The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent. Read More »
Tag Archives: Charles Lamont
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940) Charles Lamont, Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams, Wallace Ford, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. Read More »
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941) Charles Lamont, Jane Frazee, Leon Errol, Mischa Auer, Comedy, Music
Pete Fleming and his quartet, which includes himself, Ollie Barrett, “”Simpson and “Beans” Smith, fail to make good on the radio, so Pete becomes a tourist guide. Read More »
Frontier Gal (1945) Charles Lamont, Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, Andy Devine, Family, Musical, Western
A wanderer returns after 6 years and a one-night honeymoon to make amends with his bride and 5 year old daughter. Read More »
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is the last of the team’s vehicles for Universal-International. Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou hire themselves out as travelling companions to archeologist Kurt Katch. Before long, Katch is murdered by a group of cultists, and a medallion, embossed with a map which leads to a sacred burial site, is accidentally swallowed by Costello. The boys become the unwilling pawns of the cultists, led by Richard Deacon, and a greedy adventuress, played by Marie Windsor. The last scene finds Costello being menaced by three mummies, two of them bogus.
Read More »
Bagdad (1949) Charles Lamont, Maureen O’Hara, Paul Hubschmid, Vincent Price, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A Bedouin princess returns to Bagdad after being educated in England, only to find that her father has been treacherously murdered by the head of the Black Robes, a group of renegades. She is hosted by the Pasha, who is the corrupt representative of the national government. She is also courted by Prince Hassan, who is falsely accused of the murder. The plot revolves around her attempts to bring the killer to justice while being courted by the Pasha.
Read More »
The Gold Ghost (1934) Charles Lamont, Buster Keaton, Warren Hymer, Dorothy Dix, Western, Comedy, Short
Dumped by his fiancé, a young man (Buster Keaton) drives from Boston out West determined to start a new life. He winds up in the middle of Nevada in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
Read More »