Author Archive: Retro

The adopted son of a preacher comes upon a village that is under the thumb of a deranged ex-Confederate officer, who is – among other things – stealing land from the locals with phony land grants.

A New York City district attorney secretly runs a cocaine-smuggling ring in Texas. When the mob tries to move in on his operation, he goes down there to try to stop them.

When a couple divorce, they must make their custody arguments in the courtroom.

Guy Stockwell (brother of Dean) portrays the title character, orphaned son of the original Zorro (Dad’s been rotting in jail for the last 15 years, and doesn’t know that his abandoned son has taken up the mantle of “Defender of the oppressed”). Zorro defends the local peasantry from the evil governor’s oppression, re-discovers his real father is jail and frees him and sends the corrupt Governor and his cronies to the hoosegow in the film’s brief running time. He get’s the girl, too!

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.

Tailor for men secretly competes with his wife’s dressmaking trade. English subtitles.

A fugitive makes a run for it with a woman in France. English dubbed. Dir. Frank Tuttle

A wealthy man pretends he’s poor to impress a needy young woman.