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Tag Archives: Hugo Fregonese
The Mark of the Renegade (1951) Hugo Fregonese, Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, J. Carrol Naish
MGM’s Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Charisse were loaned to Universal for the Technicolor period piece Mark of the Renegade. Read More »
Seven Thunders (1957) Hugo Fregonese, Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Tony Wright
Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France. Read More »
Blowing Wild (1953) Hugo Fregonese, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman
In a hypothetical country in South America, Jeff Dawson and his partner Dutch Peterson have invested all their savings Read More »
The King’s Thief (1955) Robert Z. Leonard, Hugo Fregonese, Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven
Lady Mary’s father is innocently accused of treason and is executed. It is the king’s evil chancellor, the duke of Brampton Read More »
Man in the Attic (1953) Hugo Fregonese, Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade Read More »
Savage Pampas (1966) Hugo Fregonese, Robert Taylor, Mario Lozano, Felicia Roc
In the late 1800’s, an army captain tries to tame the open plains of Argentina which are dominated by Indians and bandits. Read More »
Decameron Nights (1953) Hugo Fregonese, Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Godfrey Tearle
The main story combines bits of Giovanni Boccaccio’s own life (maybe and maybe not) with three of his most fabulous stories of love. Read More »
Apache Drums (1951) Hugo Fregonese, Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Willard Parker
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches. Read More »
One Way Street (1950) Hugo Fregonese, James Mason, Märta Torén, Dan Duryea
Shortly after a bank robbery, gangster John Wheeler and his henchmen hide in a small apartment, awaiting for the rest of the gang to arrive. Read More »
Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse / The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) Hugo Fregonese, Victor De Santis, Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The final film in the Dr. Mabuse series is also truly the least of the series. It is a fairly good spy thriller for the era if you look at it just from that viewpoint. Read More »
Old Shatterhand (1964) Hugo Fregonese, Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Daliah Lavi, Western, Adventure
A peace treaty between the United States government and the Apaches is about to be signed in Washington. Read More »