Bowery at Midnight 1942  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Wanda McKay, John Archer, Tom Neal, John Berkes, Vince Barnett, Ray Miller, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lew Kelly, Anna Hope, Lucille Vance, Wheeler Oakman, Dave O'Brien, George Eldredge, "Snub" Pollard
Respected Professor Frederick Brenner (Bela Lugosi) is a teacher by day and runs a mission soup kitchen at night. But, the mission is a front for his criminal activities, which include killing his victims and burying them in the cellar where they become zombies.
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Calling Dr. Death 1943 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Holmes Herbert, Fay Helm, Alec Craig, Frederick Giermann, George Eldredge
In this, the first of the "Inner Sanctum" series, Doctor Mark Steele (Lon Chaney Jr.) is one of the chief suspects after his wife is brutally murdered.
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The Corpse Vanishes 1942  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell, Minerva Urecal, Vince Barnett, Joan Barclay, Angelo Rossitto, Kenneth Harlan, Gwen Kenyon, Frank Moran, George Eldredge, Eddie Kane, Murdock MacQuarrie
Mad scientist Doctor Lorenz (Bela Lugosi) kidnaps and murders young brides to give his aged wife, the Countess (Elizabeth Russell), eternal youth–until Pat Hunter (Luana Walters) sets the trap that snares the crazed doctor.
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Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Susan Hayward, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Jay Robinson, Barry Jones, William Marshall, Charles Evans, Harry Cording, George Eldredge, Julie Newmar, Woody Strode
In this sequel to "The Robe," the slave Demetrius (Victor Mature) has possession of Christ's robe. Demetrius tries to hide the robe, but the emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson) sends his Praetorian guards to find it because he believes that the owner will be given eternal life. Demetrius ends up in the Coliseum where the highlight of this film is the action sequences of the gladiators.
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The Devil's Playground 1946 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Action / Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley, Robert Elliott, Joseph J. Greene, Francis McDonald, Nedrick Young, Earle Hodgins, George Eldredge, Dewey Robinson, Merrill McCormick, Hank Bell, Bob Burns, John George
Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his pals California Carson (Andy Clyde) and Lucky Jenkins (Rand Brooks) come to the rescue of the widowed Mrs. Evans (Elaine Riley). She is looking for a hidden cache of gold, and the evil Judge Morton (Robert Elliott) wants the map leading to the gold. Morton is hoping to throw Mrs. Evans off her property, get the map, and take the gold for himself. Once again, Hoppy saves the day.
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Gang War 1958 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Charles Bronson, Kent Taylor, Jennifer Holden, John Doucette, Gloria Henry, Barney Phillips, George Eldredge, Whit Bissell, Ralph Manza, Billy Snyder
When teacher Alan Avery (Charles Bronson) takes on a teenage gang, his court testimony results in the murder of his wife, Edie (Gloria Henry), and a wave of gang violence.
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 It Came from Outer Space 1953  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Russell Johnson, Kathleen Hughes, Joe Sawyer, Dave Willock, Alan Dexter, George Eldredge, Edgar Dearing
This is the prototype for movies about creatures from outer space who take over bodies of people on earth.
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The Living Ghost 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: A Walking Nightmare
Lend Me Your Ear
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey, Vera Gordon, Norman Willis, J. Farrell MacDonald, Minerva Urecal, George Eldredge, Jan Wiley, Lawrence Grant, Howard Banks, Gus Glassmire
Ex-detective Nick Trayne (James Dunn) and his assistant, Billie Hilton (Joan Woodbury), search for wealthy-banker, kidnap-victim Walter Craig (Gus Glassmire), and during the investigation Craig turns up alive but in a catatonic state. To solve the new mystery, Nick and Billie follow a trail of clues that leads them to an old shack where eerie experiments involving zombies have been performed.
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The Man from the Alamo 1953 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Hugh O'Brian, Victor Jory, Neville Brand, Jeanne Cooper, John Daheim, George Eldredge, Edward Norris
John Stroud (Glenn Ford) is assigned the job of leaving the Alamo to warn Texans in the surrounding countryside that Santa Ana's forces are approaching.
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Meet Danny Wilson 1952 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Alex Nicol, Raymond Burr, Tommy Farrell, Vaughn Taylor, Tony Curtis, Donald MacBride, Jack Kruschen, George Eldredge
Danny Wilson (Frank Sinatra) gets support from the mob in furthering his singing career.
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Mom and Dad 1948 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: June Carlson, Lois Austin, George Eldredge, Jimmy Clark, Hardie Albright, Bob Lowell, Willa Pearl Curtis, Jimmy Zaner, Jane Isbell, Robert Filmer
Joan's (June Carleson) innocence helped result in pregnancy. Tame by today's standards, this was considered to be obscene when it was released and even banned in some areas. It is interesting as a slice of changing attitudes in the country since the 1940s.
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Psycho 1960  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Simon Oakland, John Anderson, Vera Miles, Vaughn Taylor, John Gavin, John McIntire, Martin Balsam, Lurene Tuttle, Frank Albertson, Patricia Hitchcock, Mort Mills, George Eldredge, Sam Flint
Janet Leigh plays confused Marion Crane who helps herself to company funds and is on her way to a better life with her newly found wealth. In the course of her escape, she stops at the Bates Motel where she meets the weird manager Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) who has his own plans for her. She better not take a shower! Leigh was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock was nominated for Best Director.
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Speed to Spare 1948 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Roscoe Karns, Nanette Parks, Pat Phelan, Ian MacDonald, Paul Harvey, George Eldredge, Roy Gordon
Stunt car driver Cliff Jordan (Richard Arlen) decides to take a less dangerous job as truck driver for a friend's company. But trouble looms on the road.
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Take Me Back to Oklahoma 1940 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Slim Andrews, Terry Walker, Robert McKenzie, Karl Hackett, Donald Curtis, Gene Alsace, Olin Francis, Carleton Young, George Eldredge, Johnny Lee Wills
Jane's (Terry Walker) stagecoach line is being sabotaged by Storm (Karl Hackett) in order to get rid of the competition. But here comes Tex and sidekick Slim (Tex Ritter and Slim Andrews) to save the day. Storm sends for outlaw Mule (Olin Francis) to eliminate Tex. Unknown to Storm, Tex and Mule are friends, and they plot to rid the town of Storm. Lots of songs in this film debut of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.
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| 1. Bowery at Midnight (1942)
2. Calling Dr. Death (1943)
3. The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
4. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
5. The Devil's Playground (1946)
6. False Paradise (1948)
7. Gang War (1958)
8. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
9. The Living Ghost (1942)
aka: A Walking Nightmare
aka: Lend Me Your Ear
10. The Man from the Alamo (1953)
11. Meet Danny Wilson (1952)
12. Mom and Dad (1948)
13. Psycho (1960)
14. Speed to Spare (1948)
15. Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
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