I ordered a bunch of old 1950s movies not seen anymore (http://hollywoodscrapheap.com/allmovies.php). And am having a great time watching them. It’s great not having to listen to vile language and not be afraid of kids wondering in the room if it is on.
From a synopsis of EAST OF SUMATRA I don’t believe that is the one. I got JIVARO and IT is not the one.
I’ve got SECRET OF THE INCAS and It is not the one.
There’s a movie called THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION (1957) that is about transporting a cannon during wartime, and it includes a river crossing...?
There are a lot of 1950s films that used to be common local-tv fodder, but have since become rather rare. Many I’d like to revisit. Items like the crime film “Damn Citizen” (1957) with Keith Andes as a Louisiana police commissioner fighting corruption, or “Night Freight” (1955), a contemporary ‘railroad’ film with Forrest Tucker and Barbara Britton.
One film that always epitomized the 1950s for me was the Republic comedy “The Lady Wants Mink” (1953), with Dennis O’Keefe and Ruth Hussey. Luckily, I still have an off-air recording of it on VHS that I recorded in 1984.
Peter O’Toole in Lord Jim.
Or Murphy’s Law, also Peter O’Toole.
‘______________vile language.’
And the sex.
I’ll take the language - one can always lower the volume, too.