Author Archive: Retro

Cajun newlyweds must deal with the jealousy of his brother, who also loved her, and the arrival of a mysterious seductress in their bayou backwater.

This film noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a young sociopathic killer. Jack Webb’s first performance as an LA cop. Written by Crane Wilbur. Dir. Anthony Mann, Alfred L. Werker

Disguised as a cautionary suspense thriller, Violated is essentially an excuse to display some strippers taking their clothes off. Lili Dawn plays an exotic dancer named Lili DeMar, who is used as bait by the police to bring a sex offender out into the open. The acting is bad and the direction worse, but there’s no denying that the film is extremely well-photographed by Pat Rich. Those uninterested in the undulations of Lili Dawn will enjoy the creative musical score by Tony Mottola, who in 1953 had achieved a measure of fame for his work on TV’s Suspense. Considered hot stuff when first released, Violated is mild to middling when seen today.

Police captain falls in love with a nightclub singer who may be involved with a ring of bank robbers. Dir. Bruce Mitchell

Wealthy, heavily insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious “reverend.”

A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?

Persistent cop out to stop a cunning, sadistic racketeer.

Dir. Ida Lupino. Two young men on vacation of their dreams pick up a psychotic hitch-hiker. Taut and suspenseful thriller.