Recent Posts Tagged With '1958'

• ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 08:10 in science fiction, fantasy, 1958, bert i. gordon, laurie mitchell, albert glasser, john agar, michael mark, john hoyt, ernest laszlo, june kenny, attack of the puppet people

  ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE (1958). Director: Bert I. Gordon."He turned your fiance into a doll!"Gordon, who had already helmed The Amazing Colossal Man and its sequel War of the Colossal Beast -- not to mention The Cyclops -- switched from gigantism...

• THE WHOLE TRUTH

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 08:05 in Mystery, 1958, george sanders, donna reed, stewart granger, john guillermin, the whole truth, gianna maria canale

  THE WHOLE TRUTH (1958). Director: John Guillermin.Max Poulton (Stewart Granger) is a producer with a temperamental star, Gina Bertini (Gianna Maria Canale), and a loving wife (Donna Reed). One day at a party a man (George Sanders) shows up at his hou...

• SPACE MASTER X-7

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 08:30 in science fiction, 1958, paul frees, bill williams, thomas browne henry, moe howard, robert ellis, edward bernds, space master x-7, lyn green

  SPACE MASTER X-7 (1958). Director: Edward Bernds.Dr. Pommer (Paul Frees) experiments with a piece of "blood rust," his name for the red fungus that covers the planet Mars and was brought back by a ship called "Space Master X-7,", and discovers to his...

• THE FEARMAKERS

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 08:20 in drama, 1958, mel torme, roy gordon, jacques tourneur, dick foran, dana andrews, dennis moore, veda ann borg, the fearmakers, marilee earle, kelly thordson

  THE FEARMAKERS (1958). Director: Jacques Tourneur.Alan Eaton (Dana Andrews) comes back from a POW camp in Korea to find out that the partner in his polling firm has been killed and that he apparently sold out to a man, Jim McGinnis (Dick Foran), who ...

• VERTIGO

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 08:30 in Mystery, Thriller, suspense, Vertigo, alfred hitchcock, 1958, james stewart, barbara bel geddes, kim novak

  VERTIGO (1958). Director: Alfred Hitchcock."Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart) has to leave the police force because his fear of heights kicks in at an inopportune moment, resulting in a colleague's death. He is hired by an old friend to tail the frie...

• WOMANEATER

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 08:10 in british, horror, 1958, george coulouris, charles saunders, vera day, the woman eater, womaneater, joyce gregg

  WOMANEATER (1958). Director: Charles Saunders. NOTE: U.S. title was The Woman Eater."What are these worthless lives compared to what I'm giving to the world?"Dr. Moran (George Coulouris, light years from Citizen Kane) travels to the amazon in search ...

• MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 08:02 in horror, monsters, 1958, creature feature, troy donahue, jack arnold, helen westcott, arthur franz, ross elliott, joanna moore, monster on the campus

  MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). Director: Jack Arnold.Professor: "Don't open the door! It might escape!"Girl student: "Who cares!?"The trouble all starts for Professor Donald Blake (Arthur Franz) when he orders a dead coelcanth for his college science ...

• A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 08:15 in drama, titanic, honor blackman, a night to remember, 1958, roy ward baker, kenneth more

  A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958). Roy Ward Baker.A Night to Remember takes a more detached, clinical view of the Titanic tragedy than other cinematic versions, and while there are vignettes of various characters, we never get to know any of them very well....