Eric Gregg, young claim adjuster for Central Casualty Insurance, has interesting work but low pay Read More »
Crime
The Break (1962) Lance Comfort, Tony Britton, William Lucas, Eddie Byrne
A dangerous prisoner, Jacko Thomas, overpowers his police guard and jumps Read More »
The Devil’s Ballad / Akuma no temari-uta (1977) Kon Ichikawa, Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. Read More »
Different from the Others / Anders als die Andern (1919) Richard Oswald, Conrad Veidt, Leo Connard, Ilse von Tasso-Lind
Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn. Read More »
The Big One (1997) Michael Moore, Elaine Bly, Dan Burns
Our intrepid defender of the working man, Michael Moore, documents his 1996 “Downsize This!” Read More »
Teenage Doll (1957) Roger Corman, June Kenney, Fay Spain, John Brinkley
The Black Widows, a teenage girl gang, find one of their number killed Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles / Sobaka Baskerviley (1981) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his country house, Dr James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for help Read More »
Tenement (1985) Roberta Findlay, Joe Lynn, Mina Bern, Walter Bryant
A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house. Read More »
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 »