
World War II drama in which Richard Widmark, as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence, replaces the popular commanding officer of a group of underwater demolition divers. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
The Goldwyn Follies (1938) George Marshall, H.C. Potter, Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, The Ritz Brothers

Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be “Miss Humanity” and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: “Love Walked In.” Read More »
Wild Company (1930) Leo McCarey, Frank Albertson, Joyce Compton, Sharon Lynn

The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club. Read More »
The Desert Song (1953) H. Bruce Humberstone, Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran

Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Read More »
Reprisal! (1956) George Sherman, Guy Madison, Felicia Farr, Kathryn Grant

New ranch owner Frank Madden, half Indian but posing as white, arrives just as an all white jury finds the three white Shipley brothers who lynched three Indians innocent. Read More »
In the French Style (1963) Robert Parrish, Jean Seberg, Stanley Baker, Philippe Forquet

A young American girl studying art in Paris can’t decide if she wants to stay or go back home. Read More »
Turnabout (1940) Hal Roach, Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard

Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other’s life. Read More »
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) Barbara Kopple, Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Sparks

This film documents the coal miners’ strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Read More »
The House Across the Street (1949) Richard L. Bare, Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper’s publisher Read More »
Parole Fixer (1940) Robert Florey, William Henry, Virginia Dale, Robert Paige

This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Read More »