1950 Movies #2

Hint

Answer

Modern version of Bizet's Carmen with an all-black cast

Bela Lugosi played his last role in Ed Wood's film that is sometimes referred to as the worst of all time

Tarantino: "When I'm getting serious about a girl, I show her [title] and she better like it." They essentially remade this in 1966, called El Dorado, also directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne.

Peter Cushing plays Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Lee plays - well, not a charismatic villain, but his name gives the movie its name, anyway.

In House, M.D., a poster of this movie hangs in Wilson's office. Maybe because its main character (played by Orson Welles) is a sarcastic, bitter, three-daybearded genius who walks with a stick?

Hint

Answer

This movie is said to be the best reflection on Japan's state of fear after Hiroshima/Nagasaki; 29 sequels followed, although one of the two American versions is rejected by most fans of the franchise.

Max von Sydow returns from a crusade to find his home country being plague-ridden, knowing he's going to die. Doesn't matter. Played chess.

"The Human Being Who Possessed An Excess In Information"

imdb description: "A[n] elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome."