Ex-gangster Johnny Allegro (George Raft) makes the acquaintance of the beautiful Glenda Chapman (Nina Foch) when he helps her out of a tight spot. As a result, a Government agent persuades Allegro to exploit his new contact to go undercover and infiltrate a crime ring led by Glenda's husband, Morgan Vallin (George Macready, Gilda). Allegro achieves his objective, arriving at an island owned by Vallin, but realizes quickly that Vallin is a formidable opponent with a disturbing hobby. Can...
Who was the cold-blooded villain who hijacked $5 million in gold from the freighter Quincy, killed the captain and all the crew, then escaped in a small boat? This is the mystery that Johnny Angel (George Raft) intends to solve - for that ship's captain was his father! Angel's only lead is Paulette (Signe Hasso), a French refugee who was aboard the ship, hidden beneath a batch cover at the time of the appalling crime. Paulette claims to have seen the entire ghastly crime - except the...
Life is hard on MacDonald farm in stony, windswept Nova Scotia - and harder for young Belinda, a deaf mute whose affliction has been confused with mental deficiency. Then the town's new doctor takes an interest in helping her break out of her silent prison. Jane Wyman won the Best Actress Academy Award for her sensitive portrayal of Belinda, capturing the girl's affecting isolation, awakening desire to learn and ultimate triumph. Directed by Jean Negulesco and co-starring Lew Ayres, Charles...
Johnny Cash, legendary country singer and "The Man in Black", was also an accomplished actor. Here he stars in two unique films: 'Five Minutes To Live' (1961) and 'The Pride of Jesse Hallam' (1980).
Johnny Cypher, brilliant scientist of the future, becomes humanity's greatest hope for survival when he discovers the incalculable power of Dimension Zero, an indestructible force which enables him to travel through time and space in superhuman form. Hovering above Earth in his space satellite, Johnny maintains his space vigil with the aid of his beautiful assistant, Zena, and a friendly Martian named Rhom. Together, they ward off all attempts to destroy and plunder Earth, halting attacks from...
The "Housing Shortage Comedy" might have been a short-lived sub-genre of World War II-era comedy, but it produced some gems in its short lifespan. Among them is this antic, code-provoking jewel from Monogram Pictures starring Simone Simon (Cat People). Quebec-native Kathie Aumont (Simon) finds herself sans shelter in Washington, D.C. Striking sparks with a shipping-out Marine (William Terry), Kathie convinces the handsome leatherneck to sub-let his place to her. But he neglects to tell her he...
Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Rings Twice") stars as the daughter of a prominent D.A. who is manipulated by gangster Robert Taylor ("Ivanhoe," "All the Brothers Were Valiant") when she falls head over heels for him. Van Heflin ("Shane," "The Three Musketeers") received an Academy Award as Taylor's alcoholic confident. With Edward Arnold ("Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"), Robert Sterling ("Show Boat"), Emmy-winner Glenda Farrell ("Kissin' Cousins"), and Barry Nelson ("The...
In a world where reality and make-believe often collide, a late night horror host is flung headlong into the very film he is presenting. Now, he must bring the events in the film to their logical conclusion, or be trapped forever in celluloid.
A 4-DVD set containing eight action-packed cowboy adventures starring Johnny Mack Brown.
Johnny Mack Brown was an All-American football star in college before taking his brawny good looks to Hollywood and signing a contract with MGM in the 30s. His career didn't hit its stride until he left MGM to star in a series of B-westerns for smaller studios. Brown retired in 1953, just as the cowboy genre began its rebirth on TV.Bar-Z Bad Men (1937, B&W): When roguish Jim Waters (Johnny Mack Brown) purchases a half share in Ed Park's cattle ranch, he buys into big trouble. Someone is...
Boothill Brigade (1937, B&W): Roughnecks hired to survey property lines for crooked cattleman Jeff Reynolds threaten to evict families from their land - violently if necessary. Rancher Lon Cardigan also stands to lose his property to the underhanded land-grabber, but nevertheless aims to prevent a bloody range war between Reynolds and the displaced homesteaders. It soon becomes obvious that the only way for the rightful land owners to fend off the swindler and his thugs is to fight or die...
Branded A Coward (1935, B&W): Johnny Hume watches in horror as his parents and older brother are gunned down by "The Cat" and his band of outlaws. Twenty years later, Johnny is still traumatized by the childhood memory, and he's developed a reputation as a gun-shy coward. But his life abruptly changes after he comes to the rescue of a beautiful woman during a stage robbery. When Johnny learns that the thieves were led by a shadowy figure known as "The Cat," his past and present collide. He...
Johnny Mack Brown started out as a romantic lead in the late twenties, but really made his name playing the title role in 1930's Billy The Kid. Brown would prove to be a major western star, featured in dozens of pictures before retiring in the early '50s.Rogue Of The Range (1936, B&W): Confessing to an express company heist he didn't commit, federal agent Dan Doran goes undercover as a prison inmate. His mark is Mitchell, a dangerous outlaw with deep ties to a criminal gang that has been...
A 5-DVD bundle pack of five Johnny Mack Brown western classics.
Keanu Reeves is a space-age courier who's plugged in, turned on and buffed up to deliver the most important data of the 21st century, wet-wired directly into his brain! A rapid-fire roller coaster ofaction and high-impact imagery! Also starring Dolph Lundgren, Takeshi, Ice-T, Dina Meyer and Henry Rollins.
Johnny Mysto dreams of being the world's greatest magician, the only problem is that he is not very good at magic. This is until a chance encounter with Blackmoor the Magician who gives Johnny a magical ring from eighth century England that bestows its wearer with great powers of magic. When a disappearing trick with his brother proves a little too successful and transports him back 1200 years, Johnny must not only rescue him, but settle an ancient dispute among feuding warriors in ancient...
Gangster turned legitimate businessman, Martin Martin, is indicted for a long-since forgotten murder and discovers that the star witness is Dane Cory, his accomplice in the killing. Fearing the outcome of a criminal trial, Martin confronts his former partner and is ambushed. Seriously wounded and seeking retribution, he finds shelter in an abandoned building, where he befriends an injured dog. He learns that the dog is owned by a little girl whose mother is providing Cory with a safe place to...
BACK ON DVD! The citizens of the sleepy town of Stone Junction want nothing more than to lynch the outlaw they have sitting in their jail. But they'll have to get through hard-bitten U.S. Marshal Johnny Reno first! In a story of courage, romance and revenge, Dana Andrews (Laura, The Best Years of Our Lives) portrays Reno, a man of ideals who finds himself standing alone against the powder keg of mob justice. Also starring film legends Jane Russell (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and Lon Chaney Jr....
Sultry Samantha Felton, who lusts after the fortune hoarded by her aging husband, Thomas, and is too impatient to let nature take it's inevitable toll, conspires with her brother, Pedro, to kill him. When old man Felton's true heir, Johnny Yuma, returns to the desert homestead, looking to collect his inheritance, Samantha enlists her ex-lover to gun him down. The plan unravels after Samantha double-crosses her new accomplice leading to a fiery final gun battle over the Felton estate.A...
Academy Award Winner Janet Gaynor appears in her first major role as Anna Burger, a love-struck teenage girl smitten with the dashing, but unavailable Tom O'Day, played by George O'Brien. Tom is an engineer for the Hamilton Lumber Company and engaged to the owner's daughter Gloria, played by Florence Gilbert. He warns the owners of the imminent failure of the dam, only to be ignored, leaving it up to Anna to try to save her community from impending disaster. The Johnstown Flood captures one of...
Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, Johnstown Flood tells the true story of one of the worst disasters in American history. On a stormy day in May of 1889, the South Fork Dam explodes. An entire lake is unleashed as a roaring 45-foot wall of water into the heavily populated valley below. The disaster claimed the lives of more than 2,200 people as the rushing tidal wave and debris tore through the town of Johnstown, crashed into the indestructible stone railroad bridge and flooded the valley. Fires...
The Marine Corps motto Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful) takes on a whole new meaning in this pair of breezy, romantic-comedy adventure films featuring lovesick leathernecks and gung-ho gals!Join the Marines (1937, B&W): Paula is the wild and uncontrollable daughter of Colonel Denbrough. Planning to elope with her beau Steve, she enlists the aide of Olympic hopeful Phil Donlan to help conceal the scheme from her dad. The ruse backfires and Phil is kicked off the team. Now desperately in love,...
After a clown-masked assailant guns down a theater, the owner fights back to re-open her business.