Author Archive: Retro

Blind PI is hired by a friend whose stepdaughter is involved with an older actor, who has a curious past. From the novel “Odor of Violets” by Baynard Kendrick. Produced by Jack Chertok. Dir. Fred Zinnemann

All-girl school insults a macho frat, who gets even by making one of their own put on a dress and go undercover to a beauty contest at the girls’ school.

Two sailors (Robert Hutton) mail love letters from a remote weather station, enclosing photos of their chief (Cathy Downs).

Comedy in which a young man convinces his rich uncle to give a struggling band a shot on his radio show.

Shawn as an innocent youth convicted of a crime and subsequently saved from the electric chair.

This low-budget Asian-set adventure concerns The reformed smuggler Stuart Allison finds his missing wife Marion in Hong Kong. Marion has fallen in with a bad crowd and is involved with narcotics and stolen government bonds, requiring Stuart to extricate her from her woes.

Glen Wilson (Robert Forster) is a senior stuntman, and you don’t reach his position without thoughtfully and carefully planning your every move. When his younger brother, who is equally careful, somehow dies during the performance of a stunt, he knows that something is wrong. He begins to investigate his brother’s death, and discovers that other stuntmen are dying also. This crime thriller explores the little-known stunt community and the eccentricities of the filmmaking community as Wilson seeks to discover who could be killing his collegaues.

Phoney pyscheic develops frightening powers to make predictions that begin to come true and get him into a load of trouble.

A modern New England man travels back to the days of King Arthur and battles Merlin the Magician.