Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft’s novel THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD, this fright flick opens with a warlock placing a curse on a group of villagers about to burn him at the stake. Read More »
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Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) Robert Wise, James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen McNally, Drama, Romance, Western
Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers soon as look at them. Read More »
They Came to Blow Up America (1943) Edward Ludwig, George Sanders, Anna Sten, Ward Bond, Drama, War
Because of his German parentage, government agent Carl Steelman is assigned to by his chief, Craig, to join the Nazi Bund, to obtain information on the underground activities of the group. Read More »
You Only Live Once (1937) Fritz Lang, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Joan is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a career criminal named Eddie, and she believes that he is a basically good person who just had some tough breaks. Read More »
The Velvet Trap (1966) Ken Kennedy, Jamie Karson, Alan Jeffory, Betty Coryell, Drama, Erotic
Tale of a young woman who gets raped by her boss and then flees to Las Vegas where she is forced into a becoming a prostitute at a notorious whorehouse and Things get worse further.
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Freeway (1988) Francis Delia, Darlanne Fluegel, James Russo, Billy Drago, Thriller
A crazed driver…with a deeply troubled past goes on a nightly shooting spree across the highways of America…preying on motorists as part of a fanatical religious crusade. Read More »
Up in Central Park (1948) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price, Comedy, Musical
A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City. Read More »
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) Eugene Forde, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Comedy, Mystery, Drama
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. Read More »
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir, Deanna Durbin, Edmond O’Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Comedy, Drama
Making her first film appearance since 1941, Deanna Durbin plays the title role in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Truth to tell, however, there is no Mrs. Holliday: it’s the guise assumed by idealistic missionary Ruth (Durbin) to sneak a group of Chinese war orphans into the US. Read More »
Safety Last (1923) Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Comedy, Thriller
In 1922, the country boy Harold says goodbye to his mother and his girlfriend Mildred in the train station and leaves Great Bend expecting to be successful in the big city. Read More »