Author Archive: Retro

Military men try to pick up these three girls in a small town.

Private eye working for scandal sheet finds himself in a blackmail plot planned by his editor. Dir. William Nigh.

A reporter becomes the target of a murderer when he starts investigating a fifty-year-old murder/suicide case.

Tourist couple vacationing in Switzerland witness the murder of a secret agent, who passes on a deadly secret. The couple is forced to complete his mission when their daughter is kidnapped by spies who don’t want the secret revealed. Produced by Michael Balcon. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Action-packed story of Neopolitan natives revolution against a tyrant. Filmed in Italy.

Forced to make a landing in the Syrian desert, pilot Doug Everett and his passengers find themselves the unwilling guests of Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor. The civilized but deadly Sheik intends to hold the threesome as hostages to prevent the execution of his three Nazi-spy brothers by the British.

A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.

Expert diamond cutter is hired by the mob to cut The Devil Diamond, a gem that is supposedly cursed. Produced by Maurice Conn. Dir. Les Goodwins

Last of the series about detective Philo Vance.