Author Archive: Retro

In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

A group of explorers search of the legendary “flame of life,” a mysterious force that bestows immortality. In Vibrant Color!

Maciste travels to Egypt to find his friend, who turns out to be the stepson of an evil queen who is tormenting her subjects. English dubbed. Dir. Carlo Campogalliani

Roy gets elected congressman to bring the problems of the “dustbowl” to the attention of Washington. This film marks Roy’s first starring role–taking over the part from Gene Autry, who was on strike against Republic Pictures! Dir. Joseph Kane

A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.

Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolph Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Dr. Orlof, a former prison doctor, abducts beautiful women from nightclubs and tries to use their skin to repair his daughter’s fire-scarred face.

Mild-mannered waltz instructor is kidnapped by pirates whose ship lands at Las Palamos, where the landlubbers assume the dancer is a pirate cheiftan. Dir. Lloyd Corrigan

A British fortune-hunter playboy is killing his rich wives in order to inherit their wealth.