Author Archive: Retro

THe head of the cipher bureau, Phillip Waring, is about to marry his secretary, Helen Lane

Joseph Cates (Who Killed Teddy Bear?) directed this insipid, widely reviled musical-comedy featuring heavyset comedian Jack E. Leonard in his leaden screen debut as twins Irving and Herman. The plot concerns some teenagers searching for treasure on a tropical island owned by a cosmetics tycoon (Brian Donlevy). His daughter (Jayne Mansfield, a year before her death) heaves her bosom a great deal and sings (badly). The best singing is done by lead teen Jordan Christopher, making his own screen debut with some promising numbers backed by the Wild Ones. There are a number of subplots involving spies, mermaids, and the legendary Fountain of Youth, as well as some amusing interplay between Leonard and Phyllis Diller to keep things interesting.

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.

The Boys become foster dads to an orphan in this Stooge-like comedy.

George Montgomery plays a cynical doctor that is taken to prison at Samar island because his political opinions. The commander (Gilbert Roland) is waiting for his own doctor, that is supposed to work with him in moving the population to the interior.

Hospital soap opera about the lives of various patients and staff members. Color. Dir. Robert North Bradbury.

Frank Sundstrom as Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Best selling author Frederick Forsyth (“Day of the Jackal”) wrote this suspenseful tale about a Viet Nam vet whose life is destroyed when a plan crashes into his Dublin house, killing his family. He discovers that Irish terrorists are responsible and uses his military skills to wreak vengeance.

Set in post war Japan, the film tells the tale of a woman looking for her missing brother. Her brother operated a small export business and has suddenly disappeared. Strangely his business partner has also vanished.