The vicar's free-spirited youngest daughter and his son, a furloughed soldier, also show up.
Those coming for the holiday include his sister, his late wife's sister, and her cousin. Synopsis: Faithfully adapted from a popular holiday play by Wynyard Browne, this moving British drama centers on a recently widowed, aging country vicar who hosts a family Christmas and learns a valuable lesson about keeping his own homefires alight before spending too much time tending the fires of others. The Holly and the Ivy (1952) Director: George More O'Ferrall Ĭast: Jean Gabin as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais', Lino Ventura as Roger le Catalan, Magali Noël as Lisette, Lila Kedrova as Léa Synopsis: Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. Synopsis: Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.Ĭast: Gina Lollobrigida as Daniela, Renato Baldini as Paolo Leandri, Fausto Tozzi as Luigi Girosi, Cosetta Greco as Lina Girosi Four Ways Out (1951) Director: Pietro Germi But justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.Ĭast: Claus Holm as Inspector Axel Kersten, Annemarie Düringer as Helga Hornung, Hannes Messemer as SS-Gruppenfuehrer Rossdorf, Werner Peters as Willi Keun, Mario Adorf as Bruno Luedke, Rose Schafer as Anna Hohmann The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer.
Synopsis: A serial killer strikes again during WWII in Germany. The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) Director: Robert Siodmak Vaaccaro forces Baby Doll to sign the affidavit By Hal EricksonĬast: Karl Malden as Archie Lee Meighan, Carroll Baker as Baby Doll Meighan, Eli Wallach as Silva Vaccaro, Mildred Dunnock as Aunt Rose Comfort Malden's jealously sets fire to Wallach's business, compelling Wallach to try to claim Baby Doll as "compensation." Heavily admonished for its supposed filthiness in 1956 (it was condemned by the Legion of Decency, which did more harm to the Legion than to the film), Baby Doll seems a model of decorum today-so much so that it is regularly shown on the straight-laced American Movie Classics cable service.
Enter crafty Sicilian Eli Wallach (who, like supporting actor Rip Torn, makes his film debut herein), who covets both Malden's wife and business. Her nickname is "Baby Doll", a cognomen she does her best to live up to by lying in a crib-like bed and sucking her thumb. He is married to luscious teenager Carroll Baker, who steadfastly refuses to sleep with her husband until she reaches the age of 20. Karl Malden stars as the doltish owner of a Southern cotton gin. Synopsis: Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton was the basis for this steamy sex seriocomedy. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago', William Talman as Hayes Stewart, Edward Arnold as Penrod Biddel, Marie Windsor as Lydia Biddel Synopsis: Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.Ĭast: Gig Young as Johnny Kelly, Paula Raymond as Kathy Kelly, Mala Powers as Sally Connors, Chill Wills as Sgt. City That Never Sleeps (1953) Director: John H. Synopsis: A chief of police detectives fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 of his officers.Ĭast: Sterling Hayden as Chief Joe Conroy, Gloria Grahame as Marianna, Gene Barry as Al Willis Naked Alibi (1954) Director: Jerry Hopper Synopsis: A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences.Ĭast: Farley Granger as Joe Norson, Cathy O'Donnell as Ellen Norson, James Craig as Georgie Garsell, Edmon Ryan as Victor Backett Side Street (1950) Director: Anthony Mann Synopsis: A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.Ĭast: Frank Lovejoy as Howard Tyler, Kathleen Ryan as Judy Tyler, Lloyd Bridges as Jerry Slocum Inferencer = Inferencer.Don't Look Up (2021) Delicious (2021) Margrete: Queen of the North (2021) The Pact (2021) Mitra (2021) Kaweh Modiri at AFI Munich: The Edge of War (2021) For Heaven's Sake (1926) Benedetta (2021) Castle In The Sky (1986) The Boat (1921) Possession (1981) An American Werewolf in London (1981) Noir City DC: The 2021 Film Noir Festival The Sound of Fury (1950) Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Side Street (1950) High Tide (1947) The Chase (1946) Moonrise (1948) B5 Pictures The Sound of Fury (1950) Director: Cy Endfield