The Chance of a Lifetime 1943  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Castle
Cast: Chester Morris, Erik Rolf, Jeanne Bates, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Lloyd Corrigan, Walter Sande, Douglas Fowley, Cy Kendall, Trevor Bardette, Harry Semels, Arthur Hunnicutt, Pierre Watkin, Maude Eburne
In this "Boston Blackie" episode, ex-thief Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) sponsors 12 paroled prisoners in an effort to redeem them by finding jobs for them in a defense plant. But, not all of the prisoners have patriotism in mind, and they plan a robbery after which a reformed safecracker–and the only honest one of the group–Dooley Watson (Erik Rolf) becomes the prime suspect. By story's end, Blackie and the parolees have learned to work together, and Blackie is rewarded by getting a new set of convicts to work with.
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 Eraserhead 1977  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Allen Joseph, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, Jack Fisk, Jean Lange, Thomas Coulson, John Monez, Darwin Joston, Neil Moran, Hal Landon Jr.
Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) is trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic society filled with the smoke and noise of factories surrounding his seedy apartment building. After his girlfriend Mary (Charlotte Stewart) becomes pregnant, she moves in with Henry and delivers their baby who turns out to be a constantly crying, weird-looking mutant. Mary cannot stand the crying and leaves. Henry is now alone with the baby, and it doesn't take long for the weirdness and crying to tip Henry over the line into the realm of insanity. Truly, a cult film.
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Grand Canyon 1991 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell, Mary-Louise Parker, Alfre Woodard, Jeremy Sisto, Tina Lifford, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jeanne Bates, Patrick Malone, Randle Mell, Sarah Trigger, Destinee DeWalt, Jack Kehler
Through a series of vignettes, this film examines a group of friends, including lawyer Mack (Kevin Kline) and his newfound friend Simon (Danny Glover). Mack's car breaks down in Simon's rough neighborhood, and Simon and his gang come to his aid. Mack thanks Simon by helping Simon's sister Deborah (Tina Lifford) move out of the neighborhood and by setting up a date for Simon with Jane (Alfre Woodard). Other neighborhood problems and solutions ensue as the lives of residents from different backgrounds intertwine.
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Sabaka 1954  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Hindu
Director: Frank Ferrin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, Victor Jory, Lisa Howard, Jeanne Bates, Jay Novello, June Foray, Peter Coe, Lou Krugman, Vito Scotti, Lawrence Dobkin, Nino Marcel, Paul Marion, Louis Merrill
Set in India, this is the story about a religious cult and its very strange practices. Gunga Ram (Nino Marcel) is an elephant driver who swears to avenge the murder of his sister Indria and her husband. To attain his goal, Gunga Ram must overcome the opposition of General Pollegar (Boris Karloff) who the Maharajah of Bakore (Lou Krugman) has ordered to rout out Sabaka worshippers. Then, he plans to destroy Ashok's (Victor Jory) fire shrine of Sabaka and put an end to Ashok's fire-worshipping cult.
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Shadows in the Night 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Baxter, Nina Foch, George Zucco, Minor Watson, Lester Matthews, Ben Welden, Edward Norris, Charles C. Wilson, Charles Halton, Jeanne Bates
In this, one of the better Crime Doctor entries, it appears that one of Lois Garland's ( Nina Foch) greedy relatives is trying to drive her insane. Crime Doctor (Warner Baxter) is called into the haunted house scene to investigate.
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She's a Soldier Too 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Castle
Cast: Beulah Bondi, Lloyd Bridges, Nina Foch, Percy Kilbride, Shelley Winters, Ida Moore, Jess Barker, Jeanne Bates, Edward Earle, Marilyn Johnson
A woman taxi-driver (Beulah Bondi) listens to the story of a soldier (Lloyd Bridges) searching for his son and determines to help him in his quest.
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The Strangler 1964  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Burt Topper
Cast: Victor Buono, David McLean, Diane Sayer, Davey Davison, Ellen Corby, Michael(4) Ryan, Baynes Barron, Russ Bender, Jeanne Bates, Wally Campo, Byron Morrow, James Sikking
Lab technician Leo Kroll (Victor Buono) stalks victim after victim strangling young nurses in Boston. Jealousy of his own mother's nurse has turned him into a psychotic killer.
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| 1. The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
2. Eraserhead (1977)
3. Grand Canyon (1991)
4. Sabaka (1954)
aka: The Hindu
5. Shadows in the Night (1944)
6. She's a Soldier Too (1944)
7. The Strangler (1964)
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