Two high-school seniors teenagers, from different social standings, have a date and when the girl resists the boy’s romantic advances Read More »
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Rollin’ Home to Texas (1940) Albert Herman, Tex Ritter, White Flash, Cal Shrum, Action, Adventure, Music, Western
This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey’s oft-used plot of “employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys.” Read More »
The Unsuspected (1947) Michael Curtiz, Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A girl has been murdered. A woman cannot remember a man who claims to be her husband. Read More »
Showdown (1963) R.G. Springsteen, Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley, Charles Drake, Western, Action
Chris Foster and Bert Pickett are two drifters who are passing through the border town of Adonde. Read More »
Talking Feet (1937) John Baxter, Hazel Ascot, Jack Barty, Davy Burnaby, Musical
An east London fishmonger’s young daughter (Hazel Ascot) is so grateful to Dr Hood (John Stuart) for saving her dog Patch after a road accident Read More »
She Knows Y’Know (1962) Montgomery Tully, Hylda Baker, Cyril Smith, Joe Gibbons, Comedy
A young man is accused of getting a girl pregnant. Two sets of parents tussle and then they find out who really got her pregnant. Read More »
Play Up the Band (1935) Harry Hughes, Stanley Holloway, Betty Ann Davies, Leslie Bradley, Comedy
The brass band of the Northern town of Hechdyke travel south to London to compete in a national contest. Read More »
The Secret Invasion (1964) Roger Corman, Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Action, Drama, History
The Nazis imprison an Italian general who was planning to switch sides and turn over his army to the Allied side. Read More »
Roxie Hart (1942) William A. Wellman, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Comedy, Crime, Romance
To try and kick-start her show-business career, our heroine admits to a Chicago murder. But although Cook County don’t seem to let dames swing Read More »
The Handmaid’s Tale (1990) Volker Schlöndorff, Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Set in a Fascistic future America, The Handmaid’s Tale tells the story of Kate, a handmaid. In this America, the religious right has taken over and gone hog-wild. Read More »