Three black-clad agents — the Tigresses: Emily, Diana, and Barbara — battle the master criminal Garrick, who is after a secret formula, though their efforts are complicated by the fact that one’s boyfriend actually works for the evil villain. A maid who wants to become an agent herself provides some comic relief. A fairly entertaining …
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A Bay of Blood (1971)
Rather a jumbled plot, as the murder of a wealthy woman by her husband sets in motion a series of killings, including a couple that served as inspirations for scenes in later slasher movies. There’s no one to root for, really, in the film, directed by Mario Bava and originally titled Ecologia del delitto, and …
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (Universal, 1953)
Fans of the comic duo will likely have a fun time with Abbott and Costello’s science fiction comedy, in which the pair end up accidentally setting off in a rocket ship bound (they think) for Mars, though subsequent events prove their first destination much closer to home, while they do get a longer journey later. …
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The Raven (Universal, 1935)
A brilliant neurologist (Bela Lugosi) becomes obsessed with a young socialite (Irene Ware) whose life he has saved, and he will stop at nothing — not even murder — to win her. Lugosi is excellent in the role, and Boris Karloff is on hand, too, as a criminal whom the doctor recruits to help him, …
Monogram Monday: Six-Gun Serenade (1947)
A wandering cowpoke (Jimmy Wakely) who rescues an orphaned calf finds himself arrested and eventually sent on a work detail to a ranch whose owner (Kay Morley) has been facing difficulties from rustlers, sufficient to make it likely that she will lose her ranch in foreclosure. Jimmy and his fellow prisoners (including Lee “Lasses” White) …
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Long Live … Your Death! (1971)
Amusing but uneven, this western comedy, originally titled ¡Viva la muerte… tua!, features Peter Nero and Eli Wallach as the roguish Prince Dmitri Vassilovich Orlowsky and the petty bandit Max Lozoya, respectively, who team up to go after a hidden fortune but along the way get involved with a revolution-pushing Irish reporter (Lynn Redgrave), a …
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Jungle Moon Men (Columbia, 1955)
The end was near for Johnny Weissmuller’s adventures in backlot and soundstage jungles with 1955’s Jungle Moon Men, one of three films in which he played a character named, in fact, “Johnny Weissmuller.” This time around, Johnny accompanies an author (Jean Byron), nice guy Bob Prentice (William Henry), and shady guide Mark Santo (Myron Healey) …
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Bombs Over Burma (PRC, 1942)
A Chinese schoolteacher (Anna May Wong) becomes a secret agent for her country in the wake of a Japanese bombing of her village that resulted in one little student’s death. The meat of the movie that follows is largely a mystery: A group of travelers forced to take shelter at a monastery clearly contains a …
Desert Phantom (1936)
Billy Donovan (Johnny Mack Brown) adopts the guise of an ammunition salesman as he seeks the man responsible for the deaths of his sister and brother-in-law. He comes to the aid of ranch owner Jean Halloran (Sheila Bromley), who is being threatened by the mysterious “Phantom” in an effort to force her off her land. …
Billy the Kid’s Range War (PRC, 1941)
Billy the Kid (Bob Steele) and sidekick Fuzzy (Al St. John) tackle the problem of a counterfeit “Kid” while dodging an old friend, a lawman set to arrest Billy for crimes he has not committed. Steele is his usual appealing self, and Fuzzy brings the humor one expects, though the low budget for this PRC …
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