Alex Cord is a recovering alcoholic archaeologist excavating Etruscan tombs when a killer begins attacking people in some way tied to the dig, or to the family of an eccentric composer (John Marley) whose household includes the archaeologist’s former lover (Samantha Eggar). The movie is rather slow going in the middle, with weird behavior piled …
The Big Steal (RKO, 1949)
In The Big Steal, Joan Graham (Jane Greer) is after her fiancĂ©, Jim Fiske (Patric Knowles), who skipped to Mexico with $2,000, ends up involved with Duke Halliday (Robert Mitchum) who is seeking the fugitive as well, for a much bigger sum stolen in a payroll heist. Halliday in turn is being pursued by his …
War of the Planets (1966)
In War of the Planets (original title: I diafanoidi vengono da Marte), gaseous green aliens attack Earth’s space stations and take possession of some of the crews, using them as hosts united with the alien intelligence. It’s up to one maverick captain and a few colleagues to try to end this menace after most conventional …
Underground Rustlers (Monogram, 1941)
In Underground Rustlers, the Federal government calls on the Range Busters to foil a plot to steal western gold and enable the cornering of the gold market. Alibi gets a fair amount to do in this one, working undercover as a traveling salesman, while Crash and Dusty operate in the open as government agents trying …
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