In this thriller, an enigmatic phantom lives in the dank tunnels running beneath the ramshackle back lot of a former movie...
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1974
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Speed (Ross Hagen) is the leader of a rowdy biker gang who reluctantly leaves his girlfriend, Donna (Jill Woefel), behind...
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1972
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Al Adamson, shameless purveyor of countless horror anti-classics, juggles around most of the footage from his 1965 clunker...
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1972
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King Amir (Reed Hadley), the beloved leader of a small Middle Eastern country named Khaleed, is sick with terminal cancer and...
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Dr. Trenton
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1971
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Bikers, Nazis, Mafiosi, and the FBI all clash in this wild and wooly exploitation picture from director Al Adamson. Mark...
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Count von Delberg
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1970
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Captain Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) is the American officer who joins the British in an attempt to smuggle scientist Von...
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1970
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The Mojave desert becomes a battleground when vicious bikers go on a killing spree, causing innocent would-be victims to get...
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Lew
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1969
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The hunt for a gigantic African gorilla provides the basis for this adventure-fantasy. A circus manager leads the expedition...
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1969
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The Philippine splatterfest Brides of Blood has also been released as Brides of the Beast, Island of Living Horror and Grave...
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1968
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In this western, a cavalry sergeant is wrongly court-martialed. To reclaim his good name, he takes over a patrol that just...
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1965
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This is the first of numerous westerns produced by A.C. Lyles which became famous not for their stories but for who played in...
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1964
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In this mystery a Yankee gambler travels to Puerto Rico to see his brother. He soon discovers that his brother has been...
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1963
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Those ever-sneaky Martians are at it again in this sci-fi horror outing that closely resembles Invasion of the Body...
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1963
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The hand of an exploded astronaut takes on a life of its own in this unintentionally funny horror film that begins when the...
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Doc Weitzberg
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1963
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In this western, a notorious gunfighter's son is captured by a ruthless, bullying sheriff. He manages to escape and get...
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1962
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Set in the mid-19th century during the California Gold Rush when the long-time Spanish residents of the territory found...
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1962
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In this complex western, set in Arizona during the 1870s, a cowboy kills a wanted man, goes to collect the $8,000 reward and...
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Johnny Barnes
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1961
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In every way a routine western except for its excellent color photography, Walk Tall by "B"-movie director Maury Dexter...
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Ed Carter
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1960
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There's a measure of sympathy for the Apaches at the beginning of Fort Bowie. Under the tyrannical rule of ambitious Major...
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Col. James Garrett
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1958
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In a seminal version of his Death Wish characterization, Charles Bronson plays Alan Avery, a mild-manned L.A. schoolteacher...
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Bryce Barker
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1958
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Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt (Sterling Hayden) faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a...
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Quincy
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1957
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In this thriller, an American visits England and finds himself entangled with international spies after they kidnap a famous...
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1957
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Just before achieving TV stardom as The Sheriff of Cochise, John Bromfield headed the cast of Frontier Gambler. Coleen Gray...
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1956
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A series of mysterious deaths of fishermen and swimmers along a stretch of beach attract the attention of scientist Dr. Ted...
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Ted
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1956
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This little film noir is freely adapted from James M. Cain's novel Love's Lovely Counterfeit, the story of a gangster...
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Frank Jansen
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1956
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In this crime drama, the trouble begins when a crook cheats his buddies at a dog track, stuffs his loot into a suitcase, and...
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1956
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Anse Conroy
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1955
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Shelley Winters was still in the sex-symbol phase of her career when she headed the cast of Universal's Playgirl....
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1954
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This ultra-low-budget melodrama once more warns us to be on guard against the Red Menace. Kent Taylor stars as an outwardly...
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1952
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Just before filming All About Eve, Bette Davis starred in the marital melodrama Payment on Demand. Davis plays Joyce Ramsey,...
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Robert Townsend
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1951
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Despite its title, Western Pacific Agent is a contemporary crime melodrama. Kent Taylor stars as a railroad detective,...
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1950
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Jed Kilgore
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1950
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The federal agent "at large" in this Republic programmer is played by Kent Taylor. On the trail of gold smugglers in Mexico,...
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Matt Reedy
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1950
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In this mystery, a detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is...
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Wade Hamilton
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1948
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In this suspense film, a detective must find the murderer of a rich and jealous wife and her husband, a doctor with a...
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Larry Morgan
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1947
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In this crime melodrama, two would-be jewel thieves conspire to pull a heist, but are frustrated because the police are able...
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Kendal Wolf
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1947
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In this crime drama, two crooks dupe their friend, a professional gambler, into nipping some important government documents....
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1946
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In this mystery, a millionaire shipping tycoon commands that eight of his relatives come to his Chinese mountain retreat...
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Jack Clark
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1946
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With The Outlaw still being withheld from general release, Young Widow represented the first time that most filmgoers ever...
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Peter Waring
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1946
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A rare black-and-white Maria Montez vehicle, Tangier can be described as a second-echelon Casablanca. Montez plays a Spanish...
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Ramon
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1946
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Mark Fenton
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1946
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In this action western, the notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave,...
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Bob Dalton
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1945
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This '40s film (based upon a Jack London story) is set in Alaska's gold rush days and revolves around the dilemma faced by a...
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1944
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Melodramatic gangster action characterizes this tough and freely fictionalized biography of notorious, murderous Chicago...
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Steve Warren
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1944
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An American pilot swears to get revenge on the German ace who shot his brother in this war movie set in war-torn Europe....
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Capt. Paul Husnik
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1943
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Universal contractee Irene Hervey, generally required to stand by the sidelines while the leading men did all the acting, was...
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Peter Brewster
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1942
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RKO Radio's Army Surgeon is something of a rarity: A WW2 drama set mostly in WW1. On board a transport ship bound for Europe,...
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Lt. Philip Harvey
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1942
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Based on a popular radio series, this Universal serial, produced in 13 chapters, starred two of the studio's better B-movie...
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1942
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Half Way to Shanghai is Burma, according to this Universal B-grade actioner. The film takes place almost in its entirety on a...
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Alexander Barton
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1942
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Johnny Forbes
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1942
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This Western is set in the Arizona town and centers on former gunslinger Wyatt Earp who has been recently deputized and is...
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Doc Holliday
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1942
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In this romance, a wealthy young heiress marries an avaricious foreigner to please her father and then dreams of finding...
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Richard Hughes
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1941
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With a little extra effort, Washington Melodrama might have passed muster as an A picture. Frank Morgan stars as millionaire...
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Hal Thorne
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1941
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In this comedy drama based on Shaw's play Pygmalion, and set in the 1800s, a wealthy playwright rescues a beautiful street...
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MacMillan
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1940
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The Girl in 313 is undercover police detective Joan Matthews (Florence Rice), who infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves. It is...
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Gregg Dunn
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1940
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This romance chronicles the relationship between a stuntman and his movie star wife. When a colleague of his is killed on a...
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Steve Bennett
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1940
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This soapy drama stars Hedy Lamarr as a would be model who meets a research doctor en route to the US from Europe. They meet...
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Phil Mayberry
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1940
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Richard Dix is his usual strong, silent self in RKO Radio's Men Against the Sky. Dix plays a washed-up pilot who designs a...
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Martin Ames
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1940
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Two Girls on Broadway is an updated reworking of MGM's Oscar-winning 1929 musical Broadway Melody. Joan Blondell and...
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"Chat" Chatsworth
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1940
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In this drama, a department store owner is deeply saddened to learn that none of his grown sons are interested in taking...
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Gene Pardway
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1939
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Often cited as a "model" B picture, Five Came Back is set in motion when the twelve-seat passenger plane "Southern Star"...
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1939
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Thanks to a practical joker, hotshot radio newscaster Steve (Kent Taylor) announces that prominent financier Pomeroy (Morgan...
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Steve Lonigan
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1939
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In this drama, a waitress leaves her husband after getting sick of being alone while her husband, a commercial pilot, plies...
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Nick Conlan
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1939
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A longtime fan of comedians George Burns and Gracie Allen, "Philo Vance" creator S. S. Van Dyne wrote a tailor-made...
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Bill Brown
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1939
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In this musical adventure, a Latin American motorcycle-taxi driver shows an American tourist around his city. He next fixes...
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Fleming
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1939
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This hospital drama chronicles the exploits of four nursing students enrolled in a three-year training course. One of them...
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1939
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Every so often, the delightful Dorothea Kent would break away from dumb-blonde roles to play a "straight" romantic lead. One...
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Duncan MacLain
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1938
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Universal ran into censorship problems with this farfetched but well-acted courtroom drama directed by silent screen veteran...
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Walter Russell
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1938
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Jeff Langan
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1937
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Girl with Ideas was Universal Pictures' version of MGM's matchless Libeled Lady. Wendy Barrie plays a society girl miffed at...
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Frank Barnes
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1937
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A novel by Arthur Stringer was the source for this two-fisted Universal programmer. When a giant utility company begins...
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Owen Merrill
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1937
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In this wartime drama, a young woman nearly comes unhinged when her husband, a Navy pilot, is transferred to Pearl Harbor on...
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Greg Chandler
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1937
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In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no...
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Andy Russell
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1937
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In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler. While there, the two...
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Steve Macy
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1937
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A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue in this comedy. Among the passengers is a millionaire bon vivant...
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Wally Tucker
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1936
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First filmed in 1910, the venerable Helen Hunt Jackson novel Ramona was remade in 1936 in full Technicolor (20th...
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1936
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In this crime drama, a girl whose father was murdered by gangsters wants to marry into a rich family. Her fiance's mother...
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John DeWitt Tyler III
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1936
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In this airborne adventure, three pals from WW I team up to run a commercial airline. They have also been working on a new...
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Tommy Wade
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1936
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Dynamic district attorney Douglas Goodwin (Paul Kelly) has no patience with murderers: his philosophy is "burn them all," and...
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Jerry Welch
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1936
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George Ade's turn-of-the-century stage success The County Chairman was retailored as a Will Rogers vehicle in 1935. Set in...
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Ben Jarvey
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1935
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Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealthy father commits...
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Nick Graham
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1935
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Never mind the title and the musical content: College Scandal is at heart a murder mystery, and a pretty suspenseful one at...
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Seth Dunlap
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1935
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In this melodramatic adventure, a young woman is abducted by Chinese bandits. One of them is a free-lance pilot in need of...
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1935
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Two Fisted is based on the James Gleason-Richard Taber stage play Is Zat So?, previously filmed under its original title in...
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Clint Blackburn
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1935
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Previously filmed in 1915, David Harum is the story of an upstate New York rancher devoted to trotting races. Will Rogers...
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John
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1934
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It's "Never the twain shall meet" time again, this time in London's Limehouse district. George Raft stars as Harry Young, a...
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Eric Benton
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1934
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Department-store owner Horatio Allen's (George Barbier) biggest mistake is to name his scatterbrained daughter Gracie...
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1934
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In this adaptation of Alberto Casella's stage play, Death assumes human form in order to discover why men fear him. Posing as...
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1934
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Bob Redding
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1934
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Inspired by the eccentric, reclusive Wendel Family of New York's Fifth Avenue, Elizabeth MacFadden's stage melodrama Double...
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Rip Van Brett
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1934
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In this western, a US marshal goes undercover to bust up a bunch of rustlers. The history behind the film is as interesting...
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1933
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This western is an adaptation of a Zane Grey novel and chronicles the exploits of a simple-minded cowpoke who proves his...
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1933
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Wade Benton
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1933
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A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse in this uproarious farce from Paramount. Naming the...
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Dick Garfield
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1933
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Mae West's second starring vehicle, I'm No Angel casts the divine Miss West as the star performer in a seedy circus. Though...
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1933
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Antonio
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1933
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In this campy "adult-oriented" drama from the early 1930s, the ruthless manager of a Malaysian rubber plantation marries a...
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David von Eltz
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1933
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In 1932, Kent Taylor and Gail Patrick were mere Paramount bit players. Within a year, both were playing leads in such...
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1933
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William Faulkner's novel Sanctuary was a notorious bestseller upon its publication in 1931, and while it was successful...
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1933
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1932
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A mentally unstable naval officer goes mad with jealousy when his wife's recent lover shows up as a lieutenant on the...
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1932
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1932
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Forgotten Commandments is a well-meaning but clumsy attempt to explore the consequences of communism. The story takes place...
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1932
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Marlene Dietrich stars as Helen Faraday, a German cabaret singer in the States whose husband, Ned, falls ill and his only...
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1932
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Director Cecil B. DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures for this typically epic production, which became his first box...
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1932
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In this drama, a bandleader thinks that his young friend will be corrupted by his budding relationship with a taxi dancer....
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1932
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If only Merrily We Go To Hell was as interesting as its title! To escape an arranged marriage, heiress Joan Prentice...
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1932
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The patience of a long-suffering wife is finally rewarded in this drama. The devoted wife has known that her husband has...
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1931
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