Author Archive: Retro

Newspaperman neglects his new bride in favor of getting the scoop on a suicide he suspects is a murder. His wife decides to help out, and so do his gangster pals, who must come to the rescue when the newlyweds are kidnapped by murderers. Dir. Phil Rosen

Unemployed reporter is hired by a failing newspaper and must save the paper from libel suits as well as from the mob.

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