The Film Detective

A woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated in a murder he committed, she turns to an ex-boyfriend, who is now a park ranger, for help. He hides her out in a cabin up in the mountains, and her husband goes on the hunt for both of them.

Rudolph Valentino stars as Juan Gallardo, the poor young man who goes against his mother's wishes and becomes a toreador. His fame leads him into the arms of two women -- his childhood sweetheart Carmen, and the Marquis of Guevera's beautiful daughter. Life is never easy for a celebrated bullfighter, especially when played by Valentino, one of the premier pop icons of his day. This film, which also stars Rosa Rosanova and Nita Naldi, was one of the top grossers of 1922. It also inspired the...

In 1940, on the eve of America's entry in World War II, retired Colonel Effingham (Charles Coburn) learns about a plan being hatched in his small southern town to raze an old courthouse. Using his newspaper column to rally the townspeople, he begins a campaign to save the old landmark. Joan Bennett, William Eythe, and Donald Meek also star in this film from director Irving Pichel (Martin Luther). By the end, even you will want to fight city hall!

Buster Crabbe stars as Billy the Kid, and Billy's playin' it high wide and handsome as he shoots it out with some mesa toughs! But not even the baddest men in in Arizona can stop this trigger-quick legend of the trail! Former silent screen comic Al St. John stars as Billy's sidekick, Fuzzy Q. Jones, and nearly steals the show with his rubbery face and pratfalls. All in all, this is another delightful PRC western from director Sam Newfield, full of gunsmoke, action, and laughter!

Richard Dix stars in this epic of the boisterous and brawling Old West! Wounded in a gun battle with the notorious James gang, John Bonniwell (Dix) wakes up in the hospital to find out he's been elected marshal! He quickly learns that this hot- headed frontier town can only be cooled off with blazing lead and dynamite! Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Victor Jory, and Robert Armstrong also star in this tale of smashing fists and crashing bullets from director George Archainbaud (The Lost Squadron).

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)...

Yvonne De Carlo rose to stardom in this tale that set the world afire! As a dancer forced to leave her country under allegations of being a spy, she ends up in a lawless Arizona town where she makes the guns grow cold and hearts burn hot! One man after another falls to her charms, and she always gets what she wants! Rod Cameron, David Bruce, Walter Slezak and Albert Dekker round out the cast for director Charles Lamont, while seven time Oscar nominee Edward Ward provides the saucy score for...

Bandleader Cab Calloway, the one and only "Hi De Ho Man," plays himself in a rousing musical venture involving sexy girls, night clubs, and gangsters! Songs include "St. James Infirmary Blues," and "Don't Falter at the Altar." Also, look for performances by the Peters Sisters and the lovely Ida James. The beautiful Jeni Le Gon is also on the scene, shaking her tootsies and causing a ruckus!

Tom Tyler plays Tom Wade, a range detective whose brother has been accused of robbery and murder. Wade has only one clue to prove his brother's innocence: a set of unusual tire tracks. This film was directed by Sam Katzman, who later became known as "Jungle Sam" for his association with a variety of jungle thrillers, and then as a master of all exploitation genres, from teen horror to flying saucer flicks!

Two undercover agents unwittingly stalk the same target in this 1950 drama set in Mexico. Fred MacMurray is back in tough guy mode as Johnny Macklin, a disguised agent on the trail of drug smuggler Pete Richie (Raymond Burr, the ultimate noir bad guy!). But a female officer has already gone undercover to nab Ritchie, and is already closing in. Claire Trevor stars as Officer Madeleine Haley, the woman caught between MacMurray and Burr. What a predicament! Director William A. Seiter (Sons of the...

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...

When the East Side Kids tangle with some West Side Crooks, it's a jillion dollar holler! The gang is befriended by a millionaire after saving him from a mugging, but when they realize the man's son was one of the criminals, they set out to reform him. Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall star as Muggs and Glimpy, ganging up on the toughest guys in town! This really is the East Side Kids' fight of fights!