Author Archive: Retro

Part of a series of movies, this is another tale of the wicked Dr. Mabuse whose plans to dominate the world this time involve sending his drones to attack a nuclear power plant. Barker, the FBI man, and Frobe, the inspector, are teamed up to keep him from succeeding.

Circumstantial evidence suggests that a neurotic detective (Lawrence Tierney) murdered a film star while he was drunk.

Samuel Fuller makes his directorial debut in this story about Bob Ford, the man who shot Jesse in the back. Stars Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland and Reed Hadley.

Purcell is a crusading district attorney out to pin a murder on the community’s local bebefactor.

Con-man marries a wealthy woman who only has a year to live. Unfortunately, but she makes an amazing recovery, leaving her new husband to think up a new way to get rid of her. Written by Star Trek co-producer Fred Freiberger. Dir. W. Lee Wilder

Tyrannical ruler of a hidden, super-advanced city attempts world domination with an army of zombies. Feature version of the serial. Dir. Harry Revier

Prisoner is offered two choices by prison chaplain. Dir. Tommy Atkins.

An inexperienced, racist officer is assigned to lead and train a special unit made up of Japanese-Americans. Based on the real-life 442nd Regiment, this film contains many veterans of that team. Dir. Robert Pirosh