Author Archive: Retro

Sea captain takes the law into his own hands when he finds the German sub commander who was responsible for sinking an ocean liner, sending the captain’s wife to the briny deep. Dir. William Nigh

A crooked boxer wants to go straight to the chagrin of his shadey manager.

A wealthy young boy who willingly deserts his parents from a luxury ocean liner serves as the catalyst in this rollicking musical.

Tone starrs as a private detective hired by a politician to investigate his wife’s history.

In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around some more great music, a detective finds the lists of suspects is very long, as Prince Ellis was indeed very unpopular with many citizens.

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Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

It is Richard Talmadge times two in this low-budget action adventure about a young man, Dick Rainey, who switches places with Norman Gray, a look-alike thief out to double-cross the gang. The latter ends up very much dead and Dick has a hard time explaining his real identity. Lovely Audrey Ferry (Janet Chandler) believes him, though, and together they catch the real crooks. Filmed at Universal by Reliable Pictures Corp., Now or Never was retitled Tearing Into Trouble when released to television in the early ’50s. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

Stuffy father tries to fix up his playboy son with a poor, honest young woman, but she falls for dad instead. Dir. George Archainbaud.