Ambush at Cimarron Pass 1958  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jodie Copelan
Cast: Scott Brady, Margia Dean, Baynes Barron, William Vaughn, Clint Eastwood, Irving Bacon, Frank Gerstle, Keith Richards, Dirk London, Ken Mayer
Set in the early years after the Civil War, this story is about Union and Confederate veterans joining forces against the warring Apaches.
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Call Me Madam 1953  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders, Billy De Wolfe, Helmut Dantine, Walter Slezak, Steven Geray, Ludwig Stossel, Lilia Skala, Percy Helton, Charles Dingle, Emory Parnell, John Wengraf, Frank Gerstle
In this film adaptation of Irving Berlin's Broadway musical, Sally Adams (Ethel Merman)–"the hostess with the mostess"–is the U.S. Ambassador to Lichtenburg. While serving as ambassador, Sally falls in love with Foreign Minister Cosmo Constantine (George Sanders). Meanwhile, Sally's press attache, Kenneth Gibson (Donald O'Connor), attracts Princess Maria (Vera-Ellen). Songs of note in this celebrated film include "You're Just in Love" and "It's a Lovely Day Today." An Oscar was received for Best Musical Score.
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D.O.A. 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching, Henry Hart, Neville Brand, Jess Kirkpatrick, Laurette Luez, Frank Gerstle, Lawrence Dobkin, Cay Forrester, Frank Jaquet, Carol Hughes
This good, tense mystery starts with Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) walking into the police station to report his own murder. He had gone to San Francisco for a week on the town before his marriage. But, he gets poisoned, and the doctor says he has but a week to live and no known antidote exists. He sets out to discover who did it and why. Remade in 1969 as "Color Me Dead" and again in 1988.
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake 1959   N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Henry Daniell, Grant Richards, Paul Cavanagh, Paul Wexler, Howard Wendell, Lumsden Hare, Frank Gerstle
Jonathan Drake (Eduard Franz) attends his brother's funeral and finds that the head is missing from the corpse. Fearing that he is slated to be the next victim of his family's voodoo curse, Jonathan gets help from his daughter (Valerie French) and a detective (Grant Richards) to put an end to the madness. 1 User Review
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| | Fun, brainless movie | Anonymous 11/02/2009 | | |
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Gang Busters 1955 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Karn
Cast: Myron Healey, Don C. Harvey, Sam Edwards, Frank Gerstle, Frank Richards, Kate MacKenna, Rusty Wescoatt, William Justine, Allan Ray, William Fawcett, Charles Victor, Robert Carson
In this spin-off from three episodes of the TV series "Gang Busters," hardened criminal John Omar Pinson (Myron Healey), Public Enemy No. 4, escapes again and again from Oregon State Prison only to be recaptured and returned to prison.
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I, Mobster 1958  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Steve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert Strauss, Celia Lovsky, Lili St. Cyr, John Brinkley, Yvette Vickers, Grant Withers, Wally Cassell, Frank Gerstle
A gangster boss, Joe Sante (Steve Cochran), is investigated by the U.S. Senate where he relates the story of his rise from small-time hood to giant of the underworld.
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Killers from Space 1954  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Cast: Peter Graves, James Seay, Steve Pendleton, Frank Gerstle, John Frederick, Barbara Bestar, Shepard Menken, Jack Daly, Ron Kennedy, Ben Welden
Scientist Doug Martin's (Peter Graves) plane crashes as he and his pilot investigate results of an A-bomb test in Nevada. But, Doug is not found in the wreckage, and he shows up later stealing government secrets. Under truth serum, he tells of how he was captured by aliens and brainwashed; the aliens were after the secrets. Of course, no one believes him, so after the brainwashing wears off (!), he takes matters into his own hands and wipes out the aliens.
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The Long, Long Trailer 1953 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Gladys Hurlbut, Moroni Olsen, Bert Freed, Madge Blake, Walter Baldwin, Oliver Blake, Perry Sheehan, Frank Gerstle, John Call, Edgar Dearing, Jack Kruschen
While setting off on their honeymoon, Nicky and Tracy Collini (Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) naively opt to live in a 40-foot trailer in his comedy about getting their rig from one spot to another as Nicky's job sites change. Their decision results in a series of comedic disasters that leave them on the verge of divorce. But, by story's end, their marriage is saved.
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Monstrosity 1964  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Atomic Brain
Director: Joseph V. Mascelli
Cast: Frank Gerstle, Erika Peters, Judy Bamber, Marjorie Eaton, Frank Fowler, Margie Fisco, Lisa Lang, Bradford Dillman
Aging, wealthy Hetty (Marjorie Eaton) searches for eternal youth and finds just the person who can help. Mad scientist Otto Frank (Frank Gerstle) has found a means of transplanting brains from one body to another with the aid of atomic power. Hetty finances his work that is to lead to her brain being placed into a young, sexy woman. But Otto's experiments with corpses lead to zombies or other creatures, so she hires three women to work for her who will be used for his continuing experiments, one of whom will be the recipient of her brain. The bad doctor has his own plans, which involve using Hetty's money for his research. Weird.
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 The River's Edge 1957 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Harry Carey Jr., Byron Foulger, Chubby Johnson, Frank Gerstle, Tom McKee
Bank robber Nardo Denning (Ray Milland) takes a farmer, Ben Cameron (Anthony Quinn), hostage as he crosses over the border into Mexico. Ben just happens to be married to Nardo's former partner, Meg (Debra Paget).
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Slightly Scarlet 1956 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, Kent Taylor, Ted de Corsia, Lance Fuller, Buddy Baer, Frank Gerstle, George E. Stone, Ellen Corby
Ben (John Payne) works for crime boss Sol (Ted de Corsia), and he seeks to find dirt on the mayoral candidate, Frank (Kent Taylor), who is campaigning on a platform to rid the city of crime. But Ben falls in love with Frank's secretary, June (Rhonda Fleming), and decides to work for Frank's election. Meanwhile, June's sister (Arlene Dahl) trys to win Ben's love, and Sol is obviously upset over what's going on. Predictable film noir, but good use of Technicolor to set the mood (and show off the redheads).
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Submarine Seahawk 1959 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: John Bentley, Brett Halsey, Wayne Heffley, Paul Maxwell, Henry McCann, Jan Brooks, Steve Mitchell, Nicky Blair, Frank Gerstle, Jan Brooks
During World War II, mutiny is in the air when an inexperienced instructor is put in command of the U.S.S. Seahawk.
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Top Secret Affair 1957  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, John Cromwell, Roland Winters, Michael Fox, Frank Gerstle, Arthur Gould-Porter, Charles(2) Lane
When journalist Dottie Peale (Susan Hayward) tries to write an expose on Major General Melville Goodwin (Kirk Douglas), love gets in the way. 1 User Review
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| | throughly enlighting | donoharm 09/22/2007 | | like most movies this has a touch of truth. reporters are as unscruplous then as they are today. so many time it seem no one wants the truth, only dirt. pity! |
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Vicki 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid, Richard Boone, Max Showalter, Alexander D'Arcy, Carl Betz, Aaron Spelling, John Dehner, Roy Engel, Parley Baer, Stuart Randall, Russ Conway, Frank Fenton, Frank Gerstle
Following the murder of supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters), police Lt. Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) vigorously steps into the case. He had been in love with Vicki before she gained success and has blamed her publicity man, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reed), for taking her away from him. Now, Cornell is determined to convict Christopher in what seems to be a personal vendetta. But Christopher, with help from Vicki's sister, Jill (Jeanne Crain), tracks down the identity of the real killer and puts an end to the madness.
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 The Wasp Woman 1960 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Susan Cabot, Michael Mark, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris, Frank Gerstle, Dick Miller, Bruno VeSota, Frank Wolff, William Roerick
Aging, cosmetics tycoon Janice (Susan Cabot) uses wasp jelly as her formula for eternal youth. However, problems develop when a chilling side effect of her youth potion turns her intermittently into a wasp monster.
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| 1. Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
2. Call Me Madam (1953)
3. D.O.A. (1950)
4. The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
5. Gang Busters (1955)
6. I, Mobster (1958)
7. Killers from Space (1954)
8. The Long, Long Trailer (1953)
9. Monstrosity (1964)
aka: The Atomic Brain
10. The River's Edge (1957)
11. Slightly Scarlet (1956)
12. Submarine Seahawk (1959)
13. Top Secret Affair (1957)
14. Vicki (1953)
15. The Wasp Woman (1960)
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