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Ruthless spies kill an American scientist in a failed attempt to steal the secret formula for a deadly poison. The only other person with access to the process is the chemist's lab assistant, Nadine Nicolas, an immigrant with dreams of becoming a U.S. citizen. Falsely accused of being part of the spy ring, Nadine is imprisoned and misses her last chance to take her citizenship test. Though finally acquitted in a very public trial, she is immediately listed for deportation and put on a train...

World famous scientist Andrew Hartwell has been murdered and Jack O'Day (Bob Steele) is to determined to find out who killed him and why. Together with Lucky Smith, Jack stampedes his way into a mystery involving a stolen letter, a slew of suspects and an incompetent sheriff who is convinced that Hartwell's beautiful niece Barbara is the killer.

Rattlesnakes fight on the scorching sand as a blood-soaked revenge drama smolders in the desert heat. Brute gunslinger Cheney Holland (Don Megowan) seeks retribution for his brother's execution by lawmen. Opposed by cunning nemesis Marshal Matt Gordon (Jim Davis) and aided by his lover Sherry (Allison Hayes), Holland will stop at nothing in his bid to settle the score.Violent, sexually provocative and lurid, A Lust To Kill is a pulpy 50s Western electrified by a tantalizing performance by...

In four exciting episodes of the classic TV detective series, husband and wife Jerry and Pamela North (Richard Denning and Barbara Britton) get into dangerous situations, help solve crimes and, through it all, demonstrate the sophisticated wit and casual humor that made the show so popular.Million Dollar Coffin: Jerry is hoping to discover a set of priceless letters buried with a Revolutionary War patriot, whose grave happens to be near the hiding place of stolen bank loot.Model For Murder:...

In the untamed frontier, the law of the Pecos was enforced by one man alone - the irascible Texan, Roy Bean. Edgar Buchanan (Petticoat Junction) stars as the powerful judge who, assisted by his pretty niece, Letty (Jackie Loughery) and Deputy Jeff Taggard (Jack Buetel), dispenses justice with common sense backed up by a Winchester rifle and a dollop of good humor. This 1956 television series is based on the true-life legend of the real Judge Roy Bean. Infamous in American folklore as "the...

The naked truth about burlesque is laid bare in these 14 "filmstrips" produced from the 1920s to the 1950s. The "cup runneth over" as the top Hollywood strippers of their eras strut their sexy stuff for the cameras. Shirley Kilpatrick ("Secrets Of A Paris Model") is best remembered for her titular role in the 1957 AIP classic The Astounding She-Monster.Hula-Hula / Mexican: The Follies - Dance Series - 1926Dutch / Egyptian: The Follies - Dance Series - 1926Sailor / Soldier: The Follies - Dance...

Edgar Allan Poe's most famous tale of terror unfolds on live television with stellar performances from Tom Tryon and Marshall Thompson in this, the 198th episode of "NBC Matinee Theater," first broadcast in 1956. This ambitious series aired five plays a week, all shot in color to promote an amazing new invention, color TV. Between 1955 to 1958, over 600 episodes were produced, mostly live, with such tight budgets, that the directors often had to decorate their own sets.In 1958, two years after...

Astronomers discover an extraterrestrial satellite orbiting in space, pounding Earth's surface with thousands of meteorites. The meteors turn out to be flying saucers, transporting bizarre alien creatures who carry with them a desperate message for the world's leaders. The visitors announce that a runaway planet on a collision course with Earth is certain to destroy the planet, but the aliens have a plan. As tidal waves engulf cities and chaos rules the streets, human scientists combine their...

Dr. Frank C. Baxter teaches us about genetics and heredity in this vintage TV documentary combining live-action and animation! The good doctor not only explains how DNA works, he also talks frankly about "the birds and the bees" -- or as much as he could on 1960s television. He even good-naturedly makes fun of his own lack of hair to illustrate the recessive baldness gene. Reflecting the nuclear paranoia of the era, there is disturbing footage of insects deformed by radiation (this segment was...

The history of the rigid airship is a fascinating chapter in the saga of man's never-ending quest to defy gravity. More commonly known as blimps or zeppelins, Lighter-Than-Air History: Rigid Airships tells the story of these noble craft beginning with their invention in 1897. Relive their use by the British and German armies in World War I, and the world's first transatlantic zeppelin crossing in 1919. And then comes the most tragic catastrophe of all: the Hindenburg disaster, when a...

A massive fire in the High Sierras drives a pack of wolves into the desert seeking refuge. When the wolves are discovered by a posse, Lobo, the leader of the pack, breaks off from the rest to draw the hunters' attention away. Lobo is injured but nursed back to health by Dave Weston, a kindly young prospector. Weston has recently discovered a valuable deposit of borax, the money from which he hopes to use to woo his sweetheart May, the daughter of a wealthy ranch owner. The borax - and May -...

On a remote island in the South Seas, the natives are torn between two opposing groups of white colonizers: the missionaries who wish to convert them to Christianity, and the slave traders who want to condemn them to eternal servitude. Unsure of her place among any of them is "White Almond Flower," a beautiful young white girl who was raised to believe she is one of the islanders. She is lusted after by Dan McGuire, a drunkard, and Walter Kincaid, the cowardly nephew of the head missionary....