Crime of Passion 1957  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano, Robert Quarry, Stuart Whitman, Geraldine Wall, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross, Jay Adler
L.A. police detective Lt. Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden) and San Francisco columnist Kathy (Barbara Stanwyck) meet, fall in love, and marry. Now, Kathy quits her job and moves to Los Angeles to be a homemaker. She develops a fixation on Bill's career and will stop at nothing to assure his professional success. When problems develop with Bill's boss Inspector Pope (Raymond Burr), Kathy gets a gun and kills Pope. Will Bill be the one who puts the clues together and solves the murder?
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The Emperor of the North 1973  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Emperor of the North Pole
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles Tyner, Simon Oakland, Malcolm Atterbury, Harry Caesar, Matt Clark, Elisha Cook Jr., Sid Haig
Smack (Ernest Borgnine) is a sadistic train conductor who is determined to kill all the hobos riding his rails. He succeeds until he encounters "A No. 1" (Lee Marvin) who is not about to become a victim.
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From the Terrace 1960 N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, Leon Ames, Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Patrick O'Neal, Felix Aylmer, Elizabeth Allen, Raymond Greenleaf, Malcolm Atterbury, Raymond Bailey, Ted de Corsia, Howard Caine
Alfred Eaton (Paul Newman) has inherited the inability to show affection from his father Samuel (Leon Ames), and, after returning from the war, climbs the corporate ladder in New York's financial world. He chooses his professional world over his personal life with his promiscuous wife Mary St. John (Joanne Woodward) and spends much of his time away from her–until he hits a crisis point while having an affair with Natalie (Ina Balin), and his world comes crashing down around him. An extra star in the rating is due to Myrna Loy's performance as Alfred's alcoholic mother, Martha Eaton.
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I Was a Teen-age Werewolf 1957  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Whit Bissell, Michael Landon, Yvonne Fedderson, Tony Marshall, Cynthia Chenault, Guy Williams, Vladimir Sokoloff, Dawn Richard, Barney Phillips, Ken Miller, Michael Rougas, Robert Griffin, Joseph Mell, Malcolm Atterbury, Louise Lewis
Tony (Michael Landon) is a teenager whose temper gets him in trouble, and this concerns many, including his girlfriend Arlene (Yvonne Fedderson). As a result, Tony is treated through hypnotherapy by a psychologist, Dr. Brandon (Whit Bissell). Brandon uses Tony in an experiment and gives him a serum that turns him into a werewolf. Now, as Tony searches for a way to recover, violence ensues.
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 Rio Bravo 1959  N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, John Russell, Ricky Nelson, Claude Akins, Bob Steele, Myron Healey, Estelita Rodriguez, Malcolm Atterbury, Yakima Canutt, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Bing Russell
Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) sits with his cohorts Dude, Stumpy, and Colorado Ryan (Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Ricky Nelson) while holding killer Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) in his jail and waits for the Marshal to come for him. Problems develop when Joe's brother Nathan (John Russell) sends in help for a jail escape. Followed by "El Dorado."
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Wild River 1960 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi, Jay C. Flippen, James Westerfield, Frank Overton, Bruce Dern, Pat Hingle, Malcolm Atterbury
As a TVA official of the 1930s, Chuck Glover (Montgomery Clift) tries to convince Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet) to sell her home (which is located on an island in the Tennessee River) and allow plans for the government's development of power and transportation on the river proceed.
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| 1. Crime of Passion (1957)
2. The Emperor of the North (1973)
aka: Emperor of the North Pole
3. From the Terrace (1960)
4. High School Big Shot (1959)
5. I Was a Teen-age Werewolf (1957)
6. Rio Bravo (1959)
7. Wild River (1960)
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