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The craggy peaks of Topa Topa become a backdrop for murder when crooked fur-trapper Pete Taylor kills his partner Joe Morton. Using the teeth from a dead wolf's pelt, Taylor gouges the fresh corpse with jagged rips in order to shift blame for the killing to a noble canine named Fangs. Naturalist Tom Turner believes that the dog is innocent of the killing, but lacks evidence. The authorities assume Fangs is responsible and condemn him to death. Tragedy again strikes the rural community when an...

Tony is tormented by his cursed heritage. Legend has it that his ancestor, the mad painter Sordi, poisoned his unfaithful wife. Her portrait was mysteriously altered after the heinous act was committed. Tony is compelled to possess the painting, which is actually the work of the famous artist Titian. He also desires the beautiful Vera, whose heart belongs to another man.The priceless painting is actually hidden in the home of an elderly man who is brutally murdered by a mysterious phantom that...

Cockfighter (1974, Color): Cockfighter Frank Mansfield never speaks. He prefers to have his birds do the talking for him by ripping apart the competition. Frank's life however, plummets into a downward spiral when he loses his prized cock, trailer and girlfriend to fellow trainer Jack Burke. Frank is now on a relentless mission to regain his pride and reputation by becoming "Cockfighter of the Year."Cockfighter, based on Charles Willeford's novel of the same name, features several scenes of...

An old witch is burned at the stake. Before death, she curses a small Scottish village by condemning innocent young women to hang themselves from the charred branches of an old tree. A century later, her great granddaughter returns to the village to spend her honeymoon in the Witch's long abandoned castle. The townspeople, fearing the young girl is also a witch, condemn her to death by burning. Maciste (Kirk Morris) arrives to prove the young girl's innocence, but must first break the witch's...

The character of Boston Blackie, legendary safecracker-turned-sleuth, first appeared in popular short stories penned by author Jack Boyle as early as 1914. He was then portrayed in several silent movies of the era, followed by a Columbia Boston Blackie film series and two separate radio series during the 1940s. Blackie eventually made his television debut in this 1950s TV series starring Kent Taylor, with Lois Collier as his girlfriend Mary Wesley and Frank Orth as the eternally befuddled...

A popular TV series in the late 1950's, "Lock-Up" dramatizes how innocent citizens can be accused and punished for serious crimes, and that a thorough investigation - without prejudice, is the unalienable right of every citizen. The inspiration for these weekly stories (78 episodes from 1959 through 1961), came from the personal files and case histories of prominent, Philadelphia lawyer, Herbert L. Maris, a man who strongly believed in the major canon of American jurisprudence: That we are all...

On the run from her impending marriage, beautiful Willy (Kay Aldridge) picks up a young soldier (Dave O'Brien) hitchhiking his way home. Fueled by an instant attraction, they become entangled in a web of lies that the mysterious Willy concocts in an effort to hide her real identity - which lands them both in jail... twice! When the scandal hits the newspapers, Willy's mother and fiance, eager to keep the two apart, uncover a secret that could send the new paramour back to jail. What they don't...

On the banks of the river Ganges lies a small Hindu village of farmers and fishermen. Their only treasure is a sacred ruby, safely hidden in an underground temple dedicated to Vishnu. According to an ancient prophecy, as long as the gem remains in its temple, no famine will befall the village, and no enemy will enslave it. Usaka, the power-hungry chief of the village, ignores this warning and makes a deal with white traders to exchange the ruby for modern weapons. A humble fisherman, Aimur,...

Easy, sleazy, and dirty. That's what the short movies you could see in a peep machine were. For the cost of a few coins, a variety of beautiful babes undressed before your eyes. They weren't always glamorous, but they were always stacked. And if you were lucky, maybe they had a little fun with themselves. In the 1950s and 60s these little films were commonplace, but now they're part of a bygone era. This collection brings together over an hour of those short subjects, and take you back to the...

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the men who made Amos 'n' Andy the biggest success of the Golden Age of Radio, play cartoon versions of their famous characters in this long-lost prime-time animated series! Excited by the popularity of The Flintstones among adults, ABC executives asked producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher (creators of Leave It To Beaver) to deliver a new evening cartoon show. The pair drew inspiration from their background in radio; they had started as writers for Amos 'n'...

Joseph H. Lewis' masterpiece, The Big Combo, stands alongside Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity, Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour and Fritz Lang's The Big Heat as one of the truly great film noir classics. This dark film is an unrelenting and tormented catalogue of savage violence, grotesquely black irony and dangerously obsessed sexuality.Police detective Leonard Diamond (Cornel Wilde) has two dangerous obsessions. He's on a reckless, hell-bent crusade to bring down smooth and sadistic gangster, Mr....

Cyclone Ranger (1935, B&W): On the run from the law, the Pecos Kid heads to Mexico where he poses as Juan, the long lost son of a blind landowner, Dona Castalar. The real Juan Castalar, a rustler, has been shot down by the sheriff. In an effort to go straight, the kid takes over as foreman, managing the ranch for his "mother," while protecting Senora Castalar from learning the tragic fate of her son. All is well until the Kid's former outlaw pal, Duke shows up, intent on blackmailing him. The...