Films and TV Shows from the 1950s

poster The Story of Hansel and Gretel
The Story of Hansel and Gretel
(3.4/5)
10mn - Animation
Stop-motion puppetry version of the classic fairy tale. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
poster Five Guns West
Five Guns West
(2.6/5)
78mn - Western, Action
Five outlaws are pardoned by the Confederacy to intercept a stagecoach carrying gold and a traitor, but tension rises as they await their target at a remote station.
poster A Life at Stake
A Life at Stake
(2.9/5)
78mn - Drama
A struggling architect desperate to rebuild his failed business accepts a lucrative proposition from a seductive married woman, but when he realizes she's manipulating him into a deadly insurance scam whe…
poster The Sundowners
The Sundowners
(2.8/5)
83mn - Action, Western
Two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a bitter range war in the Texas Panhandle, where the lines between good and evil blur as the "villainous" brother fights for justice while the "heroic" br…
poster The Maverick Queen
The Maverick Queen
(3.0/5)
90mn - Western
In post-Civil War Wyoming, the beautiful and fierce Kit Banion reigns as "The Maverick Queen," running a profitable hotel while secretly leading an outlaw gang. When a charismatic Pinkerton detective infi…
poster The Bushwhackers
The Bushwhackers
(2.8/5)
67mn - Thriller, Western
A Confederate veteran sworn off violence arrives in Missouri hoping for peace, but must take up arms again when a ruthless rancher and his hired guns terrorize settlers to steal their land for the incomin…
poster Kentucky Rifle
Kentucky Rifle
84mn - Western
When a wagon carrying Kentucky rifles breaks down in Comanche territory, a stranded band of travelers must survive clashing egos and an ultimatum demanding their weapons for safe passage.
poster Surrender - Hell!
Surrender - Hell!
(2.9/5)
85mn - Action, War
An American officer refuses to surrender after the Japanese invasion of the Philippines and organizes a fierce guerrilla force with the help of local tribes to prepare for General MacArthur's return.
poster Take Care of My Little Girl
Take Care of My Little Girl
(3.3/5)
93mn - Drama
A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.
poster Floor Flusher
Floor Flusher
(3.2/5)
6mn - Animation, Comedy
Popeye and Bluto stop by to see Olive and fix her leaky faucet. Popeye does it better, and Bluto gets jealous, so he starts rerouting Olive's plumbing and causing all sorts of leaks.
poster Taxi-Turvy
Taxi-Turvy
(3/5)
6mn - Animation
Popeye and Bluto are taxi drivers; they are, of course, competing for fares - and Olive, in particular.
poster Spooky Swabs
Spooky Swabs
(3.1/5)
6mn - Animation
Popeye and Olive board a run-down ship, which turns out to be haunted.
poster The Crystal Brawl
The Crystal Brawl
(3.0/5)
0mn - Animation
Bluto muscles out Popeye to take Olive to the fair. Popeye rushes ahead and poses as a fortune teller, luring Olive in. He shows Olive her future (actually, her past) in the crystal ball.
poster Wiretapper
Wiretapper
(2.9/5)
80mn -
A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.
poster The Shadow on the Window
The Shadow on the Window
(3.1/5)
76mn - Crime, Drama
Three delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage. The other witness - her young son - is thrown into stat…
poster Patterns
Patterns
(3.9/5)
83mn - Drama
To eliminate internal opposition, a cruel CEO sabotages and humiliates a good-natured executive in an effort to force his resignation — and make the reticent new hire his new yes man.
poster Louisa
Louisa
(3.4/5)
90mn - Comedy
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.
poster White Feather
White Feather
(3.2/5)
102mn - Action, Western
The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when a civilian surveyor befriends the chief's son and falls for the chief…
poster Comanche
Comanche
(2.8/5)
87mn - Western
Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.
poster Destination Earth
Destination Earth
14mn - Animation
A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.