Author Archive: Retro

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.

Marv needs money. His unemployed dad is so poor that he makes Marv give up half his last six bucks so they can both go on three-dollar dates; he’s just lost his scholarship after getting caught writing a term paper for Betty, the prettiest (and only) girl in his class; and Betty herself has told him he doesn’t stand a chance with her unless he can give her what she wants most: money, money, money. But Marv has mob ties and Marv knows where to find a million dollars cash…

Steve and Harry become involved in an art theft. Harry is framed by the crooks, and arrested by the police. Steve has to prove his brother’s innocence.

Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.

Inexperienced assistant DA botches the trial of an insurance agent con artist, but goes undercover to get the goods on him. Dir. Robert Hill.

First adventure thriller to be filmed on location in the wilds of the Amazon jungle. Features “Bring-Em-Back-Alive” Buck tangling with man-eating crocodiles, pirhanas and natives, along with an attack by a 28-foot long anaconda. Dir. Charles E. Ford

A preacher works to stop dance clubs from opening on Sunday nights.

Fatherless American boy living in 1880s Brooklyn discovers he’s the heir to a British dukedom. Dir. William Beaudine.

Tall talking seaman Hay brags about his abilities but panics when he is hired to take command of a vessel which, unknown to Hay, is to be scuttled by its crew as part of an insurance scam. Dir. William Beaudine.