Author Archive: Retro

Police investigate murders on board an ocean liner which can be controlled from ashore using a radio device. From the novel “The Ghost of John Holling” by Edgar Wallace. Dir. William Nigh

During WWII an American and her British husband are captured in the far east and thrown into a Japanese concentration camp.

Scott is a tough marine colonel who assembles a team of jungle fighters made up of misfits and psychos. Their objective: an all-out assault on Japanese-held Makin Island. Dir. Ray Enright

This low-budget action saga concerns Rafe Stoker, a screen idol turned film director so desperate to finish making his new opus that he enlists the financial support of the mafia. In the process, Rafe makes a series of high-flown promises to the lending thugs, including a completed film and payback out of the profits within four weeks. Unfortunately, though, the movie takes longer than anticipated, and Rafe winds up at the mercy of a cadre of redneck bikers intent on sabotaging the film for Rafe’s collateral. Soon, Rafe has to both fight to finish the picture, and fend off such elements as ruthless cops and evil snipers.

Owner of a riverboat tries to keep her daughter from following in her footsteps. Dir. Bob Hill.

An espionage ring is uncovered by a newspaper reporter.

Woman and her lover conspire to murder her rich husband, but he survives, assumes another name and finds a humble new life with a good woman, until his past catches up to him. Produced by Leo C. Popkin. Dir. Arthur Lubin

An innocent man is sent to jail, and his sister must go undercover in a women’s prison an attempt to clear her brother of the charge. Dir. Phil Rosen.