Stars: Edward J. Nugent, Joan Barclay, Henry Brandon Director: Glenn Kershner Writer: Al Martin (story) A murdered businessman’s daughter is shipwrecked on a jungle island with the son of the man who killed her father. Both are threatened by a smuggling ring that uses the island as its headquarters! source
Stars: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Gilbert Roland, John Carradine, and Sheldon Leonard Director: Rowland V. Lee Writers: Norman Reilly Raine (screenplay) The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery. source
Captain Duncan “Mac” Maclain is a formidable private detective who happens to be blind; but his other senses are sharper than average. He copes with his sight deficiency by being accompanied by a dog named Friday and a human assistant named Marty. Mac is asked by his friend Norma to break up a romantic relationship …
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“A Life at Stake” is an American Film Noir directed by Paul Guilfoyle. The film is also known as “Key Man”. Down-on-his-luck Los Angeles architect and builder Edward Shaw (Keith Andes) is approached by Doris Hillman (Angela Lansbury) with a business proposal: buying land together, on which he would build houses that she would then …
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“The Bat” is a mystery film directed by Crane Wilbur. The film’s tagline was “When it flies, someone dies!” The film was based on the 1920 Broadway play “The Bat by Avery Hopwood” and Mary Roberts “Rinehart”, which was previously filmed as “The Bat” (1926) and as “The Bat Whispers” (1930), both directed by Roland …
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The Sadist (also known as Profile of Terror and Sweet Baby Charlie) is an black-and-white exploitation film. The film is loosely based on the killings of Charles Starkweather, upon which the films “Badlands” and “Natural Born Killers” were also based. Three high school teachers, Ed, Doris, and Carl, are driving through rural Southern California on …
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Stars: Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Sheila Darcy Director: Harry L. Fraser Writers: Rita Douglas (original story), Rita Douglas (screenplay) An expedition sets out to darkest Africa to find the fabled City of the Dead, and must battle thick jungle, hostile natives, wild animals and a deadly epidemic. Also Known as JUNGLE MAN. source
Stars: Anita Page, Charles Starrett, Kenneth Thomson Directors: Harry O. Hoyt, Albert H. Kelley Writer: Leah Baird (story) A young woman believes that an actor committed the murder for which her brother has been imprisoned, and she gets her fiancĂ©–a newspaper reporter–to accompany her in following the suspected killer aboard a ship headed for South …
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Stars:Lon Chaney Jr., John Bromfield, Victor Jory Director: W. Lee Wilder Writers: Edgar Allan Poe (stories), Myles Wilder (story) Three deep-sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure. source
Stars: Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, George Barbier Director: D. Ross Lederman Writers: Robert Lee Johnson, Jay Vann Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance. Ben lleu Bey wants to add her to his 100-woman harem. Tarzan wants her too. source