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Dukenfield

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Last nights first watch #film was Robert Wise's stylish #FilmNoir crime thriller The Captive City (US, 1952)

starring John Forsythe in full-on Henry Fonda mode.

Recommended to fans of the genre.

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#50sCinema #blackandwhitefilm #FiftiesFilm

The Captive City (1952)

A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.

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February 12, 2026 at 10:09 AM

BTA DieM

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"Tarantula 2: The offspring"

Tried to go for a 50s B&W Horror / Monster movie look & feel

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#Toyphotography #H0 #B&W #B&Wphotography #GreyScale #GreyScalePhotography #photography #MonochromePhotography #Horror #MonsterMovie #50s #50sCinema #HorrorSky #Tarantula #Spiders

A H0 1:87 train scale toy photograph. It is made to look like a 50s B&W Horror / Monster movie title drop. The scene shows a town over run with giant spiders. In the main focus in the centre is a just married pair and some priests that are running from a church with a giant spider on it. On the left a dark figure is running from a military vehicle with a spider on it, on the right a woman with shopping bags is running from a car crushed by a spider. Above it all the Title "TARANTULA! 2" is shown.

September 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Dukenfield

@dukenfield.bsky.social

Last nights first watch #film was the very well made disaster drama Abandon Ship (1957, Richard Sale)
with Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Moira Lister and a host of UK character actors.

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#FiftiesFilm #blackandwhitefilm #50sCinema

Abandon Ship (1957)

After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over twenty desperate and injured passengers. As a hurr...

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September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM

Dukenfield

@dukenfield.bsky.social

Last night's first watch #film was the dark domestic melodrama / #FilmNoir Cause for Alarm! (Tay Garnett US, 1951)
starring Loretta Young with Barry Sullivan and Bruce Cowling

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#fifties #50sCinema #blackandwhitefilm #MGM

Cause for Alarm! (1951)

A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

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August 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM

Dukenfield

@dukenfield.bsky.social

Tonight's #film was the distinctly odd, very muddled and surpisingly dull eurothriller Foreign Intrigue (1956)

Directed by Sheldon Reynolds and starring Robert Mitchum.

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#20thCenturyFilm #50sCinema

Foreign Intrigue (1956)

Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. His secretary, Dave Bishop, wants to know more about his employer's life. Surprisingly, not even his young w...

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July 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM

LaCinetek

@lacinetek.bsky.social

☀️ Tout plaquer pour vivre dans l'été de “Et Dieu...créa la femme”.

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July 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM

Dukenfield

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Last night's #film was the taut #FilmNoir crime thriller 99 River Street (US, 1953)
stylishly directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne; well supported by Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter & Frank Faylen.

#50sFilm #50sCinema #blackandwhitefilm

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99 River Street (1953)

A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

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July 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM

Dukenfield

@dukenfield.bsky.social

Last night's first watch #film was the solid #BMovie #western The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (US, 1958)

directed by Earl Bellamy and starring Reliable George Montgomery and Jim Davis but Beverly Tyler

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#50sCinema #FiftiesFilm #blackandwhitefilm

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)

A lawman goes undercover in order to capture the outlaws who murdered his wife.

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July 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM

bandofscribble.bsky.social

@bandofscribble.bsky.social

Hollywood funnyman Jerry Lewis would later confirm that once having eaten rugged RIFLEMAN star Chuck Connors, he was in fact left with a bitter metallic aftertaste.

#jerrylewis #chuckconnors #hollywood #martinandlewis #classichollywood #therifleman #classiccomedy #1950s #50scinema #carnivore

March 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM

Dukenfield

@dukenfield.bsky.social

Last night's #film was the straightforward #western Robbers’ Roost (1955)
very well directed by Sidney Salkow and with George Montgomery, Richard Boone, Sylvia Findley, Bruce Bennett and Peter Graves all being competent!

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#50sCinema #20thCenturyFilm
#MovieNight

Robbers' Roost (1955)

Jim "Tex" Wall, searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays. Both Hays' outlaws and a rival gang headed by Heesman, have bee...

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February 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM

Dukenfield

@dukenfield.bsky.social

Last night's #film was a first watch of The Bigamist (US, 1953)

Directed by & starring the wonderful Ida Lupino
with Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine & Edmund Gwenn

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#20thCenturyFilm #50sCinema #blackandwhitefilm
#movienight

The Bigamist (1953)

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 wi...

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February 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM

The God of Cities

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Meanwhile in 1954...

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January 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM

That Geek with the Clip-Ons

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#HappyBirthday #SalMineo #actor #AcademyAwardNominee #GoldenGlobeWinner #EmmyNominee #RebelWithoutACause #Exodus #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #50sCinema #60sCinema #70sCinema #GoneTooSoon #GoneButNotForgotten #geek #blog #film #tv #GeekWithClipOns #IReviewStuff #IRS

Sal Mineo

Actors Salvatore Mineo Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was an American actor, singer, and director. His first two films were in Joseph Pevney’s Six Bridges to Cross (1955), with To…

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January 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM

Dukenfield

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Last night's #film was the #western drama Cast a Long Shadow (Thomas Carr, US 1959)
with Audie Murphy Terry Moore and John Dehner

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#fifties #film #50sCinema #blackandwhitefilm #50s

Cast a Long Shadow (1959)

A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive.

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January 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM

Jason Impey

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The one and only classic Godzilla #godzilla #classicfilm #50scinema #4kuhd #criterioncollection

January 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM

Dukenfield

@dukenfield.bsky.social

Last night's #film was the gritty #western set drama The Halliday Brand (US, 1957)
with Joseph Cotten, Viveca Lindfors & Ward Bond

very well directed by Joseph H. Lewis.

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#50sCinema #blackandwhitefilm #midcenturycinema #FiftiesFilm
#movienight