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Tag Archives: Movies
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
You know the budget’s low when the monsters are rocks. That’s right….rocks. The special effects are so bad that they’re actually fun to watch. The movie starts with a Paul Frees voiceover warning about meteors. Geologist Ben Gilbert brings back … Continue reading
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Second in the fourteen film series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. George Zucco makes a great Professor Moriarty. Too bad the movie falls apart in the final third. Moriarty is judged not guilty in his murder trial due to … Continue reading
The King Murder (1932)
Toss a lot of suspects out there and maybe the viewer will forget how dull all this is. No…the viewer won’t as the search goes on for the killer of a blackmailing gold digger. Elizabeth Barton (Natalie Moorhead) drops by … Continue reading
The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)
Follow up to 1940′s ”The Mummy’s Hand.” This is miles above that one. The comedy has been dropped and even Wallace Ford plays it straight. Lon Chaney, Jr. is the Mummy. The first twelve minutes are Steve Banning (Dick Foran) relating … Continue reading
Raw Deal (1948)
Good B noir film about a man who takes a rap for a friend and gets a raw deal. Joe Sullivan (Dennis O’Keefe) takes a rap for Rick Coyle (Raymond Burr). He’ll get fifty grand for doing it. After a … Continue reading
The Good Die Young 1954
Excellent well acted crime movie that takes place in London. It belongs on a must see list. It opens with four men riding in a car. They are: Joe Halsey (Richard Basehart). He’s married to Mary (Joan Collins). He’s back … Continue reading
Son Of Dracula (1943)
Universal should have quit while it was ahead. As a horror movie this doesn’t work at all. But as campy fun you just might enjoy it. Lon Chaney,Jr. dons the cape as Dracula. Col.Caldwell is giving a reception at Dark … Continue reading
Black Angel (1946)
Based on the Cornell Woolrich novel and starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre and Broderick Crawford. This is a good one about an innocent man convicted of murder and his loyal wife trying to find the real killer. Songwriter Marty … Continue reading
What Price Crime (1935)
One of those awkward early crime movies that’s a lot of fun because it doesn’t make any logical sense. Incidents are tossed in for purposes of suspense and excitement without paying attention to any semblance of reality. A gang is … Continue reading
This Gun For Hire (1942)
Not a wasted second in this classic. Put this on the must see list. Alan Ladd in his first starring role in a movie based on the Graham Greene book. The screen play was co-written by W.R.Burnett, famous for “Little … Continue reading
