Bonanza Town 1951  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Two-Fisted Agent
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Fred F. Sears, Luther Crockett, Myron Healey, Charles Horvath, Slim Duncan, Ted Jordan, Al Wyatt, Paul McGuire, George Chesebro, I. Stanford Jolley
A crooked judge attempts to interfere in The Durango Kid's (Charles Starrett) efforts to recover stolen bank money.
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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture 1949  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane, Don McGuire, Joan Woodbury, Sid Tomack, Frank Sully, Charles Arnt, Luis Van Rooten, Philip Ahn, Peter Brocco, Benson Fong, Edgar Dearing, Fred F. Sears, Pat O'Malley
This film represents the last episode in the "Boston Blackie" series. Once again, Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) and his sidekick The Runt (Sid Tomack replaces George E. Stone for this final episode.) are accused of murder. This time around, they are reported to be leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered. Blackie and The Runt, as usual, escape from the police and manage to find the real murderer in Wong's Curio Shop where they also find stolen jewels hidden in tea bags.
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 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956   N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Grandon Rhodes, Harry Lauter, Thomas Browne Henry, Charles Evans, Frank Wilcox, Larry J. Blake, Nicky Blair, Paul Frees, Clark Howat, Arthur Tovey
When UFOs attempt to make peaceful communications with Earth, their mission is mistaken for an invasion. They land on an Army base and are the target of gunfire. Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) is on hand when the pilots announce that they plan to take over Earth within 60 days, and he is given the job of heading up Operation Skyhook, which will probe the atmosphere for future space flights. Dr. Marvin and his team develop a missile that, when fired, shatters the flying saucers. But big problems result from the attack, and the saucers crash into Washington, D.C., landmarks. Special effects by the master: Ray Harryhausen 1 User Review
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| | 07/20/2009 | | Fantastic film, Ray Harryhausen is genius! |
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 Rock Around the Clock 1956 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Bill Haley, The Platters, Tony Martinez, Freddie Bell, Johnny Johnston, Alix Talton, Henry Slate, Lisa Gaye, Alan Freed, John Archer
Rock deejay Alan Freed discovers Bill Haley and the Comets and brings them to New York where they hit it big. It is the music, however, that provides the excitement of the 1950s rock 'n roll era. Songs include "Razzle Dazzle," "The Great Pretender," "See You Later, Alligator," and "Only You."
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Tokyo Joe 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa, Jerome Courtland, Gordon Jones, Rhys Williams, Charles Meredith, Harold Goodwin, James Cardwell, Teru Shimada, Hideo Mori, Lora Lee Michel, Whit Bissell, Fred F. Sears
Three years after World War II ends, an American soldier, Joe Barrett (Humphrey Bogart), returns to Japan on a business venture. He believes that his wife Trina (Florence Marly) died in a concentration camp, but now finds that Trina is alive, has remarried Mark Landis (Alexander Knox), and has a seven-year-old daughter Anya (Lora Lee Michel) who Barrett suspects is his own child. Ex-Japanese intelligence officer Baron Kimura (Sessue Hayakawa) wants Barrett to use his airline to fly war criminals back to Japan and kidnaps Anya to ensure Barretts cooperation. Events escalate and culminate in a bloody shoot-out.
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| 1. Bandits of El Dorado (1949)
2. Bonanza Town (1951)
aka: Two-Fisted Agent
3. Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
4. Calypso Heat Wave (1957)
5. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
6. Rock Around the Clock (1956)
7. Tokyo Joe (1949)
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