The Film Detective

When a small radio is repossessed because payments are owed on it, no one realizes it contains a stash of stolen diamonds belonging to a Hollywood movie star. This crime comedy from prolific director Sam Newfield (The Terror of Tiny Town, Dead Men Walk) stars James Dunn, Frances Gifford, and George Douglas. Get ready to laugh, because bill collectors have never been so funny!

There's A New Godfather In Town and everybody wants his body, including the FBI, some foxy chicks, and the Mafia! An explosive confrontation is brewing when a young black criminal (Rod Perry) runs afoul of a mob operated heroin cartel. Written and directed by John Evans, and produced by schlock king Jerry Gross (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song) this is a crime flick that deserves to be rediscovered. So watch it, sucka!

Writer/Director John Huston's Beat the Devil stars Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther, the front man for a group of swindlers stranded in an Italian port town, scheming to take ownership of uranium-rich land in Africa. Also stranded is a naive British couple, Mr. and Mrs. Chelm (Edward Underdown and Jennifer Jones). Flirtations and a web of lies ensue among the group, testing romantic loyalty and allegiances among them. The last of six collaborations between Huston and Bogart, Beat the Devil...

Watch Bela Lugosi use his special zombie grip to make beautiful women submit to his every desire! In this low budget screamer, a couple honeymooning in Haiti run afoul of a diabolical voodoo master. They're soon wishing they'd gone to Cancun! This Pre- Code horror classic is considered to be the first feature length zombie movie, and features great atmospheric direction by Victor Halperin. The film's unsung hero was set designer Ralph Berger, who exploited sets of previous Universal Studios...

Famed cult director Edgar G. Ulmer (Detour, The Man From Planet X) tried something different with this interesting comedy about con men who dress as clerics to pull off a job. With a cast that includes Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, and former child star Freddie Bartholomew in his final role, this tale is about some bad men who learn that pretending to be religious can have a profound effect on a person.

Fireman Larry Baker ( Norman Foster) lets publicity go to his head after he makes a series of dramatic rescues. His fellow firemen and his girlfriend begin to shun him, but when his best girl is stuck in a blazing inferno, Larry gets a chance to prove whether or not he's a real hero after all. Joyce Compton also stars in this feature from director Bernard Ray, who would later go on to direct several of the classic Rin Tin TIn movies!

This film noir collection includes three fantastic titles: Hollow Triumph, Kansas City Confidential and The Red House. All three highlight classic film noir cinematography and storytelling techniques with stark and moody atmospheres. In Hollow Triumph, a career criminal finds the ultimate hideout by taking on another man's identity. Kansas City Confidential tells the story of a wrongly accused delivery driver out to clear his name. In The Red House, two young teens disregard warnings to stay...

The newly formed 2nd Marine Raider Battalion face a frightening first mission during the early days of WWII: to rout the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island. The movie has a gritty, realistic feel, achieved by the use of actual war combat footage, and a cast of reliable Hollywood tough guys, including Randolph Scott as Col. Thorwald, and Noah Beery Jr. as Cpl. Kurt Richter. Keep an eye out for a young Robert Mitchum in one of his earliest roles as the swaggering 'Pig-Iron' Matthews!

See the real Africa - HEAR the real Africa! Experience the lives - the loves - the vengeance and triumphs of the people of the mysterious Congo. This thrilling documentary finds filmmaker Walter Futter following an expedition into darkest Africa, encountering such delights as a ravenous locust swarm that devours everything in sight, and a duck-billed pygmy tribe. The new art of the sound camera makes the dark continent give up its most amazing and closely-guarded secrets - Lions Roar! Zebras...

William Lundigan and Peggie Castle star in this tale of a romantic triangle that takes place during an archaeological expedition in Southern Mexico. Filmed almost entirely in Veracruz, Mexico, this independent production was helmed by cult director Reginald Le Borg, a Hollywood veteran behind such late night classics as Diary of a Madman, Weird Woman, and The Mummy's Ghost!

Fred Scott plays a lawman who goes undercover to expose a dangerous gang of criminals in this action-packed drama. He also has time to sing three songs: 'Cactus Pete', 'Gonna Ride', and 'Here's Romance'. Screenwriter Fred Myton would go on to write such offbeat features as Nabonga, and Border Phantom.

From the height of the blaxploitation era comes this story of a fearless female attorney who helps a man falsely charged with murdering his ex-boss. Starring Gwynn Barbee as the unstoppable lawyer Eva Taylor, plus Levi Balford, Gwynn Barbee, and Michelle T. Carter. For trivia buffs: This feature was filmed entirely in Dallas, Texas...