Author Archive: Retro

Released under a variety of titles, Evil in the Deep is set in Jamaica. Scuba diver Hugo Graham (Stephen Boyd) searches for sunken treasure in the waters of the Caribbean. Ah, but there’s a fly in the ointment: a very big, grey fly, known as a killer shark. Made before Jaws, Evil in the Deep went nowhere until its late-1970s re-release–at which point its producers were accused of trying to rip off the Spielberg film. Others in the cast include Cheryl Stopelmoor (before she became Cheryl Ladd), and Chuck Woolery. Chuck WOOLERY?????

News editor saves a destitute writer from killing herself, and gives her a job researching a story of Chinese immigrants entering San Fransisco illegally. Dir. Richard Thorpe

Game of high society charades turns into a series of murders as the various players are picked off one by one. Written by Frank Strayer. Dir. Frank Strayer

Semi-documentary on how marijuana dealers lure small-town teenagers into heroin use and prostitution and how the police help to fight it.

Down-on-his-luck former Coast Guard has a fishing boat which is about to be repossessed. Smugglers use him to bring in a shipment of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border, then blackmail him to continue working for them. Produced by Hank McCune. Dir. Hank McCune

An all-black Caribbean island resort welcomes flashy dancer Gertie La Rue, forced to perform in this remote spot because she two-timed Al, her Harlem lover and backer, once too often. As Gertie amuses herself by dazzling the local men with her sex appeal, sanctimonious Mr. Christian (shades of ‘Rain’) schemes to either reform her or have her thrown off the island. On opening night, her sensuous performance exceeds Christian’s worst fears…but more serious trouble awaits.

Young District Attorney suspects a public benefactor and a deaf mute of murder.

The Kids sign up for a boxing camp that turns out to be a work camp.

Two Foreign Legion officers fight over the same woman as they battle a gunrunning Arab. Written by George Waggner. Dir. George Waggner