Author Archive: Retro

A lawyer wins an acquittal for his client, a woman accused of murder. After the verdict, he finds out that she indeed did commit the murder and manipulated him to win her acquittal. Guilt-ridden, and knowing that she can’t be tried again for the murder, he devises a plan to bring her to justice.

After a prison sentence an American GI stationed in Italy discovers that his hidden loot has disappeared and goes searching for it.

District Attorney is on the trail of a murderous mobster with lots of crooked politicians in his pocket. Written by Barton MacLane. Dir. Alexis Thurn-Taxis

An ex-con struggles to stay straight and his brother helps him to get an honest job. But temptation is too strong when he sees an opportunity to rob an armored car.

In 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.

Rich Lois Frazer, divorcing her fortune-hunter husband, finds he’s bought a gun. Suspecting he plans to kill her, she calls in her lover, who just happens to be Homicide Lieutenant Ed Cullen. When Ed arrives, the gun gets used…and because of his relationship with Lois, Ed is compelled to compound a felony. The good news: Ed himself is assigned to the case. The bad news: Ed’s hotshot younger brother Andy, a new- minted detective, is also on the case…and anxious to prove himself.

FBI agent goes undercover to stop a mob racket that is giving criminals an early parole. Dir. Alfred Zeisler

Kelly, a prostitute, finds redemption in the town of Grantville, where she arrives working as a medium-time seller. There, she meets Griff, the police captain of the town, with whom she spends a romantic afternoon. The woman, traumatized by an experience in the past called “The Naked Kiss” by psychiatrists, finally, finds a job as a nurser in a Hospital for handicapped children, experience that allows her to find a sensitive side in caring and patiently love each one of her little patients. Apparently, Kelly will find happiness in Grant, her fianc? and Griff’s partner, but she will be the witness of a shocking event that will threaten this happiness and even her mental health.