The Capture 1950 N/R, 91 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Sturges Cast: Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory, Jacqueline White, Jimmy Hunt, Barry Kelley, Duncan Renaldo, William Bakewell, Milton Parsons, Frank Matts, Felipe Turich, Edwin Rand
Told in flashback while taking refuge in a priest's (Victor Jory) home, Lin Vanner (Lew Ayres) relates the story of while inspecting a Mexican oil field he was responsible for the death of a fugitive suspected of payroll robbery. He then quits his job, and the dead man's widow (Teresa Wright) hires him to work on her ranch. They fall in love and marry, but Vanner still has a guilty conscience and sets out to confront the killer. The confrontation does not go well, which leads to Vanner seeking refuge with the priest.
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Rendezvous with Annie 1946 N/R, 89 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan Cast: Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick, Phillip Reed, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, William Frawley, Wallace Ford, Will Wright, Lucien Littlefield, James Millican, Edwin Rand, Mary Field, Richard Sale, Bob Foy
When a GI Cpl. Jeffrey Dolan (Eddie Albert) went AWOL and visited his wife Annie (Faye Marlowe), she became pregnant. Now, nine months later, Jeffrey tries to prove that he did indeed go AWOL and is the baby's father.
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Tarantula 1955 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jack Arnold Cast: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, Ross Elliott, Raymond Bailey, Clint Eastwood, Hank Patterson, Steve Darrell, Dee Carroll, Edwin Rand, Bert Holland, Don Dillaway, Tom London, Bob Nelson
Dr. Deemer (Leo G. Carroll) is working on a new serum that causes animals to grow to enormous sizes. Following an accident in Deemer's laboratory, in which his assistant is killed, a tarantula that Deemer had been working on breaks loose and heads into the desert. Dr. Matt Hastings (John Agar) investigates the assistant's death and has questions about it. Meanwhile, the tarantula is continuing to grow and is now consuming cattle and even humans. Deemer's new assistant, Stephanie "Steve" Clayton (Mara Corday), arrives at the lab, and she and Hastings finally figure out what is happening. They call in the Air Force, which drops napalm on the tarantula and kills the beast–but, not before it attacks Deemer's house and kills him.
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| 1. The Capture (1950)
2. Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
3. Tarantula (1955)
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