It’s 1865 and the telegraph is heading west. George Crane, wanting to keep law and order out of his territory, is out to stop the construction. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Riso amaro / Bitter Rice (1949) Giuseppe De Santis, Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Drama
Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. Read More »
Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949) Ford Beebe, Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens, Adventure
George Harland and his daughter Patricia are in the African jungle to photograph animals. Read More »
Kilroy Was Here (1947) Phil Karlson, Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan, Wanda McKay, Comedy
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 »
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 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 »