When a stranger arrives at a western city he discovers the rancher who sent him was killed. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Sing Your Worries Away (1942) A. Edward Sutherland, Bert Lahr, June Havoc, Buddy Ebsen, Comedy, Musical
This bundle for humor as well as the musical figures has Luke Brown being drugged from the gangster operators of this swank Boathouse Inn; most especially Roxie a hot pickpocket. Read More »
Moonrise (1948) Frank Borzage, Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller
Danny Hawkins, who resides in a mental shadow because his dad died by a hangman’s noose, accidentally kills a guy in a fight over a woman Read More »
Three Strangers (1946) Jean Negulesco, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
According to a legend, even if three strangers collect before an idol of Kwan Yin (the Chinese goddess of luck and fate ) at the night of this Chinese New Year and produce a frequent desire, Kwan Yin will open her eyes and her soul and also give the wish. Read More »
Strange Affair (1944) Alfred E. Green, Allyn Joslyn, Evelyn Keyes, Marguerite Chapman, Mystery
Eminent psychologist Dr. Brenner (Erwin Kalser) invites cartoonist Bill Harrison (Allyn Joslyn) along with his spouse, Jack (Evelyn Keyes), into a feast honoring war refugees. Read More »
Johnny Angel (1945) Edwin L. Marin, George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Johnny Angel sets out to find out who chased a gold shipment out of his dad’s boat and murdered his father, the captain. Read More »
Albuquerque (1948) Ray Enright, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Western
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who works an ore-hauling cargo line Read More »
Backlash (1947) Eugene Forde, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Larry J. Blake, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A body, considered to be of a criminal attorney, sends the authorities searching for the killer. Read More »
The Bad Lord Byron (1949) David MacDonald, Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Joan Greenwood, Drama
Seriously ill to a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron fantasies of being judged, upon his passing, as a soldier and poet as a seducer and libertine. Read More »
The Overlanders (1946) Harry Watt, Chips Rafferty, John Nugent Hayward, Daphne Campbell, Adventure, Western
It Is the Beginning of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are becoming close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a “scorched earth” policy. Read More »