Author Archive: Retro

In Las Vegas, a group of assorted criminals plans the robbery of an armored truck hauling casino money to the bank.

When Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Axel Bomasch, inventor of a new type of armor-plating.

A young woman is seduced by a charismatic highwayman who offers her promises of fame as a singer in exchange for romance.

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court.

After driving off the road, a couple turns on their hazard lights, but another car interprets this as a prearranged signal and a bag full of money is tossed from it into their car, leading to a series of tragic, greed-induced events.

When Nazi anti-aircraft fire damages a British bomber, its crew bails out and seeks help from the Dutch underground.

Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shellshocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian’s suspicions about Evelyn’s fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.

An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.

The story of a struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate whose love furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.