Author Archive: Retro

A fist fighter earns fame and fortune until he falls for a girl who despises sports.

A female reporter with marital problems is sent by her boss to cover the campaign of a young political neophyte who’s running against the local crooked political boss.

Muggsy’s mother convinces rich uncle that she has seven kids in order to impress him. Dir. William Beaudine.

The Kids become mixed up in crime scheme when they must solve the murder of a young girl’s guardian. Dir. Wallace Fox.

Three wild comedians and a gorilla run loose in a haunted house. Lots of fun!

During WWII an American ski patrol, led by a tough sergeant and a wet-behind-the-ears lieutenant, is sent behind enemy lines. Produced by Roger Corman. Dir. Roger Corman

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