Author Archive: Retro

Radio station’s hated, womanizing sponsor is mysteriously murdered by unknown means, and a quick-thinking engineer must solve the case before the murderer strikes again. Based on the novel “Death Catches Up With Mr. Kluck” by Xantippe. Dir. Otis Garrett

Damon’s in black-face as blacks take on whites who take on Hispanics in this very entertaining teenage gang war extravaganza. Teenage punks slice and dice each other, turn innocent young girls into sleazy tramps, threaten innocent citizens, get involved i

The captain of a ship lets a woman ride aboardis ship to an island to see her boyfriend.

Lombard portrays a rich heiress forced to leave NY due to an embarrasing situation.

F. Scott Fitzgerald story about American writer who falls in love with a beautiful wealthy girl in post WWII Paris. Romantic tearjerker. Written by Richard Brooks. Color. Dir. Richard Brooks.

A gang of streetwise kids gets help from a crook turned detective in stopping a counterfeiting ring. With Leon Ames, Joyce Bryant and Dave O’Brien.

The story of America’s most notorious gangster mother is chronicled in this crime drama. The tale starts in Oklahoma during the Depression. Ma Barker and her outlaw progeny go on the lam until the police finally corner her in her richly appointed Florida hideout. A bloody shoot-out ensues.

An innocent man is accused, tried, and convicted of an unknown crime; the more he investigates the accusations, the farther he falls into a pit of bureaucratic red tape. Screenplay by Orson Welles, from the novel by Franz Kafka. Dir. Orson Welles

A stuffy town gets a breath of fresh air when Mrs Polly barges into a town meeting and stirs things up.