Richard Dix stars as a police chief with a hidden criminal past who is framed when he tries to crack down on an auto-theft ring. A special investigator (Don Porter) is not convinced of the chief’s innocence, but his loyal and adoring secretary (Wendy Barrie) although it seems that a new romance may be in …
Read the full post →“<em>Eyes of the Underworld</em> (Universal, 1942)”
In this grim movie, also known as Super Gun Lady Police Branch 82, two policewomen investigate after a company official is murdered in a crime that is dressed up as suicide. Excessive violence and the degradation of one protagonist and of others make for unpleasant viewing, and a bank robbery-hostage “diversion” drags on for far …
Read the full post →“<em>Sûpâ gun redei Wani Bunsho</em> (1979)”
John Bishop (John Wayne), wrongfully accused of cheating in a stagecoach race and causing injury to his rival, is backed by his boss (Henry B. Walthall), whose own son was accused of a crime and ended up in the gang of Monte Black (J. P. McGowan), down in Sonora. John heads across the border to …
Read the full post →“<em>Somewhere in Sonora</em> (WB, 1933)”
Richard Johnson returns as Bulldog Drummond, super-spy, continuing the character portrayal begun in Deadlier Than the Male, though this time around there’s no nephew. Drummond is charged with investigating a series of accidents befalling those working on the SST, and he eventually must confront an evil mastermind who has created an army of female robots …
Weng Weng returns as Agent 00 in the follow-up to For Y’ur Height Only. This time around, the 2’9″ secret agent is working for Interpol, and his mission involves foiling Mr. X, a master criminal who is menacing the country and whose identity is unknown. More fun fights and amusing shenanigans make this an OK …
The 2’9″-tall Weng Weng stars as Agent 00, a Filipino secret agent tasked with foiling a villain’s plans to use a scientist’s lethal invention to blackmail the world. Amusing sequences and lines, clever gadgets, and a rather wild plot help explain why the movie was a surprise success. Fans of the spy genre are likely …
Twists galore and a fair amount of action make for an entertaining tale as three Confederate soldiers facing death for selling guns — George Hilton, Edd Byrnes, and Jorge Martín — are given their freedom (after a fashion) in exchange for going after some stolen Confederate gold. The protagonists aren’t particularly admirable, but it is …
Read the full post →“<em>Professionals for a Massacre</em> (1967)”
Pedestrian pacing and a poor script, together with a less-than-likeable main character, sink this 1970 action movie, based on the novel by Mickey Spillane and starring Christopher George as Morgan, the freelancer forced into helping out the government in a plan to rescue an imprisoned scientist. Yvette Mimieux is the agent assigned to work with …
Lightweight entertainment in which Barry Gilbert and Doc Norton (Louis Hayward and J. C. Nugent), two guys down on their luck, take shelter in an empty home, only to awaken to the arrival of servants, who take Barry to be the rightful owner, John Clark Reitter, Jr. (Eric Linden), who is estranged from his newspaper-owning …
Read the full post →“<em>Midnight Intruder</em> (Universal, 1938)”
