The Film Detective

This short documentary depicts the American assault on the Japanese held island of Iwo Jima. Producer Milton Sperling would later go on to helm such Hollywood war classics as The Battle of the Bulge, Merrill's Marauders, and The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, for which he and writing partner Emmet Lavery earned an Oscar nomination for best screenplay.

A nuclear explosion near Yucca Flats infects a renegade Soviet scientist. Not surprisingly, he must now roam around as a mutated beast! Former wrestler and cult movie favorite Tor Johnson (Plan Nine From Outer Space, Bride of the Monster) stars for director/writer Coleman Francis (The Sky Divers, Night Train to Mundo Fine) For trivia buffs: Tor Johnson kept his head shaved to appear more villainous, but in actuality had blond hair.

Robert Armstrong and Carol Lombard star in this early talkie about a reporter who is dealing with alcoholism and a crumbling marriage, not to mention being accused of a murder he didn't commit! Directed by two-time Oscar nominee Gregory La Cava (My Man Godfrey, Stage Door).

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1975, this stirring chronicle tells the tale of Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura and his attempt to ski down Mt. Everest in 1970. Narrator Douglas Rain reads from Miura's actual diary giving a first-hand look of his thoughts as he ascends the mountain. The grueling expedition resulted in the deaths of several people, all so Miura could live his dream. Co-director Lawrence Schiller would go on to produce and direct some exceptional television...

Rosalind Russell stars as a divorced socialite who joins the Army to be near her boyfriend, only to learn that military life isn't for everybody. From renowned director Norman Z. McLeod (Horse Feathers, Monkey Business), this riotous comedy also features Paul Douglas and Regis Toomey. They don't make comedies like this anymore!

Rather than a gorgeous Hollywood starlet, actor Cameron Mitchell ("Carousel"), playing cowboy Ted Daniels, shares the screen in this film with a magnificent wild horse named Gallant Bess, who he tames, trains and keeps for himself. But after Ted is gravely injured in a fixed rodeo, Bess is stolen away from him and forced to join a cruel traveling carnival in this fast-paced western from director Lew Landers ("The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin").

The Mystery of Mr. Wong is a thrilling mystery made at the height of Hollywood's fascination with Asian sleuths. in the second of what would be a six film series from Monogram, the methodical Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) investigates the murder of an antiques collector. Along the way he deals with curses, smugglers, and an ever-evolving cast of suspects. Featuring a cast that includes Grant Withers and Lotus Long, the film was directed by William Nigh, the creative force behind such Monogram...

Bela Lugosi and the East Side Kids team up in this crazy comedy from Monogram Pictures. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Sunshine Sammy Morrison and the rest of the gang find themselves at a spooky mansion owned by the mysterious Nardo (Lugosi). Things get weird when the boys see one of their pals walking around in a trance. Did Nardo turn him into a zombie? Watch and find out!

In Kansas City Confidential, four robbers hold up an armored truck, getting away with over a million dollars in cash. Joe Rolfe (John Payne), a down-on-his-luck delivery driver who is accused of involvement in the heist, sets out to discover who set him up and to exact revenge. He follows a trail that leads him to a web of hired killers and corrupt police in Mexico. Kansas City Confidential was the source of inspiration for QuentinTarantino's "Resevoir Dogs". An imaginative film noir classic,...

When a mother dies of heart failure in a doctor's office, the physician--feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn't save her--takes an interest in the woman's young daughter, and makes her his ward, but his fiance doesn't particularly like it. After he returns from a three-year engagement in Europe, the doctor discovers that his ward is now a beautiful, full-grown woman, and finds himself falling for her--even though she's engaged to his fiance's brother.

Two Oscar nominations went to this dramatic story of a young man out to avenge his father's wrongful execution. Burgess Meredith and John Carradine star in this compelling drama from director Alfred Santell, while the cinematography was by two time Oscar nominee J. Peverell Marley (Life With Father, Suez). This feature was also nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Venice Film Festival of 1937, nearly winning the coveted Mussolini Cup.

Lloyd Bridges and Barbara Payton star in this suspenseful drama from director Richard Fleischer (The Boston Strangler, Soylent Green). Bridges plays a plays a jailed counterfeiter who is released on the condition that he helps trap the people who are now 'using his plates' to print money. Cinematography by Guy Roe (The Cobra Strikes) and a musical score by Sol Kaplan (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Niagara) give this feature a touch of noir atmosphere, all overseen by Oscar nominated...