A young man named Heyst, soured on civilization, lives alone on a remote island “somewhere east of Suez”. Read More »
Crime
The Falcon’s Alibi (1946) Ray McCarey, Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett
A wealthy woman’s secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer’s jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. Read More »
The Fake (1953) Godfrey Grayson, Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams
An American has to guard da Vinci’s “Madonna and Child” when it is being shown in Britain. When it arrives he suspects it is not the real painting. Read More »
Midas Run (1969) Alf Kjellin, Fred Astaire, Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood
A veteran secret service officer from Britain hijacks a government shipment of $15 million of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted. Read More »
Rush (1991) Lili Fini Zanuck, Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott
Raynor is an undercover narcotics cop. For his next assignment he chooses the more inexperienced but tough and good-looking Kristen. Read More »
Night in New Orleans (1942) William Clemens, Preston Foster, Patricia Morison, Albert Dekker
The police lieutenant Steve Abbott is engrossed in a baffling murder case. Read More »
Vendetta (1950) Mel Ferrer, Stuart Heisler, Faith Domergue, George Dolenz, Donald Buka
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica. Read More »
Baader (2002) Christopher Roth, Frank Giering, Laura Tonke, Vadim Glowna
Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. Read More »
The Flower, the Storm, and the Gang AKA Hana to arashi to gyangu (1961) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Kôji Tsuruta, Mamoru Ogawa
This is an important early Toei yakuza film, starring a young Ken Takakura as a wild Read More »
What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971) Curtis Harrington, Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver
Set in the 30s, Helen and Adelle are two women whose sons commit a gruesome murder. Read More »
San Francisco Docks (1940) Arthur Lubin, Burgess Meredith, Irene Hervey, Barry Fitzgerald
Longshoreman Johnny Barnes (Burgess Meredith) is in love with Kitty Tracy (Irene Hervey) Read More »
Tough As They Come (1942) William Nigh, Billy Halop, Paul Kelly, Helen Parrish
This entry in Universal’s “Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys” series is minus “The Little Tough Guys” Read More »
Bloody Morning AKA Xuese Qingchen (1992) Shaohong Li, Zhaohui Gong, Yajie Hu, Lu Hui
The young teacher Li Mingguang is to be murdered in the north of China because Read More »
Death Row Woman AKA Onna shikeishû no datsugoku (1960) Nobuo Nakagawa, Miyuki Takakura, Tatsuo Terashima, Yôichi Numata
Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence Read More »
Scared Straight! (1978) Arnold Shapiro, Peter Falk, Doug Cronin, Mickie Cold
This film shows the Scared Straight program that has hardened convicts from maximum security prisons Read More »