Author Archive: Retro

When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death, over a cup of tea.

Old country traditions and values cause Ron Howard to honor the pleas of his brother (played by Mickey Rourke), a quadriplegic following a motorcycle accident, to end his life, and then to stand trial for first-degree murder after the mercy killing. Michael De Guzman’s teleplay was inspired by Paige.

Directed by Hilary Harris.

A normal human being has the ability to vaporize himself at will and use it to terrorize Tokyo.

Contains very unusual footage of native customs and African lifestyles, such as lip splitting, bug eating, gorilla and elephant hunting.

Action abounds in this tense tale of a convicted criminal mastermind who devises a daring prison escape on the eve of his execution.

Sergio of Tula goes to Dubno to free Princess Mascia, who is prisoner of Queen Jassa, but he is seduced by the latter, who stirs his ambition by putting her army at his service to take King Stephen’s throne.