Author Archive: Retro

Jerusalem, 1000 B.C. : Son of King Solomon and his friend make perilous journey to Sheba in disguise to investigate warlike activities of that nation.

Ship captain teams up with an South Seas island princess to help her islanders run off pearl smugglers who are forcing her people to dive for buried treasure. Dir. Lee Sholem, Elmo Williams

In Nassaum, a border town in an intrigue-infested Central European republic, the body of Dr. Charles Berens, Chief of the United Nations Medical Relief Organization, is seen hurtling from the lofty parapet of an ancient church. He has chosen death rather than capitulate to his murderous pursuers. Police chief Colonel Ferrer arrives in time to hear the dying Berens gasp” “July the 18th! The One Eyed Soldiers.” Unaware he has heard the words that are the key to the location of a fabulous hidden treasure, Ferrer returns to his headquarters. The pursuit and death of Berens has been observed by The Fat Man/Harold Schmidt with more than passing interest, and begins a series of chilling events involving many people. One of them is Beren’s daughter, Gava, because “the key” was meant to be passed to her, and another is American newspaperman Richard Owen, an innocent bystander, who gets caught up in the search and intrigue.

WWII drama about six GI’s separated from their outfits and forced to fight back through the enemy. Six GIs separated from their unit in Nazi-occupied Italy pick up a treacherous Nazi spy, who sabotages their every move. Dir. Alex Nicol

A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.

Promoting the world of professional wrestling at the expense of the plot itself, Frank Bass (Ed Asner) takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right. Gamblers, mobsters, unscrupulous wrestlers, money-grubbing promoters, and fixers conspire to corrupt the industry, but Frank tries to make the game as honest and fair as it is his idealized vision. Frank’s efforts climax as he promotes an over-the-hill champion in the final matches of his career.

(1960) Lex Barker, Estella Blain, Livion Lorenzon, Liana Orfei. A great, colorful Italian costume epic with Barker as a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates. There are some interesting turnabouts, however, with plot twists a-plenty.

Chairman of the board Alt employes hired-gun Hauer to retrieve her kidnapped son from his Arab grandfather.

General Romero, leader of a small Latin American country, is showing the UN how he’s taking care of his country’s drug problems by publicly burning crops of marijuana. As soon as the inspectors leave, however, Romero quickly returns to business, producing and shipping the illegal crop. When his right-hand man is convinced by a crusading reporter to turn away from his life of crime and help bring his boss to justice, Romero vows to stop at nothing to prevent this traitor from talking.