Boss of Big Town 1943  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Cast: John Litel, Florence Rice, H.B. Warner, Jean Brooks, John Miljan, David Bacon, Mary Gordon, Frank Ferguson, John Maxwell, Paul Dubov, Lloyd Ingraham
Mobsters try to get control of the dairy and produce wholesale market, and they succeed–until the supervisor (John Litel) of the city market finally takes actions that lead police to the gangsters.
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He Laughed Last 1956  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Frankie Laine, Lucy Marlow, Anthony Dexter, Richard Long, Alan Reed, Robin Morse, Jesse White, Henry Slate, Peter Brocco, Paul Dubov
This film is narrated by Frankie Laine and is an enjoyable parody on gangster films that flourished about the Roaring Twenties.
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Ma Barker's Killer Brood 1960  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Karn
Cast: Lurene Tuttle, Tristram Coffin, Paul Dubov, Nelson Leigh, Myrna Dell, Victor Lundin, Don Grady, Gary Ammann, Ron Foster, Rex Holman, Byron Foulger, Roy Ward Baker
Facts and fiction combine in this story about notorious Ma Barker (Lurene Tuttle) who taught her sons wrong from right and led them into the world of full-fledged criminals. Their crime spree began in Ohio and ended in a shootout with police at Ma's ritzy Florida hide-out.
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Shock Corridor 1963  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes, Larry Tucker, Bill Zuckert, Philip Ahn, Chuck Roberson, Paul Dubov
Reporter Johhy Barrett (Peter Breck) wants to win a Pulitzer prize, and he thinks he has the subject: a murder in an asylum and only three witnesses, none of whom will talk. The solution is to get himself admitted, but there will be a price to pay if he gets the job done. A typical Fuller effort–even more intense than usual.
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Six Bridges to Cross 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen, Sal Mineo, Jan Merlin, Ken Clark, Don Keefer, Tito Vuolo, Paul Dubov
Gangster Jerry Florea (Tony Curtis) leads a caper to steal $2.5 million, but his efforts go for naught when he is killed by his "comrades."
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| 1. Boss of Big Town (1943)
2. Crash! (1977) (1977)
3. He Laughed Last (1956)
4. Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
5. Shock Corridor (1963)
6. Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
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