Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called ‘Nesters’ Read More »
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Men Without Women (1930) John Ford, Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Action, Drama
Aboard the U.S. submarine S13 in the China seas, Chief Torpedoman Burke goes about his duties. Read More »
Hide and Seek (1964) Cy Endfield, Ian Carmichael, Curd Jürgens, Janet Munro, Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a Russian chess champion. Read More »
Curfew Breakers / Hooked (1957) Alexander J. Wells, Paul Kelly, Cathy Downs, Regis Toomey, Action, Crime, Drama
Police Lieutenant Lacey, with aid from Coach Bettger, heads a crack-down on dope-peddling to high-school athletes. Read More »
Wagon Team (1952) George Archainbaud, Gene Autry, Champion, Gail Davis, Action, Western
Special investigator Gene Autry (Gene Autry) has himself jailed so he can work on then conscience of Dave Weldon (Dick Jones), suspected of the theft of an Army payroll. Read More »
The Rider of the Law (1935) Robert N. Bradbury, Bob Steele, Gertrude Messinger, Si Jenks, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Bob Marlow is sent undercover to an Arizona town where an outlaw gang, comprised of the six Tolliver brothers, have taken over the town and terrorizing the citizens. Read More »
Rollin’ Home to Texas (1940) Albert Herman, Tex Ritter, White Flash, Cal Shrum, Action, Adventure, Music, Western
This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey’s oft-used plot of “employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys.” Read More »
Showdown (1963) R.G. Springsteen, Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley, Charles Drake, Western, Action
Chris Foster and Bert Pickett are two drifters who are passing through the border town of Adonde. Read More »
Bakuhatsu! Boso yugi / Detonation! Violent Games (1976) Teruo Ishii, Kôichi Iwaki, Yutaka Nakajima, Yumi Takigawa, Action, Crime
Teruo Ishii’s West Side Story, done as a bloody, violent, sexploitative biker gang film. It’s the Red Chilis versus the Black Cats, and the chick who just may heal the divide. Read More »
The Secret Invasion (1964) Roger Corman, Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Action, Drama, History
The Nazis imprison an Italian general who was planning to switch sides and turn over his army to the Allied side. Read More »
Hatari! (1962) Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Elsa Martinelli, Hardy Krüger, Action, Adventure, Drama
John Wayne and his ensemble cast cavort over the African landscape filling orders from zoos for wild animals. Read More »
The Big Gusher (1951) Lew Landers, Wayne Morris, Preston Foster, Dorothy Patrick, Adventure, Action
Oil-field roughnecks Kenny Blake and Hank Mason, on a drinking spree with Betsy Abbott, buy a piece of worthless oil land from conman Jim Tolman. Read More »
The Batman (1943) Lambert Hillyer, Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In his first screen appearance, the Caped Crusader of Gotham City (belying the lethargic facade of his alter ego Bruce Wayne) battles Dr. Daka Read More »
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Wo hu cang long (2000) Ang Lee, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Action, Drama, Romance
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is a timeless story that takes place in QING China when miracles were credible and spirits and gods were present in man’s world. Read More »
Gwoemul / The Host (2006) Joon Ho Bong, Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Action, Drama, Horror
The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. He runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. Read More »