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Ripped from the day's headlines, the adventures of three globetrotting reporters spring to life in this ultra-rare TV series, which aired for one season on ABC. In a unique conceit, the show has three rotating stars, meaning that the program is essentially three different series using the same title, united by the common thread of the "Trans-Globe Wire Service" (a fictionalized version of the Associated Press.) Taking their turns as newshounds are World War II movie hero Dane Clark...

As a boy, Dave Carson's parents were killed by a tribe of attacking Indians. He only escaped with the help of a little colt he affectionately named "Rex". Years later, a mighty black stallion is terrorizing the Indian settlements. Dave, now a Cavalry Scout, discovers that it is Rex. When the tribe that killed his parents attacks again, Dave rides Rex into battle to save the Cavalry. The Devil Horse is one of several Westerns produced by Hal Roach with animal star "Rex, the Wonder Horse" in a...

Director, actor, editor, cinematographer, and special effects artist Joshua Kennedy created Voyage to the Planet of Teenage Cavewomen during his senior year of high school. Filming on the Texas/Mexico border, he used a cast composed of his classmates and teachers. The young auteur was influenced by badly-dubbed Italian science fiction films such as Assignment: Outer Space (1961) and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1967), as well as Amazon epics like Cat-Women of the Moon (1953) and...

Originally released in 1922 as Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, director F. W. Murnau's chilling and eerie unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula is a silent masterpiece of terror which to this day is the most striking and frightening portrayal of the Bram Stoker legend. After it's premiere in 1922, Nosferatu was the subject of a lawsuit brought by Stoker's widow - who saw to it that any mention of Dracula was removed from the movie and that all "known" prints and negatives...

After having many girls in every port of the world, womanizing sailor Sonny Phyffe (Dennis O'Keefe) finally meets his match with spunky Janie Prescott (Martha Scott) and the duo are promptly married. Sonny's father, retired Colonel and con-man Hector Phyffe (Adolphe Menjou) surfaces for the wedding with many new crooked schemes up his sleeve. Compounding the tension is the fact that the Colonel is the kept husband of high-strung Wagnerian opera star Genya Smelana (Pola Negri), who believes...

THE KING OF THE KONGO (1929): Pretty young Diana Martin journeys to an ancient African temple in search of her long-lost explorer father, missing since she was a baby. The temple is also the hiding place for a huge cache of ivory sought by poachers led by disfigured killer "Scarface" Macklin. Diana is saved from their grisly clutches by Secret Service Agent Larry Trent, who had tailed the crooks to Africa. Together they will uncover the secret of Diana's missing father, but his ultimate fate...

Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is a middle-aged bank cashier and Sunday painter trapped in a loveless marriage to an insufferable shrew. He comes in contact with a sexy young hustler, Kitty March (Joan Bennett), and falls head-over-heels in love - not even realizing that she is a prostitute. When her sleazy pimp-boyfriend Johnny Prince (Dan Duryea) comes to believe that Chris is wealthy, the two conspire to relieve him of his money. The plot twists and turns as theft and betrayal turn...

A small town doctor (Jean Hersholt) turns his concern towards the plight of Bob Webster (Barton Yarborough), a lowly bank clerk accused of stealing three thousand dollars. Tragically widowed, Bob is now the sole parent to little musical protege Jane (Anne Bennett). Unable to cope with the recent death of her mother and now faced with a long separation from her father, the little girl's chances of musical theater glory are surely dashed unless Dr. Christian can prove his hunch to the Governor...

A hooded Nazi agent, known only as the Black Hangman, sends a blood-soaked challenge to America - the corpses of assassinated industry leaders. His goal seems clear - to disrupt the Allied war effort, but his victims all share one thing in common - they all participated in an African safari in search of the Caves of Akerban. The caves contain a secret so powerful that it would influence the outcome of World War II, and with each man murdered, the Black Hangman comes closer to discovering that...

Love That Bob (originally titled "The Bob Cummings Show") is a side-splitting comedy that was nominated for six Emmy awards and earned Ann B. Davis two Emmys for her performances. Many celebrities of the day, from George Burns to Joi Lansing, appeared on this highly entertaining show that depicted the sexual mores of the 1950s. Bob Cummings, star of radio, TV and film, plays philandering photographer Bob Collins, a suave playboy who charms his way through a bevy of beauties, while his loyal...

Iron Angel (1964, B&W): During the bloody Korean conflict, Sgt. Walsh leads a squad of GI's on a mission to destroy an enemy gun emplacement. As the men approach the heavily defended mountain position, they discover a shot-up Red Cross ambulance - The Iron Angel - and an injured nurse. Walsh is unhappy with the woman's presence on the battlefield, but he reluctantly agrees to bring her - and the ambulance - along. It's a decision that will mean the difference between life and death when they...

The "Alpha Video Rewind Series" is an ever-growing collection of specially-selected films from our vast library on DVD, now in collectible retro-style packaging inspired by VHS cover art from that format's heyday! Every Alpha Video Rewind Series title also includes a free collectible postcard.Satan arises seeking bloody revenge in the guise of an ancient sculpture with a shocking history. The lifelike carving comes to life and rapes a beautiful art student, possessing her soul. In a series of...