An ex-sheriff (Lee Van Cleef) who lost his job because he wouldn’t acknowledge a prisoner’s guilt helps that prisoner, Philip Vermeer (Alberto Dentice), foil his pursuers, bounty hunters and the Saxon brothers (Horst Frank, Klaus Grünberg, and Marc Mazza), as they all head toward a final battle and the revelation of just who murdered the …
Big Boy Rides Again (1935)
The earnest charm of Guinn “Big Boy” Williams provides some appeal in this story of a young man out to avenge his rancher father’s murder and pursuing a black-hooded figure that would fit well in an “Old Dark House” mystery. Gaping plot holes (e.g., what was up with the servant’s apparent attempt to poison the …
Dr. Satán y la magia negra (1968)
Two sets of bad guys — Dr. Satan (Joaquín Cordero) is one, working for King Devil, and the other is Yei Lin (Noé Murayama), a wizard (but apparently a vampire) working for some unknown power — battle for possession of the formula of Dr. Sorensen (José Luis Llamas), which can be used to transmute base …
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Battle in Outer Space (1959)
Aliens destroy a space station and then bring their attacks to the Earth’s surface as well, prompting the nations of the world to work together, first to send a scouting party to find the aliens’ base on the Moon, and then to battle the aliens’ attack force. A fair amount of action and some good …
Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)
Jungle movies get the Carry On treatment, with Sid James as a boozing safari guide and hunter who can’t seem to hit anything but one of his bearers; Terry Scott as Ugh, a Tarzan-like individual who finds his “June” in Jacki Piper, the companion to Lady Evelyn Bagley (Joan Sims), who has come on safari …
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Girl Missing (WB, 1933)
Kay Curtis (Glenda Farrell) and June Dale (Mary Brian) are two golddiggers left stranded in Florida when their mark (Guy Kibbee) gets wise that he’s not going to get any action. When a former fellow performer marries a millionaire (Ben Lyon) but disappears, perhaps kidnapped, on their wedding night, while a local gambler (Harold Huber) …
Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
An attorney (Walter Brandi) is summoned to a castle only to find that the person who had sent for the senior partner of the firm has in fact been dead for nearly a year. On hand are the dead man’s daughter (Mirella Maravidi), his second wife (Barbara Steele), and an odd servant (Luciano Pigozzi). Strange …
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The Crooked Circle (1932)
After the arrest of one of its members, the Crooked Circle, a secret society of crooks, plots vengeance against Col. Walters (Berton Churchill), the head of a rival organization on the side of law and order, and plenty of spooky doings follow at that man’s new home, an old mansion with a sinister reputation. Will …
The Rawhide Terror (1934)
Settlers are gunned down by crooks pretending to be Indians, but the two sons survive, with the elder vanishing into the brush while laughing hysterically. Years pass, and the former renegades are now respected citizens, but they are meeting their doom at the hands of the title character, whose face can be glimpsed in the …
House of Danger (1934)
A man (Onslow Stevens) arrives at the home of his pal, Ralph Nelson, claiming to be Ralph himself. He is actually Don Phillips, who has come there at the request of his friend (James Bush), as Ralph fears some menace threatens both the estate and his former near-fiancée, Sylvia Evans (Janet Chandler). Don is not …