Author Archive: Retro

The unemployed Howard Tyler is desperate for a job since he is married with children and his wife Judyis pregnant. When he meets the “bon vivant” Jerry Slocum, the stranger offers a job position to Howard. Soon he learns that Jerry is a small-time thief and his job would be to drive the getaway car after the heist. Howard improves the life of his family and tells that he is working in the night shift of a factory. Meanwhile, the journalist Gil Stanton that works in a tabloid is assigned by the owner to promote the thefts to increase the selling of newspaper. When Jerry kidnaps the son of a millionaire, he brutally kills the man and forces Howard to help him to dump the corpse in the sea. Then he asks for ransom to the family. When the boy is found, Stanton incites the population telling that the abductors are monsters. When Howard and [...]

A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent. But when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to both save himself and also stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information.

The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play.

Simple clerk discovers his boss has been embezzling money to finance a French mistress, and accidentally kills him. With the French mistress and embezzled money in tow, he now must dodge the police on the streets of Paris. Color.

Traveling businessman finds himself married to two different women.

Jones, an American housewife on vacation in Rome has an affair with Clift. During their departure at a train station, they are caught making love for what would be the last time. AAN Costumes.

An ex-con, released after imprisonment for a jewel theft, swears vengeance on his former accomplices and devises an intricate plan to steal their fortune.

A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she’s menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city’s criminal underworld to find her.

Sinful husband accidentally shoots his newly-baptized wife, causing an uproar in their rural town. Written by Spencer Williams. Dir. Spencer Williams.