As studio financing dwindled away for Hugo Haas, his last film as a writer-director-producer has certain autobiographical elements Read More »
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Hit and Run (1957) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, Vince Edwards
Garage owner Gus Hilmer marries showgirl Julie, many years his junior, and this causes a conflict Read More »
Bait (1954) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, John Agar
Another in the long line of the Trials-and-Tribulations (compounded by Misery and Irony) offerings from Hugo Haas. Read More »
The Other Woman (1954) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, Lance Fuller
Bit player Sherry Stewart gets miffed when director Walter Darman Read More »
Edge of Hell (1956) Hugo Haas, Francesca De Scaffa, June Shelley
A Russian beggar and his performing dog Flip struggle to make ends meet living upon the cruel streets. Read More »
One Girl’s Confession (1953) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, Glenn Langan
Another of the “Fate and Irony” films from director-writer-producer-actor Hugo Haas but this one has less hair-shirt torment Read More »
Night of the Quarter Moon (1959) Hugo Haas, Julie London, John Drew Barrymore, Anna Kashfi
A young man returns to San Francisco and his wealthy family with a new bride. Read More »
The White Plague AKA Bílá nemoc (1937) Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, Zdenek Stepánek
The “White Plague”, a deadly leprosy-like disease that mainly infects people older than 50 years, is ravaging the world. Read More »
Strange Fascination (1952) Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, Mona Barrie
Middle-aged European pianist Paul Marvan (Hugo Haas)is brought to America by wealthy widow Diana Fowler (Mona Barrie) Read More »
Born to Be Loved (1959) Hugo Haas, Carol Morris, Barbara Jo Allen
A seamstress (Carol Morris) and a music teacher (Hugo Haas) play Cupid for each other, ending with a double wedding. Read More »
The Girl on the Bridge (1951) Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Robert Dane
An elderly watchmaker stops a beautiful young blonde from committing suicide by throwing herself off a bridge. Read More »
Pickup (1951) Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon
Low-budget, tabloid-lurid story with high camp value of older man falling for much younger beauty who’s busy figuring out how she can kill him now that they’re married. Read More »
Lizzie (1957) Hugo Haas, Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell, Drama
Elizabeth has reoccurring headaches and trouble sleeping. Threatening letters signed by Lizzie are given to her, but she does not know anyone named Lizzie. As her situation deteriorates, she goes to a Dr. Wright who hypnotizes her. Deep in her subconscious, Dr. Wright finds three personalities; Elizabeth, the shy one that everyone knows; Lizzie, the wild one like her mother; and Beth, the good one she should have become. Dr. Wright must help the personality of Beth become the only one.
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Hold Back Tomorrow (1955) Hugo Haas, John Agar, Cleo Moore, Frank DeKova, Drama
Joe Cardos, a death row inmate in some unidentified country, is to face the gallows in the morning for strangling three women. Filled with bitterness at the world, and perhaps himself, Joe lashes out at the warden and guards’ attempts at making his final hours a little easier, and refuses to see either his sister or the prison chaplain. However, Joe does change his mind about being granted a last request, one the prison is obligated by law to fulfill: He asks for a woman’s company so he can have some “fun” in the time that’s left. After asking around, two police detectives show up at the prison with a down-on-her-luck former “waitress” named Dora, who earlier that night had tried to drown herself. Dora, totally broke and feeling she has nothing to lose, has agreed to spend the night with Joe in his cell. As she sees it, the money she’s being offered should be enough for “a decent funeral.”
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