The Ape 1940 N/R, 63 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Nigh Cast: Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gertrude Hoffman, Henry Hall, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan, Selmer Jackson, George Cleveland, Ray Corrigan, Mary Field, I. Stanford Jolley, Pauline Drake, Jack Kennedy, Philo McCullough
In need of spinal fluid to cure a young girl's paralysis, Dr. Adrian (Boris Karloff) camouflages himself in an ape skin and murders townsfolk to obtain their spinal fluids for his serum.
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The Devil Bat 1940 N/R, 68 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama / Sci-Fi aka: Killer Bats
Director: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Guy Usher, Yolande Donlan, Donald Kerr, Edmund Mortimer, Gene O'Donnell, Alan Baldwin, John Ellis, Hal Price, Arthur Q. Bryan, John Davidson, Wally Rairden
Deranged scientist Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) sets out to destroy the cosmetics firm where he is employed. (They don't pay him enough!) His "bats" kill people who wear a certain cologne. There is a sequel: "Devil Bat's Daughter."
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Freckles Comes Home 1942 N/R, 63 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Mantan Moreland, Irving Bacon, Bradley Page, Betty Blythe, Marvin Stephens, Walter Sande, Max Hoffman Jr., Laurence Criner, John Ince, Gene O'Donnell
Freckles (Johnny Downs) arrives home from college with big plans for himself and his hometown. But he begins with a rough start when gangsters have holed up in town with the intent of robbing the bank. Freckles must deal with the situation while also dealing with his sweetheart, Jane (Gale Storm). Based on Gene Stratton-Porter's stories.
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The Girl in Black Stockings 1957 N/R, 73 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Howard W. Koch Cast: Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, John Dehner, John Holland, Diana Van der Vlis, Richard H. Cutting, Gene O'Donnell
Murders at a Utah resort are investigated by David Hewson (Lex Barker), and clues lead to a mentally deranged woman (Anne Bancroft).
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| 1. The Ape (1940)
2. The Devil Bat (1940) aka: Killer Bats
3. Freckles Comes Home (1942)
4. The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
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