Boston Blackie is back, this time arguing for a sort of work-release program for prisoners so they can help with war production efforts. Of course, things go wrong from the very start, as one of the convicts uses permission to visit his wife and child as an opportunity to retrieve the loot from his crime …
Read the full post →“<em>The Chance of a Lifetime</em> (Columbia, 1943)”
Bob Rivers (Bob Steele) and his pal Grizzly (George ‘Gabby’ Hayes) are pals who wander the West, getting mixed up in all kinds of scrapes and ending up wanted in various localities, despite never acting against the law. Their latest travels take them to California, where they are unknown (and not yet wanted by the …
Read the full post →“<em>Galloping Romeo</em> (Monogram, 1933)”
In The Mystery of Chess Boxing (original title: Shuang ma lian huan), a young man out to avenge his father’s murder at the hands of the infamous Ghost Face Killer first seeks training at a martial arts school where he is bullied by one of the advanced students but does get some learning from the …
Read the full post →“<em>The Mystery of Chess Boxing</em> (1979)”
The head of the U.S. Government’s Cipher Bureau (Leon Ames) and his skilled crew of assistants battle foreign agents. But matters get complicated when spies use a femme fatale (Joan Woodbury) to target his brother Paul (Don Dillaway). Will the official be able to foil a plot aimed at stealing important papers, a plot that …
Read the full post →“<em>Cipher Bureau</em> (Grand National, 1938)”
A shell-shocked nurse (Nina Foch) recovering from her trauma has a vivid dream in which she sees a young man being attacked on a foggy bridge while she stands nearby. When she later meets the young man (William Wright at the hotel where she and he are both convalescing, her vision sets the stage for …
Read the full post →“<em>Escape in the Fog</em> (Columbia, 1945)”
Guys who find that the women at Alpine College won’t go out with them because of advice from the dean’s secretary, Susan Benchley (Chris Noel), recruit surf bum Ronnie Duke (Gary Clarke) to woo her, though she already has a fiancé, the captain of the school’s ski team (Steve Franken). Ronnie pretends to be the …
Read the full post →“<em>Wild Wild Winter</em> (Universal, 1966)”
An espionage agent investigates the theft of important secrets from a noted official’s home. Who among his household has been stealing the papers? Could it even be the official himself? The whodunit element is strong in this film, which predates and is distinct from the 1960s French movie series, but the pace is a bit …
Read the full post →“<em>O.S.S. 117 n’est pas mort</em> (1957)”
Bud and Lou are two volunteer firemen who rescue a man attempting suicide (Tom Ewell) on account of disappointment in love. When it turns out that the man has an incredibly wealthy gold claim up north, the boys accompany him back to help him win the gal (and to get some of the gold, of …
Read the full post →“<em>Lost in Alaska</em> (Universal, 1953)”
