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Bait (1954) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, John Agar
Another in the long line of the Trials-and-Tribulations (compounded by Misery and Irony) offerings from Hugo Haas. Read More »
The Other Woman (1954) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, Lance Fuller
Bit player Sherry Stewart gets miffed when director Walter Darman Read More »
One Girl’s Confession (1953) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, Glenn Langan
Another of the “Fate and Irony” films from director-writer-producer-actor Hugo Haas but this one has less hair-shirt torment Read More »
Strange Fascination (1952) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, Mona Barrie
Middle-aged European pianist Paul Marvan (Hugo Haas)is brought to America by wealthy widow Diana Fowler (Mona Barrie) Read More »
Women’s Prison (1955) Lewis Seiler, Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore
During the 1950s, two women inmates are sent to a maximum security state prison. Read More »
Over-Exposed (1956) Lewis Seiler, Cleo Moore, Richard Crenna, Isobel Elsom, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
This forgettable piece of 1950s sleaze stars Cleo Moore as a voluptuous blonde who becomes a successful commercial photographer. Read More »
Hold Back Tomorrow (1955) Hugo Haas, John Agar, Cleo Moore, Frank DeKova, Drama
Joe Cardos, a death row inmate in some unidentified country, is to face the gallows in the morning for strangling three women. Filled with bitterness at the world, and perhaps himself, Joe lashes out at the warden and guards’ attempts at making his final hours a little easier, and refuses to see either his sister or the prison chaplain. However, Joe does change his mind about being granted a last request, one the prison is obligated by law to fulfill: He asks for a woman’s company so he can have some “fun” in the time that’s left. After asking around, two police detectives show up at the prison with a down-on-her-luck former “waitress” named Dora, who earlier that night had tried to drown herself. Dora, totally broke and feeling she has nothing to lose, has agreed to spend the night with Joe in his cell. As she sees it, the money she’s being offered should be enough for “a decent funeral.”
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