The Film Detective

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor show why they were Hollywood's premiere acting couple in this thought provoking distillation of an 18-year marriage. The script by John Hopkins (Thunderball, Murder by Decree) follows the lives of Martin and Jane Reynolds, a newly separated couple who run into each other by chance in Rome. First, we see their marriage through his eyes, then hers. Who is right? And will they rekindle the old flame? This was the last of 11 movies starring Burton and Taylor it...

At some point in his life every male swears he'll run away from home. Well, here's the hilarious adventure of one who actually did it! Frank Albertson, Jed Pouty and Lorna Gray star in this Monogram comedy from director Jean Yarbrough. It's all about a wealthy man who learns how to enjoy life from the unlikeliest of sources: a pair of hobos known as 'The King of Siam' and 'Nap,' which, no surprise, is short for Napoleon!

A young drifter is suspected of murder in this stirring production from writer/director Alan Le May (best known for writing The Searchers). John Drew Barrymore stars as \"Cooncat\", a troubled young man who has to steal to survive. With no friends in West Texas, he falls in with some bad customers who involve him in some terrible crimes. The strong cast includes Chill Wills, Jack Elam, and John Archer, with cinematography by Oscar winner W. Howard Greene.

Frank Sinatra is unforgettable as a psychotic war veteran whose goal is to assassinate The President of the United States. As John Baron, Sinatra and his henchmen take over a house near the train station, holding the family hostage while waiting for the president's train to arrive. Baron is good with a gun and has the perfect vantage point. All he has to do is keep a cool head. But can he? This cold-blooded thriller from director Lewis Allen (The Uninvited) feels as savage as it did decades...

Some incredibly small actors were hired to star in this peculiar cult film. It's all about the villainous Bat Haines ('Little Billy' Rhodes), who is wreaking havoc on Tiny Town. Can Buck Lawson (Billy Curtis) and the townspeople band together and drive him away? This oddity, which was originally distributed by Columbia Pictures, was directed by one of the most prolific low budget filmmakers in Hollywood history, Sam Newfield, a man with over 200 movies to his credit. While it has appeared on...

Documentary about a bombing mission over Germany by the American Eighth Air Force. Director William Keighley (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Each Dawn I Die) follows the intricate path of the mission from its initial planning to its finish.

This murder mystery will give you as many chuckles as chills! Horror icon Bela Lugosi stars along with Jack Haley (The Wizard of Oz) and Jean Parker (Little Women) in a tale of missing bodies, insurance schemes, and creepy mansions. It's all presented by director Frank McDonald (Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back).

Comedy king Hal Roach produced this short war-time feature starring William Tracy as Dorian a Dodoa Doubleday, a clerk who uses his photographic memory to get through basic training. Joe Sawyer plays the short-tempered sergeant who wants to bounce the know-it-all out of the army! The rest of the cast includes such familiar faces as Noah Beery Jr. and James Gleason. This laugh-fest was such a success that Tracy and Sawyer would go on to make seven more of these wacky war comedies!

When the Duke of Arnoldo learns that his father has been killed by pirates, he joins up with a rival pirate band to seek revenge. Douglas Fairbanks stars in this story of a bold buccaneer, one who enters the pirate world thinking only of violence, but soon finds himself smitten with a damsel he finds onboard. Also starring Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, and Donald Crisp, this swashbuckling adventure was a major success upon its 1926 release, and one of Fairbanks' best!

Scientists on the verge of a breakthrough in time travel shouldn't be placed under a deadline by a gruff new boss, but that's exactly what happens in this odd adventure from exploitation director David L. Hewitt (The Mighty Gorga; The Girls from Thunder Strip). Scott Brady, Anthony Eisley, and Gigi Perreau star in this H.G. Wells inspired fable about what happens when you don't take time traveling seriously. Also, look for 1970s heartthrob Lyle Waggoner (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman)...

A young woman (Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American movie star) leads a revolt against the occupying troops when the Japanese invade China during World War II. She'll do anything to win; she'll even assume the identity of an aristocrat to woo a Japanese general if she thinks it will help the cause. This Poverty Row drama also stars Harold Huber, Mae Clark, and Rick Vallin, with direction by William Nigh (Black Dragons, Doomed to Die).

Cowboy hero Tim McCoy stars as Tim Hayes, a two-fisted G-Man working for the FBI on a counterfeit money case. The incredibly daring Hayes infiltrates a gang that has kidnapped a Treasury Department engraver. Under the direction of Poverty Row icon Sam Newfield, McCoy turns in another of his legendary slam-bang performances, making Phantom Ranger a perennial favorite of B-Western fans.