Author Archive: Retro

A cynical and ruthless racketeer befalls tragedy and he turns into a desperate and frightened man.

Marines try to thwart gang of bandits. Dir. Phil Rosen.

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered former British Navy captain. Waldridge brings his former gun crew…who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there’ll be gold aboard. The gold duly arrives, and with it Waldridge’s former sweetheart Leslie, who’s fond of a bit of gold herself. Which side is Waldridge really on?

Musical comedy about a family man saving to buy the barber shop he works at. Dir. Basil Dearden.

On the way to an Adirondacks summer camp, The Kids’ car breaks down and they must solve a mystery at the house of a judge who gives them accommodations. Dir. Joseph H. Lewis.

Fast paced comedy concerning a honeymooning couple who only have one night together before he’s shipped off to the army. They are constantly harassed by a dead body which keeps disappearing, gangsters looking for stolen loot, a bumbling house detective, and the police. Dir. Dave Fleischer.

Adapted from Shakespeare’s play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is charming and has many suitors. But her father will not allow Bianca to be married until her older sister, who is notoriously quarrelsome and bad-tempered, is married first. When Petruchio comes from Verona to Padua in search of a wife, he hears of this situation, and he accepts the challenge of trying to woo and marry the ill-natured Katherine

A paid police informer absconds to Miami with $7,500 in misguided attempt to retire. Dan Frazer, Anne Marie and Marcia Jean Kurtz also star.

Secretary is fooled into killing a woman, and her private eye boss is determined to keep her out of jail. Written and Produced by Carl K. Hittleman. Dir. Lambert Hillyer