Films and TV Shows from the 1950s

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 Rock-a-Bye Baby
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(3.4/5)
103mn - Comedy, Romance
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.
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 The Stranger Came Home
The Stranger Came Home
(2.9/5)
80mn - Drama
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return…
poster Destination Earth
Destination Earth
14mn - Animation
A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.
poster The Gambler and the Lady
The Gambler and the Lady
(2.9/5)
72mn - Crime, Thriller, Drama
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl…
poster Indestructible Man
Indestructible Man
72mn - Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Double-crossed by his partners and executed in the electric chair, Butcher Benton is accidentally resurrected by a scientific experiment that grants him superhuman strength and bulletproof skin. Now indes…
poster Three Guys Named Mike
Three Guys Named Mike
(3.1/5)
90mn - Romance, Comedy
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decid…
poster Campbell's Kingdom
Campbell's Kingdom
(3.2/5)
102mn - Adventure, Drama
Terminally ill Bruce Campbell fights against time and a ruthless contractor to find oil on his inherited Canadian land before it's flooded by a massive dam.
poster Manfish
Manfish
88mn - Adventure
Captain Brannigan becomes dangerously obsessed with finding sunken treasure gold while his loyal friend Swede tries to protect their ship, the Manfish. When three deep sea divers descend into the treacher…
poster The Bigamist
The Bigamist
(3.4/5)
80mn - Drama
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, …
poster The Lie
The Lie
(2.9/5)
64mn - Short, Drama, Mystery
A man who owns a diamond importing business goes out for a night on the town with his girlfriend, her brother and her brother’s fiancé. The group stops by a circus to see the act of a trapeze artist who’s…
poster Teenage Zombies
Teenage Zombies
73mn - Horror, Sci-Fi
A crazed scientist creates a nerve gas that turns the local teenagers into her unquestioning slaves.
poster The Story of King Midas
The Story of King Midas
(3.4/5)
10mn - Animation, Fantasy, Family
A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson when the food he tries to eat and his own daughter are…
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 Hysterical History
Hysterical History
7mn - Animation
An amusing look at American history, starting with Columbus' discovery of America, and touching on the formation of the original thirteen states, the Gold Rush, and several other important events. The car…
poster Tarts and Flowers
Tarts and Flowers
(3.3/5)
7mn - Animation
While waiting for her cookies to bake, Audrey dreams about a marriage between the Gingerbread Man and Angel Cake.
poster Goofy Goofy Gander
Goofy Goofy Gander
(3.1/5)
7mn - Animation
Little Audrey isn't interested in reciting Mother Goose rhymes with the other kids in class. She'd rather read her modern comic book. When she's caught not paying attention by the teacher, she is ordered …
poster Spooking About Africa
Spooking About Africa
(2.8/5)
6mn - Animation, Comedy
Casper is in an African jungle. He frightens a zebra at a watering hole. Wheezy the elephant has a terrible sneezing problem; he sneezes all the feathers off a peacock and a group of monkeys out of their …