitefilm

Autumn Leaves (1956) A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

Last nights #film rewatch was the early Robert Aldrich domestic melodrama Autumn Leaves (US, 1956)
with Joan Collins at full-throttle and a subtle, mannered Cliff Robertson trying to keep up!
Excellent hysterical fun!

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#50sFilm #FiftiesCinema #blackandwhitefilm

The Teckman Mystery (1954) A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.

Last night's #film was British #ColdWar #thriller The Teckman Mystery (Wendy Toye, 1954)

with John Justin, Margaret Leighton, Duncan Lamont and Raymond Huntley

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#50sFilm #FiftiesCinema #blackandwhitefilm
#movienight
watched on bluray
#PhysicalMedia

The Passionate Stranger (1957) Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her hu...

Last night's #film was the slyly subversive comedy/melodrama The Passionate Stranger (Muriel Box, UK 1957)

with Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Patricia Dainton & Carlo Giustini

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watched on #bluray
#PhysicalMedia #movienight
#50sFilm #FiftiesCinema

Circle of Danger (1951) An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.

Last night's first watch #film was Jacques Tourneur's engaging thriller Circle of Danger (1951)

with Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring & Hugh Sinclair

#50sFilm #blackandwhitefilm #FiftiesCinema #movienight
watched on #bluray
#PhysicalMedia

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Top Gun (1955) A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.

Last night's #film was the #western adventure Top Gun (Ray Nazarro, US 1955)
with Sterling Hayden, William Bishop and Karin Booth

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#50sFilm #midcenturycinema #blackandwhitefilm #FiftiesCinema #movienight

Broken Lance (1954) Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt...

Last nights #film was Edward Dmytryk's spiky #western take on King Lear, Broken Lance (US, 1954)
with Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark & Katy Jurado

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#50sFilm #midcenturycinema #Cinemascope #FiftiesCinema

Private Hell 36 (1954) In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate…

Last night's #film was Private Hell 36 (US 1954) : early work by 70s action superstar director Don Siegel and starring the wonderful Ida Lupino, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was co-producer

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#50sfilm #FilmNoir #blackandwhitefilm #FiftiesCinema

Review of ‘The Indian Fighter’ (1955) ★★★½ The first film to be produced by Douglas' own Bryna Productions is also one of the first to offer a revisionist view of some of the accepted genre cliches. Douglas' Johnny Hawks is ostensibly a…

Last night's #film rewatch was Andre De Toth's gorgeous looking #cinemascope #western The Indian Fighter (US, 1955)

with Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau and Diana Douglas

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#50sFilm #MidCenturyCinema #FiftiesCinema