A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
Forbidden (1984) Anthony Page, Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow, Irene Worth, Drama, Romance, War
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. Read More »
Down Mexico Way (1941) Joseph Santley, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Comedy, Thriller, Western
Gene and Frog head down to Mexico, hot on the trail of a group of swindlers who convince townspeople to invest in movies to be filmed on location in their town, and then skip out without making the films. Read More »
Mandalay (1934) Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Drama, Romance
Russian refugee Tanya Borisoff is suddenly abandoned penniless in Rangoon, Burma, by her lover, Tony Evans, who accepted a gunrunning deal from Nick, the owner of an amoral nightclub. Read More »
D.O.A. (1949) Rudolph Maté, Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Small-town accountant Frank Bigelow goes to San Francisco for a week’s fun prior to settling down with fiancée Paula. Read More »
Too Hot to Handle (1938) Jack Conway, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports on the Chinese-Japanese war, he meets pilot Alma Harding. Read More »
Algiers (1938) John Cromwell, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, and virtually ruled, the mazelike, impenetrable Casbah, “native quarter” of Algiers. Read More »
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) Leslie Fenton, Glenn Ford, Edmond O’Brien, Rhonda Fleming, Western
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. Read More »
Medium Cool (1969) Haskell Wexler, Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Drama
John Cassellis is the toughest TV-news reporter around. His area of interest is reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. Read More »
Latino (1985) Haskell Wexler, Robert Beltran, Annette Charles, Américo González, Drama, War
Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels. Read More »