Author Archive: Retro

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.

This star-laden western serial has our able heroes escaping various perils devised by the evil Wolfe Reade and his pack of outlaws, who wish to lay claim to a fabled lost mine.

After inventing an anti-gravity device, scientist Thomas Edmonds and his daughter Mary attend the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio in search of a pilot to demonstrate the device and Bob Raymond, from the U.S. Border Patrol, is chosen.

A money launderer uses women’s wrestling as a front for his illegal activities, but earns the enmity of a powerful mobster

A sleazy gangster has a gang of young girls commit robberies and prostitution for him by getting them hooked on drugs.

An old Gothic cathedral, built over a mass grave, develops strange powers which trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.

Aviator Dick Moreland uses his winnings from a recent flight to fund an expedition to recover treasure buried by his pirate ancestor. However, Stanley Brasset, another member of Moreland’s club, steals his map and sets out to find the treasure for himself. 

Building contractor finds out that his new investor requires him to take out a large life insurance policy. He’s suspicious, but is unable to stay away from the investor’s sexy wife. Screenplay and theme song written by Hank McCune. Dir. Paul Guilfoyle

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered former British Navy captain. Waldridge brings his former gun crew…who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there’ll be gold aboard. The gold duly arrives, and with it Waldridge’s former sweetheart Leslie, who’s fond of a bit of gold herself. Which side is Waldridge really on? During the War of 1812, the captain of the American ship “Concord” faces a mutiny when an officer pretends to be loyal to Britain in order to steal gold bullion from France. Produced by Maurice and Frank King. Dir. Edward Dmytryk