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American Frank Chandler assumes the name Chandu and uses his mystical powers to stop a cult. Feature version of the Serial. Produced by Sol Lesser. Dir. Ray Taylor

  • January 29, 2021
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A 1958 re-broadcast of the 1949 television version of Dickens’s story, this time telecast as an episode of “Family Theatre”.

While mixing chemicals in the kitchen, Dagwood inadvertently creates non-flammable paint, but two rival contractors steal the stuff before he can give it to his boss. Dir. Edward Bernds.

Tough reporter discovers that the former district attorney was the victim of a murder plot, and must find the bad guy before the present district attorney gets the same treatment. Dir. William Christy Cabanne.

In this drama, a young woman gives up college and marries her boyfriend, a Marine. Unfortunately, he is killed in Vietnam.

Pilot flying small plane through a desert storm is forced to land in the Syrian desert with his passengers. They are held hostage at a sheik’s camp in an attempt to force the British to release three Nazi prisoners. Based on the play “The Green Goddess” by William Archer. Dir. David Ross Lederman

A young violin prodigy is growing tired of the constant practice his parents force on him, so he decides to run away to become an average kid. While his parents and the authorities search for the boy, presuming its a kidnapping case, he wanders into a mobster hideout.

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Radio gossip columnists uncover a gang of saboteurs.

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