Woman Obsessed (1959)
Capitalizing on the Oscars handed out for the 1958 season, the trailer for Woman Obsessed begins with the acceptance speech delivered by Susan Hayward for her award winning role in […]
Foreign Intrigue (1956)
“Did he say anything before he died?” That’s the key question posed to press agent Robert Mitchum who has been fronting for a wealthy man with a mysterious past living […]
Highway Dragnet (1954)
From director Nathan Juran comes this less than stellar Noir effort from writer-producer Roger Corman but it’s one that has a major plus when the blood has stopped flowing and the […]
Virginia Mayo Goes West Part 3
Wrapping up this six film run with Miss Mayo we come to a pair of late 50’s entries that saw her costarring with a young actor beginning to hit his stride […]
Virginia Mayo Goes West Part 2
Next up are a pair of westerns that saw Virginia reteam with two well known leading men of the era with whom she had starred with in earlier outdoor adventures. […]
Virginia Mayo Goes West Part 1
I’ll be the first to admit I knew who Virginia Mayo was long before I figured out who Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were. And why not. When your a […]
Marty (1955)
By this time in his young career Ernest Borgnine had bullied Spencer Tracy and Broderick Crawford, beaten Frank Sinatra to death, tackled Randolph Scott and looked dangerous as one of Burt […]
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Brando’s Pick of the Month You might say it was inevitable in the selection of canine classics available that “Brando the movie watching Dachshund” would want to sit in and see […]
Conquest of Space (1955)
Having previously directed the box office hit War of the Worlds for Paramount Studios in 1953, Byron Haskin proved the logical choice for the studios’ newest venture into outer space with […]
Fire Maidens Of Outer Space (1956)
“I wonder if the beings on Jupiter’s Satellite will look anything like her?” This comment between two men of science as they watch a shapely secretary ascend a set of […]
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
“The measure of love is what one is willing to give up for it.” A love story unlike any other I can recall finds the stunning Ava Gardner toying with men […]
The Burglar (1957)
It may have taken Jayne Mansfield’s sudden ascension to Marilyn Monroe like status in the latter part of the 1950’s to get this Noir tale a proper release but it’s Dan Duryea […]
The Big Caper (1957)
I don’t mix pleasure with business.” Not always riding the range, Rory Calhoun stars here as a not so hardened criminal in the employ of father figure, James Gregory. Gregory […]
23 Paces To Baker Street (1956)
A murder mystery? Baker Street? Must be a Sherlock Holmes movie based on one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories from noted director Henry Hathaway. Murder mystery it may be […]
Run For the Sun (1956)
Here’s a compact thriller with a sparse cast but one that features a foursome most classic film fans are sure to find comfort in led by Richard Widmark in one […]
El Vampiro (1957)
aka The Vampire This effective chiller is the perfect example of what you would find under the foreign horrors chapter when reading up on vampire films in books like the appropriately […]
