Author Archive: Retro

Big-time racketeer Martin Martin, on the eve of his projected move into New York politics, barely escapes the District Attorney’s men who attempt to arrest him for a murder committed five-years earlier by Martin and his former partner Dane Cory. Martin, who knows that Cory has copped a plea with the D.A. to save himself, arranges a meeting. At the meeting, Cory’s henchman, Cute Freddie, shoots Martin and the latter kills Freddie. Cory hides in the Greenwich Village apartment of his girl friend, burlesque queen Lily White. With them is Lily’s six-year-old daughter, Elsie, and her dog Skipper. Martin trails Cory, but weakened by his bullet wound, is forced to seek refuge in an abandoned building next to Lily’s. Bad-to-the-bone Cory kicks Skipper and the dog finds shelter with Martin, where Elsie finds them sleeping. Martin is charmed by Elsie and the dog, whom he names Johnny One-Eye…

After losing his legs in a mill accident and his wife and company to a competitor, a man organizes beggars into a successful corporation. Dir. Phil Rosen.

This ’70s eco-thriller involves the rapidly shrinking amount of farmland in the world, due to over-industrialization. Several groups become desperate to control food, and a vicious fight breaks out between rural areas (which control grain supplies) and urban centers (which contain most of the world’s population). ~ John Bush, Rovi

A movie studio is shrouded in mystery when its top star is murdered on the set, and everyone is a suspect. Bela Lugosi plays a temperamental actor who’s the most likely suspect, alongside Dracula co-stars Edward Van Sloan, David Manners.

A top syndicate crime boss and his corrupt politicians, make multi-million deals and order murders , until the vicious pattern finally catches up to him.

In emotional turmoil following the death of his wife, Hal Painter (Kevin Dobson) relinquishes custody of his son, Mark (Justin Dana), to his in-laws, Dwight (James Whitmore) and Margaret Hamilton (Peggy McCay). Eventually, Hal gets his life back on track and wants to regain custody of his son in hopes of starting fresh in California with his new girlfriend. But Dwight and Margaret have different plans for young Mark and are willing to take Hal to court to get their way.

Hilarious crime yarn about two bumbling detectives on the trail of a millionaire who has stolen plans.

Adventurer sets out to save princess’ father’s kingdom.

In this thriller, the trouble begins when a series of murders occurs on a quiet New England college campus. A young man loses his dorm mate and this inspires his father, an amateur detective, to begin looking into the puzzling case. It takes a while but he finally discovers that the killings were part of a conspiracy. The killers, who used an air gun to commit their crimes, murdered their victims so they could gain free access to their inheritances.