The Alligator People 1959  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Beverly Garland, George Macready, Richard Crane, Lon Chaney Jr., Frieda Inescort, Bruce Bennett, Ruby Goodwin, Douglas Kennedy, Hal K. Dawson, Dudley Dickerson, Bill Bradley, John Frederick, Vince Townsend Jr., Lee Warren
Paul and Jane Webster (Richard Crane and Beverly Garland) are newlyweds riding on a train when Paul receives a telegram. He gets off at a station, and the train leaves before he re-boards. Jane spends years searching for Paul. She finally finds him in the Louisiana bayou country and discovers that Paul has been given reptile genes as the means to bring him back to health, and he is now transformed into an alligator mutant.
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Amateur Crook 1937  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Sam Katzman
Cast: Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Monte Blue, Jack Mulhall, Vivien Oakland, Jimmy Aubrey, Fuzzy Knight, Henry Roquemore, Edward Earle, Forrest Taylor, Fern Emmett, Charles Williams, Sam Adams
After Jerry Cummings (Forrest Taylor) gives as collateral a large diamond to loan sharks (Monte Blue and Jack Mulhall), his daughter Betsy (Joan Barclay) pretends to be a thief to keep the loan sharks from running off with the diamond. But, artist Jimmy Baxter (Bruce Bennett), who is not aware of Betsy's true identity, interferes because he thinks the loan sharks are good guys.
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 Angels in the Outfield 1951  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran, Lewis Stone, Spring Byington, Bruce Bennett, Marvin Kaplan, Ellen Corby, Don Haggerty, Jeff Richards, John Gallaudet, King Donovan, Paul Salata, Fred Graham
An angel tells Pittsburgh Pirates baseball manager Guffy McGovern (Paul Douglas) to mend his unholy ways, and, as a reward, guardian angels will help his seventh-place team win the pennant. Guffy agrees, and invisible ghosts of former baseball stars begin to help the Pirates win their games. It turns out that a big fan, orphan girl Bridget White (Donna Corcoran), had prayed for help for the Pirates. While attending a game, Bridget insists that she can see the angels helping the players on the field. Newspaperwoman Jennifer Page (Janet Leigh) publishes Bridget's story, and complications arise big time between scheming sportscaster Fred Bayles (Keenan Wynn) and Guffy. But, despite all the problems, will the Pirates win the N.L. pennant?
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The Cosmic Man 1959  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Herbert S. Greene
Cast: John Carradine, Bruce Bennett, Angela Greene, Paul Langton, Scotty Morrow, Lyn Osborn, Walter Maslow, Herbert Lytton, Hal Torey, Alan Wells, Harry Fleer, Ken Clayton
Nuclear war fears were commonplace in the 1950s, and this film, a cheap rip-off of "The Day The Earth Stood Still," feeds on that fear. A sphere from outer space comes down in California, prompting action from the military as well as from civilians. That night, the "Cosmic Man" (John Carradine) emerges from the sphere, bundled up with large sunglasses to hide his ghostly body. While military people and scientists argue about what to do, Cosmic Man professes to be a messenger of peace–a hard sell indeed.
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Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer 1956 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Albert C. Gannaway, Ismael Rodriguez
Cast: Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., Faron Young, Kem Dibbs, Damian O'Flynn, Jacqueline Evans, Nancy Rodman, Eduardo Noriega, Fred Kohler Jr., Claudio Brook
This low-budget biography of Daniel Boone (Bruce Bennett) is entertaining and educational as it tells the story of Boone's pioneering efforts into Kentucky.
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 Dark Passage 1947 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead, Tom D'Andrea, Clifton Young, Douglas Kennedy, Rory Mallinson, Houseley Stevenson, Richard Walsh
After being wrongly sent to prison for the murder of his wife, Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart) escapes, changes his identity through plastic surgery, and searches for the real killer. Clever direction. Bogart's face is not seen (except in bandages) for the first hour plus.
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The Doctor and the Girl 1949  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh, Warner Anderson, Nancy Davis, Bruce Bennett, Basil Ruysdael, Arthur Franz, Lisa Golm
Problems of class and the generation gap confront the Cordaz family as their patriarch, Doctor John Cordaz (Charles Coburn), is determined to control the lives of his grown children.
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Dream Wife 1953 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Sheldon
Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Steve Forrest, Buddy Baer, Les Tremayne, Richard Anderson, Eduard Franz, Donald Randolph, Bruce Bennett, Dan Tobin
Business executive Clemson Reade (Cary Grant) divorces his wife, Effie (Deborah Kerr), when he has his eyes set on princess Tarji (Betta St. John) whose goal is to please her man. However, Tarji changes her tune after Effie teaches her a few facts of life. One of Grant's (and Kerr's and Pidgeon's) weaker films.
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The Last Outpost 1951 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Cavalry Charge
Director: Lewis Foster
Cast: Rhonda Fleming, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams, Peter Hansen, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh Beaumont, John Ridgely, Lloyd Corrigan, Charles Evans, Iron Eyes Cody, Chief Yowlachie, James Burke, Terry Frost, Harold Goodwin
Brothers–Capt. Vance Britten and Col. Jeb Britton (Ronald Reagan and Bruce Bennett)–who fought on opposing sides during the Civil War find they must join forces against their common enemy: the Indians.
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The Lone Ranger 1938 N/R, 255 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Chief Thundercloud, Lynne Roberts, Stanley Andrews, Hal Taliaferro, Bruce Bennett, Lee Powell, George Cleveland, William Farnum, Lane Chandler, George Montgomery, John Merton, Tom London
The saga of the Lone Ranger is told in this 15-episode serial–with a twist. After the Civil War, an outlaw leader seeks to control Texas, and, in the process, murders a troop of Texas Rangers. Tonto (Chief Thundercloud) finds one Ranger still alive, and the legend of the Lone Ranger is born. The twist comes when the outlaw boss believes that the Lone Ranger could be any one of five Rangers, so each one must be killed. After many adventures and some good cliff-hangers, the good guys win.
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date 1941 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Warren William, Frances Robinson, Bruce Bennett, Eric Blore, Thurston Hall, Jed Prouty, Fred Kelsey, Don Beddoe, Lester Matthews, Edward Gargan
Not one of the better entries in the series as our reformed jewel thief comes to the rescue of another beautiful woman who is carrying ransom money for a kidnapped millionaire.
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady 1940 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Warren William, Jean Muir, Eric Blore, Victor Jory, Roger Pryor, Warren Hull, Thurston Hall, Fred Kelsey, Bruce Bennett, Luis Alberni
The Lone Wolf (William) is back in action when he comes to the aid of a socialite whose necklace is stolen by her ex-husband as she is about to wed again. Another lighthearted entry in the series.
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 Love Me Tender 1956 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Elvis Presley, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock, Bruce Bennett, James Drury, L.Q. Jones
This film represents Elvis Presley's first starring role. The story takes place in Texas just after the Civil War and has a plot of brothers fighting for the same girl.
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The Man with Nine Lives 1940 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Behind the Door
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Boris Karloff, Byron Foulger, Roger Pryor, Stanley Brown, Charles Trowbridge, Jo Ann Sayers, Hal Taliaferro, Ivan Miller, Bruce Bennett, Ernie Adams
A doctor (Boris Karloff), frozen for many years, is thawed out and then accused of unethically freezing a very wealthy patient to use as a guinea pig in his experiment.
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 Mildred Pierce 1945  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Joan Crawford, Bruce Bennett, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Eve Arden, George Tobias, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Charles Trowbridge
Mildred Pierce (Joan Crawford) is a divorced mother of two daughters. The mother/daughter relationship with Veda (Ann Blyth) is highlighted as Mildred tries to give her unthankful daughter everything she wants. Joan Crawford received an Oscar for this film. There were five other nominations, including Best Picture and two for Best Supporting Actress (Eve Arden and Ann Blyth).
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The More the Merrier 1943 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines, Bruce Bennett, Frank Sully, Clyde Fillmore, Stanley Clements, Donald Douglas, Ann Savage
During World War II when there was a housing shortage in Washington D.C., Connie (Jean Arthur) shares an apartment with Mr. Dingle (Charles Coburn) who, in turn, sublets to an army sergeant, Joe (Joel McCrea). The dialogue is funny, and the movie is entertaining. Charles Coburn took home the Oscar for his supporting role in this film. There were five other nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, and Director.
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My Son Is Guilty 1939 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Bruce Cabot, Julie Bishop, Harry Carey, Glenn Ford, Wynne Gibson, Don Beddoe, John Tyrrell, Bruce Bennett, Edgar Buchanan, Dick Curtis
When cop Tim Kerry's (Harry Carey) son, Ritzy (Bruce Cabot), returns home from prison, dad and friends try to help him go straight. But, the temptation is too great and tragedy results.
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Mystery Street 1950 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Edmon Ryan, Betsy Blair, Wally Maher, Willard Waterman
Boston detective Lieutenant Peter Morales (Ricardo Montalban) and forensic expert Dr. McAdoo (Bruce Bennett) work tirelessly to track down a killer by using skeletal remains of the victim as their clues to reconstructing the crime.
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The New Adventures of Tarzan 1935 N/R, 258 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward A. Kull, Wilber McGaugh
Cast: Bruce Bennett, Don Castello, Ula Holt, Frank(1) Baker, Lewis Sargent, Dale Walsh, Harry Ernest, Merrill McCormick
This film was written in 12 chapters for serial presentation, and a feature presentation taken from the series was released at the same time. The plot revolves around the search for Tarzan's missing friend and an attempt to steal a priceless Mayan idol.
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The Outsider 1961  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett, Vivian Nathan, Ralph Moody, Stanley Adams, Vince Edwards, Gertrude Michael, Miriam Colon, Edmund Hashim, Paul Comi, Wayne Heffley, Jeffrey Silver, James Beck
Pima Indian Ira Hayes was one of the four men who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima. This story begins when Hayes (Tony Curtis) leaves his Arizona reservation and joins the U.S. Marine Corps. He and Pvt. James B. Sorenson (James Franciscus) become friends in boot camp and go off to fight in World War II. Sorenson is also one of the four men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, but he is later killed in battle. Hayes is not able to deal with the death of his friend and, at war's end, cannot adjust to the civilian world. He is found dead at age 32.
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 Sahara 1943 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges, Rex Ingram, J. Carrol Naish, Dan Duryea, Kurt Kreuger, Richard Nugent, Patrick O'Moore, Guy Kingsford, Carl Harbord, Louis Mercier, John Wengraf, Walter Bonn, Michael Dyne
This World War II adventure is the story of U.S. Army Sergeant Joe Gunn's (Humphrey Bogart) out-maneuvering the Germans while leading British, French, South African, and Sudanese soldiers across the desert in search of water. Despite a betrayal, they work as a team and defeat a German force that is also in search of the water. J. Carrol Naish received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Giuseppe who is a prisoner of the Allies.
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Shadow of Chinatown 1936  N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Luana Walters, Maurice Liu, Charles King, William Buchanan, Forrest Taylor, Jack Cowell, James B. Leong, George Chan
In this 15-episode serial, mad-scientist Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi)–a hater of both Orientals and Caucasians–is hired to disrupt Chinese trade in Chinatown. Using his own special inventions, he seems to succeed until caught by our hero Martin Andrews (Bruce Bennett). An edited, feature-length version was released simultaneously. Very cheap, but Lugosi is always fun to watch.
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Silver River 1948 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett, Tom D'Andrea, Barton MacLane, Monte Blue, Jonathan Hale, Al Bridge, Arthur Space
Stanley Moore (Bruce Bennett) is a dishonest gambler who gets involved in the silver market and loses his wife, empire, and even his own life.
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A Stolen Life 1946 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan, Charles Ruggles, Bruce Bennett, Peggy Knudsen, Esther Dale, Clara Blandick, Joan Winfield
Twin sisters, Kate (Bette Davis) and Pat (Bette Davis), both think they are in love with the same man (Glenn Ford). One gets him and suffers a tragic end by drowning, but all is not lost when the remaining two find happiness together in this pure soap opera.
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Submarine Raider 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Philip Ahn, Bruce Bennett, Marguerite Chapman, John Howard, Warren Ashe, Larry Parks, Forrest Tucker, Stanley Brown, Roger Clark, Eileen O'Hearn
Great battle scenes highlight this film about submarine warfare at the beginning of America's entry into World War II.
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Sudden Fear 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett, Virginia Huston, Mike Connors, Bess Flowers, Taylor Holmes, Arthur Space
A playwright, Myra Hudson (Joan Crawford), learns that her new husband (Jack Palance) is planning to kill her. She devises a unique way to beat him at his own game. Crawford and Palance were nominated for Oscars.
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Tarzan and the Green Goddess 1938 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward A. Kull, Wilber McGaugh
Cast: Bruce Bennett, Ula Holt, Frank(1) Baker, Don Castello, Lewis Sargent, Jack Mower, Earl Dwire, Ashton Dearholt
Filmed in Guatemala, this time around Tarzan (Bruce Bennett) protects an expedition in search of a legendary green goddess statue.
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Task Force 1949 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan, Julie London, Jack Holt, Bruce Bennett, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Richard Rober
This is the story of a retired naval officer Jonathan L. Sullivan's (Gary Cooper) argument for a carrier task force. Although today's Navy depends on carriers, in the 1930s few heeded Sullivan's advice.
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Three Violent People 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland, Tom Tryon, Forrest Tucker, Elaine Stritch, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Peter Hanson, John Harmon
After the Civil War, Colt Saunders (Charlton Heston) returns to Texas where he fights carpetbaggers and learns to deal with the news that his new bride was once a saloon hostess.
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1942 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant, Florence Rice, Bruce Bennett, Forrest Tucker, James Seay, Eddie Foster, John Harmon, Billy Curtis, Mabel Todd
Two draft rejects (Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant) unwittingly get involved in murder and mayhem.
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 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western / Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya, Jose Torvay, Jacqueline Dalya, Robert Blake, Julian Rivero, Arturo Soto Rangel, Manuel Donde, Margarito Luna, John Huston, Pat Flaherty
Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and his friend Curten (Tim Holt) join forces with a prospector (Walter Huston) to search for gold. They find a rich gold field, and their problems increase as greed comes between them. Great line by Gold Hat (Alfonso Bedoya): "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges." John Huston won the Best Director Academy Award for this film, and Walter Huston (John Huston's father) won for Best Supporting Actor. An Oscar was also received for Best Writing, and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
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Without Honor 1949 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Franchot Tone, Agnes Moorehead, Bruce Bennett, Frank Marlowe, Harry Lauter, Peter Virgo, Marjorie Stapp, Lester Dorr
Jane (Laraine Day) argues with her lover (Franchot Tone) and stabs him. Believing he is dead, she lugs him into the laundry room before her husband, Fred (Bruce Bennett), arrives home. Fred's brother, Bill (Dane Clark), arrives on the scene and tells Fred of Jane's extramarital affair, which causes Jane to confess and then try to kill herself. She is rushed to the hospital where she discovers that her lover, who was not dead after all, managed to drag himself to the hospital for treatment.
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| 1. The Alligator People (1959)
2. Amateur Crook (1937)
3. Angels in the Outfield (1951)
4. Before I Hang (1940)
5. The Cosmic Man (1959)
6. Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956)
7. Dark Passage (1947)
8. The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
9. Dream Wife (1953)
10. The Last Outpost (1951)
aka: Cavalry Charge
11. The Lone Ranger (1938)
12. The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1941)
13. The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
14. Love Me Tender (1956)
15. The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
aka: Behind the Door
16. Mildred Pierce (1945)
17. The More the Merrier (1943)
18. My Son Is Guilty (1939)
19. Mystery Street (1950)
20. The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
21. The Outsider (1961)
22. Sahara (1943)
23. Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
24. Silver River (1948)
25. A Stolen Life (1946)
26. Submarine Raider (1942)
27. Sudden Fear (1952)
28. Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)
29. Task Force (1949)
30. Three Violent People (1956)
31. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)
32. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
33. Without Honor (1949)
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