Hijackers end up with a truckload of nitroglycerine — a sinister criminal wants it for his own purposes, while the FBI races to recover it before the unstable explosive brings death and destruction to Manhattan. Who will find the hidden stash first, and what will happen as the time before catastrophe ticks away? Can agent …
Read the full post →“<em>The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight</em> (1966)”
This dull spy flick, originally titled Mister Dynamit – Morgen küßt euch der Tod and also known as Die Slowly, You’ll Enjoy It More, stars Lex Barker as a West German secret agent called in to assist the United States when a master criminal is using a missing atomic bomb to blackmail the country. The …
Read the full post →“<em>Spy Today, Die Tomorrow</em> (1967)”
Lash (Lash La Rue) and Fuzzy (Al St. John) tangle with smugglers and Lash’s long-lost brother in this fair outing. Of course, the brother, who is in cahoots with the bad guys, is Lash’s twin, so there’s an opportunity for substitution; the family tie complicates the confrontations, too. The movie is entertaining enough for fans, …
A surprising ending adds interest to this Johnny Mack Brown feature, one of his Nevada Jack McKenzie series costarring Raymond Hatton as U.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins. Much of the focus in the picture is on the title character (played by Marshall Reed), a man involved with a gang of outlaws who sets out to cross …
Read the full post →“Monogram Monday: <em>The Texas Kid</em> (1943)”
Unoriginal but entertaining western has a bad man (Audie Murphy) throwing in his lot with a rancher (Paul Kelly) being targeted by the crook who originally hired him. Murphy has appeal, and the other performers are effective in their roles; though the plot is fairly standard, watching this is a pleasant way to spend a …
