Stars: Walter Woolf King, Mona Barrie, William Farnum Directors: Oliver Drake, George M. Merrick Writer: Oliver Drake (story) Henry Courtney, a wealthy importer is found murdered and the famous DeNormand necklace has been stolen. The false testimony of two witnesses, Rand and Hobbs, puts Jim O’Brien in the shadow of the hangman’s noose. Martha Courtney, …
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“Night of the Living Dead” is an American independent horror and cult film directed by George A. Romero and starring Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea and Karl Hardman. It premiered on October 1, 1968, and was completed on a US$114,000 budget. After decades of cinematic re-releases, the film ultimately became a financial success, grossing $12 million …
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Stars: Wynne Gibson, Kane Richmond, John Miljan Director: Albert H. Kelley Writers: John A. Albert (original story), Milton Raison (screenplay) A gambling joint run by Fay Saunders is raided by the police. Fay grabs the pistol of her sweetheart, police officer Steved Bronson, and kills one of the raiding policemen.Steve seizes the gun from her …
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Stars: Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell Director: Albert Herman A Nazi spy ring is after a U.S. Army formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline! For more hard-to-find Hollywood films check out the Rare & Classic PizzaWood playlist exclusively at PizzaFlix: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmHgXUJMN1TWENupnONRZ1nJQxBl2TykO source
Stars: Robert Lowery, Phyllis Brooks and Charles Arnt Director: William Berke Writer: Daniel Mainwaring (original screenplay Joe Beck leaves Central America so that he can return to Texas and collect a large inheritance, but he picks a dangerous ship on which to travel. For more hard-to-find Hollywood films check out the Rare & Classic PizzaWood …
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Starring Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck. With Brian Donlevy. Directed by William A. Seiter. source
Stars: Arline Judge, John ‘Dusty’ King, Mantan Moreland Director: Jean Yarbrough Writers: George Bricker (original screenplay) A former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing in a café in Duakwa, Africa. The café owner is secretly in league with two foreign agents with a goal of making the natives restless! For …
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Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell, Gale Storm, Mantan Moreland Director: James Tinling Writers: Walter Gering (original story and screenplay) An amateur detective and a janitor attempt to uncover a kidnapped heiress! For more hard-to-find Hollywood films check out the Rare & Classic PizzaWood playlist exclusively at PizzaFlix: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmHgXUJMN1TWENupnONRZ1nJQxBl2TykO source
Joan Crawford and Walter Huston give powerful performances in this drama directed by Lewis Milestone. Controversial for its time, the film tells the story of prostitute Sadie Thompson and the lustful preacher who tries to ‘save her’ when their ship makes an unscheduled stop over on the South Sea island of Pago Pago. source
While down-and-out American Casey Morrow is quietly getting drunk in a London nightclub, a beautiful blonde approaches him and offers to buy him a drink. After Casey tells her that he is broke, they leave the club together and she offers him five hundred pounds to marry her. He quickly agrees but the next morning, …
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