Kansas City Confidential 1952  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: The Secret Four
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti, Howard Negley, Carleton Young, Don Orlando, Ted Ryan, Tom Dillon, Paul Dubov, Jeff York
Ex-cop Tim Foster (Preston Foster) sets up and executes the "perfect" heist using a trio of people who don't know each other and are sent to different countries. World War II veteran and ex-con Joe Rolfe (John Payne) is picked up by the police, since he is driving a similar van, but is let go when the real van is found. Joe, without a job, sets out to take care of the criminals himself. A tough crime caper that provides a good expose of the underworld scene.
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Let's Do It Again 1953  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray, Leon Ames, Valerie Bettis, Tom Helmore, Karin Booth, Mary Treen, Kathryn Givney, Herbert Heyes, Dick Wessel, Franklyn Farnum, Howard Negley, David McMahon, Alphonse Martell
As the means of getting her womanizing composer husband Gary (Ray Milland) to rekindle his love for her, Connie (Jane Wyman) pretends to have an affair with Alaskan millionaire Frank McGraw (Aldo Ray). Now, Gary uses Deborah (Karin Booth) to make Connie jealous. It doesn't take long before Cary and Connie realize the error of their ways and reunite. A good musical remake of "The Awful Truth" (1937).
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The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Tito Vuolo, Charles Arnt, Marjorie Bennett, Alan Wells, Mimi Aguglia, Morgan Farley, Bud Wolfe, Howard Negley, William Gould
San Francisco Police Lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb) is having an affair with married socialite Lois Frazer (Jane Wyatt) who is divorcing her husband Howard (Harlan Warde). When Lois shoots and kills Howard, Ed comes to her aid and helps her get rid of the body. They deposit the body at the airport, but Ed's brother Andy (John Dall), who just happens to be a homicide detective, discovers the cover-up. Ed and Lois flee to the abandoned Fort Point at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The police track them down and arrest them. Ed's trial begins, and he faces the fact that Lois has captivated her lawyer, and Ed is now out of her life.
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Mystery Submarine 1950  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Macdonald Carey, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas, Carl Esmond, Ludwig Donath, Jacqueline Dalya, Fred Nurney, Katherine Warren, Howard Negley, Bruce Morgan
Brett Young (Macdonald Carey) is an undercover agent with the job of keeping U.S. atomic secrets from falling into the wrong hands. The mysterious Madelein Brenner (Marta Toren) and a renegade submarine that is after atomic secrets become Young's challenge. Weak.
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Tunnel of Love 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala, Elisabeth Fraser, Doodles Weaver, Elizabeth Wilson, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Williams, Vikki Dougan, Esquire Trio, Sid Melton, Cosmo Sardo, Donald Kerr, Howard Negley
There are really funny things that happen during the adoption process, and a married couple, Isolde and Augie Poole (Doris Day and Richard Widmark), encounter more than their share when they register with the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. When the agency sends out Estelle Novick (Gia Scala) to interview Isolde and Augie, their neighbor Dick (Gig Young) hits on her, and Estelle decides that Augie is not a good candidate for fatherhood. Augie decides to change Estelle's mind by taking her out to dinner. Matters get out of hand, and Augie wakes up in a motel room with a hangover. Nine months later, the agency tells Augie and Isolde that they have a baby for them. The baby bears a striking resemblance to Augie. Is there more to this than meets the eye?
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Twilight on the Rio Grande 1947  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Gene Autry, Sterling Holloway, Adele Mara, Bob Steele, Charles Evans, George J. Lewis, Kenne Duncan, Robert J. Wilke, Martin Garralaga, Howard Negley
Gene Autry and his sidekick (Sterling Holloway) find out their friend (Bob Steele) has met his end and are out to get justice for those responsible.
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| 1. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
aka: The Secret Four
2. Let's Do It Again (1953)
3. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
4. Mystery Submarine (1950)
5. Tunnel of Love (1958)
6. Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
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