Title:
The nifty fifties [videorecording (DVD)]. Disc 11, A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court ; The man with the golden arm ; Lilli Marlene ; Captain Scarface.
Nifty fifties : classic 50 movies features
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Format:
DVD / Blu-ray
Publication Information:
[Golden Valley, MN] : Mill Creek Entertainment, c2012.
Summary:
A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court (1952, 51 min.): Dramatization of Mark Twain's satirical comedy about a mechanic from 1912 who finds himself transported back in time to the court of King Arthur.
The man with the golden arm (1955, 119 min.): An ex-convict recovering from heroin addiction returns to the Chicago slums and struggles to become a musician.
Lilli Marlene (1951, 75 min.): Fictional story of the woman who inspired the famous World War II song.
Captain Scarface (1953, 70 min.): Sam Whilton is on the run from a jealous husband who happens to be one of the most powerful men in the country where he is stranded. By luck, he is able to escape to the Panama Canal, but he discovers the crew on the freighter on which he travels is on an espionage mission to blow up the Canal.
