Returning G. I. John J. Kilroy (Jackie Cooper), whose main ambition is to get a college education, finds himself one-half credit short for college entrance. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Doomed to Die (1940) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner ‘Wentworth Castle’ Read More »
The Feathered Serpent (1948) William Beaudine, Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Comedy, Crime, Horror
In order to learn the location of a fabled Aztec treasure, a professor kidnaps his colleague Read More »
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) John M. Stahl, Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Drama
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. Read More »
Trigger Fingers (1946) Lambert Hillyer, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Holt, Western
Blacksmith Pinto Peters (Raymond Hatton) calls on his old friend, Sam “Hurricane” Benton (Johnny Mack Brown), to help him clear his son, Jimmy (Riley Hill), of a murder charge. Read More »
Private Snuffy Smith (1942) Edward F. Cline, Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Sarah Padden, Comedy, Romance, War
Snuffy Smith, moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper, and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. Read More »
The Thrill of Brazil (1946) S. Sylvan Simon, Evelyn Keyes, Keenan Wynn, Ann Miller, Musical
In this musical, Broadway producer Steve Farraugh is in Rio to preview a show he plans to take to New York. Read More »
The Crystal Ball (1943) Elliott Nugent, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Gladys George, Comedy
Toni Gerard lands in New York with 38 cents to her name and is befriended by fortune teller Madame Zenobia and a neighboring shooting gallery owner. Read More »
The Red Dragon (1945) Phil Rosen, Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Charlie Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun. Read More »
Across the Rio Grande (1949) Oliver Drake, Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Reno Browne, Action, Adventure, Music
Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor. Read More »
The Shanghai Cobra (1945) Phil Karlson, Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, Comedy, Crime, Drama
When three employees of a bank are found murdered with cobra venom, Charlie Chan connects the homicides to a case he had worked in Shanghai in 1937. Read More »
Raiders of the South (1947) Lambert Hillyer, Johnny Mack Brown, Evelyn Brent, Raymond Hatton, Western
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders Read More »
Partners of the Trail (1944) Lambert Hillyer, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Craig Woods, Western
Kate Hilton, returning to her ranch in Springfield via stagecoach after learning of the murder of her father, meets U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie. Read More »
Gun Smoke (1945) Howard Bretherton, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Holt, Western
U.S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins come upon an overturned stagecoach with the driver and the passenger dead. Read More »
You Can’t Beat the Law / Prison Mutiny (1943) Phil Rosen, Edward Norris, Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Crime, Drama
Playboy Johnny Gray is framed and sent to prison after his stolen car is found at a holdup committed by Rico Read More »