Author Archive: Retro

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

Definitely a classic! Topper helps the ghost of a pretty girl find her murderer in a spooky mansion.

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.