Author Archive: Retro

Two brothers join the Foreign Legion and fall for the same sexy nightclub singer, but must work together when they’re captured by an evil North African sheik. Dir. Hamilton MacFadden

The hero visits a town and meets a woman whose daughters were killed. He seeks the murderers, eventually encountering three men who he initially believes are the killers, though he learns otherwise.

Webster ventures into the northern wilderness in search of a missing prospecor friend.

Outspoken German pastor is thrown into a concentration camp when he takes a public stand against Nazi philosophies. Based on a true story. Dir. Roy Boulting

Cappy Ricks intentionally shipwrecks his family on a south sea island to remind them of what is really important in life.

In this made-for-TV movie, Carl Betz and Vera Miles play the parents of shaggy-haired college dropout Jeff Bridges. At the boy’s suggestion, Betz and Miles pack their family — including grandma — into a 1928 Greyhound bus and hit the road, in search of America.

After seeing manifestations of her dead husband, a grieving widow tries to contact him through a small-time con artist posing as a spiritualist. Written by Crane Wilbur. Dir. Bernard Vorhaus. Phony spiritualist schemes with man who fakes his own death to blackmail an unsuspecting filty rich widow.

A plethora of odd characters highlight this screwball comedy about a Texas couple who meet in New York City and start up a riding academy.