 Double Indemnity 1944  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Gig Young, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, Edmund Cobb, Byron Barr, John Philliber, Clarence Muse, Bess Flowers, Sam McDaniel
Insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) is persuaded to kill his lover Phyllis' (Barbara Stanwyck) husband (Tom Powers) in order to cash in his insurance policy. The catch is that if the husband is killed by a moving vehicle, the policy will pay double. But, they have not counted on tenacious insurance investigator Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) who is assigned to the case. Great performances by all. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards–including Best Picture, Actress (Stanwyck), and Director.
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Down Dakota Way 1949  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Monty Montana, Elisabeth Risdon, Byron Barr, Roy Barcroft, James Cardwell, Foy Willing, Emmett Vogan
How do you get rid of cattle infected with hoof-and-mouth disease? Well, you get rid of the veterinarian first to cover-up the disease and then start making the deals. Come on, Roy Rogers, help us out.
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They Made Me a Killer 1946  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. Thomas
Cast: Robert Lowery, Barbara Britton, Lola Lane, Frank Albertson, Elisabeth Risdon, James Bush, Edmund MacDonald, Ralph Sanford, Byron Barr, Paul Harvey, John Harmon, Will Wright
Wrongfully accused of robbery and murder, Tom Durling (Robert Lowery) escapes from the police and gets help from the sister (Barbara Britton) of the man he is accused of killing. Together, they track down the real criminals.
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Tokyo Rose 1946 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Byron Barr, Osa Massen, Keye Luke, Leslie Fong, Grace Lem, Donald Douglas, Blake Edwards, Richard Loo, Lotus Long, H.T. Tsiang
While selling propaganda as a radio commentator for the Axis powers during World War II, Tokyo Rose becomes the object of a kidnapping plot.
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| 1. Double Indemnity (1944)
2. Down Dakota Way (1949)
3. They Made Me a Killer (1946)
4. Tokyo Rose (1946)
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