Author Archive: Retro

Football hero gets kicked off the team and fired from his job because he isn’t ruthless enough, but when he sets up a business hijacking a bootlegger’s cargo, he gets the chance to prove himself.

Respected Shakesperean thespian fiercely guides and guards his daughter’s acting career.

An Englishman takes possession of his grandfather’s Canadian land but he faces various challenges such as disgruntled locals, a ruthless contractor, a new power dam and his own bad health.

Ex-soldier is drawn into solving an airport sniper killing that may involve a ring of spies, as well as his wartime lover. Dir. Charles de la Tour, Cy Endfield

Former boxing opponents Rosenbloom and Baer team up for this western spoof that pokes fun at the Hopalong Cassidy series of films. Rosenbloom plays the host of a TV kid’s show who goes up against a real western baddie. Dir. Sam Newfield

Zany millionaire family must find a “forgotten man” in a scavenger hunt, but the bum they bring home turns out to be richer than they are! Dir. Edward H. Griffith.

Two young men set out on a fishing expedition and run into crooks and damsels in distress. Color. Dir. Richard Talmadge.

An American correspondent uncovers a Nazi plot to ship ammunition to local tribesmen.

After a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.