 Affair in Trinidad 1952  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Musical
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis, Torin Thatcher, Howard Wendell, Karel Stepanek, Juanita Moore, Steven Geray, George Voskovec, Walter Kohler, Gregg Martell, Mort Mills, Ralph Moody, Kathleen O'Malley
The husband of cabaret singer Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) is murdered by a spy believed to be Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby). When Chris' brother-in-law Steve (Glenn Ford) arrives on the scene, he is not pleased that Chris is going along with a story that his brother committed suicide. What Steve does not know is that Chris is working secretly with the police in an effort to get more information on Fabian. Her investigation leads to a plot to set up a rocket launching site within range of the United States. When Fabian realizes what Chris is doing, her life is in danger, but, in the nick of time, Steve comes to her rescue.
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Double Crossbones 1951  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Adventure
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer, John Emery, Stanley Logan, Kathryn Givney, Hayden Rorke, Morgan Farley, Hope Emerson, Charles McGraw, Alan Napier, Robert Barrat, Glenn Strange, Gregg Martell, Jeff Chandler
After being wrongly accused of piracy, 18th-century shopkeeper apprentice Dave Crandall (Donald O'Connor) takes refuge on a pirate boat and, through a series of unlikely events, earns the reputation as the most dangerous pirate sailing the world's seas.
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I Was a Shoplifter 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis, Charles Drake, Gregg Martell, Larry Keating, Robert Gist, Rock Hudson, Nana Bryant
Undercover cop Jeff Andrews (Scott Brady) infiltrates a shoplifting ring and saves Faye Burton (Mona Freeman) who has been blackmailed into joining the criminal organization.
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A Patch of Blue 1965  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, John Qualen, Elisabeth Fraser, Renata Vanni, Debi Storm, Kelly Flynn, Saverio LoMedico, Tom Curtis, Robert Williams, Dorothy Lovett, Gregg Martell
Selina D'Arcy (Elizabeth Hartman) is a blind, White girl who meets a Black man, Gordon Ralfe (Sidney Poitier), at the park and falls in love with him. Although his brother Mark (Ivan Dixon) sternly advises Gordon to tell Salina that he is Black, Gordon refuses to do so. Problems rise to the fore when Selina's selfish mother Rose-Ann (Shelley Winters) learns about Gordon and Selina's relationship and forbids Selina from being with Gordon because he is Black. Despite Rose-Ann's objections, Gordon and Selina remain bonded. Winters won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Hartman was nominated for Best Actress.
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Return of the Fly 1959 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Drama
Director: Edward Bernds
Cast: Vincent Price, Brett Halsey, David Frankham, John Sutton, Dan Seymour, Danielle De Metz, Jack Daly, Michael Mark, Janine Grandel, Richard Flato, Gregg Martell, Francisco Villalobos, Pat O'Hara, Joan Cotton, Barry Bernard
This film is a sequel to "The Fly" and is followed by "Curse of the Fly." If you are a "Fly" fan, this is fun viewing. When Philippe Delambre (Brett Halsey) and his uncle Francois Delambre (Vincent Price) try to put Philippe's teleportation machine back in order, they succeed–with disastrous results.
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Sierra 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger, Richard Rober, Tony Curtis, Elisabeth Risdon, Roy Roberts, James Arness, Houseley Stevenson, Elliott Reid, Griff Barnett, Gregg Martell, Sara Allgood, Erskine Sanford
Jeff Hassard (Dean Jagger) and his son Ring (Audie Murphy) stay one step ahead of the law while trying to find evidence of Jeff's innocence in the crime of murder for which he is the prime suspect. They meet Riley Martin (Wanda Hendrix) who just happens to be a lawyer, and she just might be the answer to their problems.
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The Three Stooges Meet Hercules 1962 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Edward Bernds
Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Vicki Trickett, Quinn K. Redeker, George N. Neise, Emil Sitka, Hal Smith, John Cliff, Lewis Charles, Samson Burke, Terry Huntingdon, Barbara Hines, Gregg Martell, Diana Piper
The Three Stooges– Moe, Larry, Curley Joe (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita) go back in time. They meet characters from Greek mythology including Hercules (Samson Burke), Ulysses (John Cilff), and the weak-healed Achilles (Lewis Charles). Adventures abound.
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Tonka 1958  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Family
aka: A Horse Named Comanche
Director: Lewis Foster
Cast: Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, Jerome Courtland, Rafael Campos, H.M. Wynant, Joy Page, Herbert Rudley, Slim Pickens, Gregg Martell, Robert "Buzz" Henry
In this Disney film, a young Indian brave (Sal Mineo) develops an attachment to a wild stallion, captures the horse, and tames it. 4 User Reviews
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| | why are they no releasing these gem? | toke 04/11/2011 | Recently, Warner thru Warner Archive brought out some great movies.
Universal followed with their V A U L T series,
MGM and 20th Century apparently following suit. DISNEY, please get
on the ball. TONKA is a great film. |
| | 5 stars out of four | toke 04/11/2011 | | |
| | Shane 03/05/2010 | | I really enjoyed seeing it when I was 10yrs old in 1958. I hope it will be available on DVD soon |
| | Even after all these years... | rhaini 09/05/2007 | | I just loved this movie as a youngster and to this day wish that I had it in my collection. Any self-respecting horse-lover should definitely see and own this movie! |
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| 1. Affair in Trinidad (1952)
2. Double Crossbones (1951)
3. The Glory Brigade (1953)
4. I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
5. A Patch of Blue (1965)
6. Return of the Fly (1959)
7. Sierra (1950)
8. The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
9. Tonka (1958)
aka: A Horse Named Comanche
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