
A $50,000 life-insurance sale puts mild-mannered Henry Twinkle on the fast track at Ajax Insurance Company. Read More »
Daily Archives: June 7, 2022
The Joker Is Wild (1957) Charles Vidor, Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain

Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. Read More »
Salute the Toff (1952) Maclean Rogers, John Bentley, Carol Marsh, Roddy Hughes

When young secretary Fay (Marsh) fears for her boss’s safety when he fails Read More »
Hammer the Toff (1952) Maclean Rogers, John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, John Robinson

A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula. Read More »
The Guest / L’ospite (1971) Liliana Cavani, Lucia Bosè, Glauco Mauri, Peter Gonzales Falcon

A forty year old woman, who has been in an asylum, goes to live with her brother’s family. Read More »
Neo chinpira: Zoom Goes The Bullet / Neo chinpira: Teppodama pyu (1990) Banmei Takahashi, Shô Aikawa, Chikako Aoyama, Nao Asuka

Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi) Read More »
High Tide (1947) John Reinhardt, Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop

A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. Read More »
The Homestretch (1947) H. Bruce Humberstone, Cornel Wilde, Maureen O’Hara, Glenn Langan

A film that qualifies as a Travelogue Documentary in that it contains footage Read More »
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942) Charles Barton, Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant, Florence Rice

A pair of barbers are driven out of business because most of the men in their small town are drafted into the army. Read More »
Straight Is the Way (1934) Paul Sloane, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Karen Morley

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies. Read More »