The Balcony 1963  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Strick
Cast: Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Peter Brocco, Ruby Dee, Kent Smith, Jeff Corey, Leonard Nimoy, Joyce Jameson, Arnette Jens
This satire on politics and religion takes place in a house of prostitution during a revolution. The police chief (Peter Falk) uses the customers to try to suppress the revolution.
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Black Hand 1950 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli, Marc Lawrence, Frank Puglia, Barry Kelley, Mario Siletti, Carl Milletaire, Peter Brocco, Bert Freed
An Italian immigrant, Johnny Colombo (Gene Kelly), avenges the murder of his parents by the Black Hand (early name for what was to become the Mafia) in this story based on early 20th-century gangster activity in the United States.
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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture 1949  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane, Don McGuire, Joan Woodbury, Sid Tomack, Frank Sully, Charles Arnt, Luis Van Rooten, Philip Ahn, Peter Brocco, Benson Fong, Edgar Dearing, Fred F. Sears, Pat O'Malley
This film represents the last episode in the "Boston Blackie" series. Once again, Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) and his sidekick The Runt (Sid Tomack replaces George E. Stone for this final episode.) are accused of murder. This time around, they are reported to be leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered. Blackie and The Runt, as usual, escape from the police and manage to find the real murderer in Wong's Curio Shop where they also find stolen jewels hidden in tea bags.
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Champagne for Caesar 1950 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton, Art Linkletter, Byron Foulger, Mel Blanc, Peter Brocco, Douglas Evans, John Eldredge
Professor Beauregard Bottomley (Ronald Colman) makes a fortune as a contestant on a quiz show while sponsors stop at almost nothing to break his winning streak.
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Dark Intruder 1965 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Gilbert Green, Charles Bolender, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith, Werner Klemperer, Peter Brocco, Vaughn Taylor, Bill Quinn
In this TV pilot, Bret Kingsford (Leslie Nielsen) is an amateur detective who fights against demons trying to take over the body of San Francisco socialites.
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Games 1967  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross, Don Stroud, Estelle Winwood, Kent Smith, Marjorie Bennett, Ian Wolfe, Peter Brocco, Anthony Eustrel
Enjoying games as a big part of their marriage turns tragic for Paul (James Caan) and Jennifer (Katharine Ross) when their friend Norman (Don Stroud) is killed as a result of one of their practical jokes.
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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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Hot Blood 1956 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Luther Adler, Joseph Calleia, Mikhail Rasumny, Nina Koshetz, Helen Westcott, James H. Russell, Wally Russell, Nick Dennis, Richard Deacon, Robert Foulk, John Raven, Peter Brocco, Ross Bagdasarian
In this story, set in a gypsy community in Los Angeles, aspiring dancer Stephen Torino (Cornel Wilde) enters into an arranged marriage with Annie (Jane Russell). At first, Stephen shows little interest in Annie, but when he gets to know her, he changes his attitude, and romance is on his mind.
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House by the River 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Jody Gilbert, Sarah Padden, Peter Brocco, Howland Chamberlain, Margaret Seddon, Kathleen Freeman, Will Wright
After Stephen (Louis Hayward) accidentally murders a maid, his brother, John (Lee Bowman), helps him hide the body. But, when police find the body, John, not Stephen, becomes the prime suspect.
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The Lone Wolf in Mexico 1947  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Sheila Ryan, Jacqueline deWit, Eric Blore, Nestor Paiva, John Gallaudet, Peter Brocco, Bernard Nedell, Winifred Harris
The series is getting stale, especially with Mohr as the Lone Wolf. This is his third and last role as the ex-jewel thief sleuth and in this episode he is accused of robbery AND murder while helping the police bring diamond smugglers to justice in Mexico.
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Mutiny 1952 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles, Gene Evans, Rhys Williams, Robert Osterloh, Peter Brocco, Norman Leavitt, Walter Sande, Morris Ankrum, Todd Karns, Clayton Moore
During the War of 1812, officers serving on an American Naval ship, the Ulysses–American Capt. James Marshall (Mark Stevens) and British Capt. Ben Waldridge (Patric Knowles)–vie for control of the gold shipment as well as the attention of passenger Leslie (Angela Lansbury).
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 The One and Only 1978 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday, Harold Gould, Herve Villechaize, Ed Begley Jr., Peter Brocco, Bill Baldwin Sr.
Andy (Henry Winkler) is a failure as an actor–until he applies those same skills to the wrestling world.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975   R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Brad Dourif, Michael Berryman, Scatman Crothers, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Brocco, William Duell, Dean R. Brooks, Alonzo Brown, Nathan George, Sydney Lassick, Ted Markland
Jack Nicholson's performance is great as Randle Patrick McMurphy, a convict who feigns mental problems to get himself out of prison. He is admitted to a psychiatric ward, realizes that jail was not so bad, and fights the system of drugging patients to keep them "quiet." In the process, he helps the other patients to gain a sense of self-worth. All this is done under the disapproving eye of insensitive Nurse Ratched (Louise Fledcher). The picture won five Academy awards: Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman), and Writing and was nominated for four others, including Best Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif).
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 Our Man Flint 1965 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare, Benson Fong, Rhys Williams, Russ Conway, Peter Brocco, James Brolin, William Walker
This spoof on "James Bond" films stars James Coburn as Derek Flint–the world's greatest secret agent. When attempts are made to assassinate him, Flint uses his deductive skills to locate the mad scientists who are out to get Flint out of the way so they can take over the world. Sequel: "In Like Flint."
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The Pleasure Seekers 1964 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Ann - Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley, Gene Tierney, Brian Keith, Gardner McKay, Isobel Elsom, Pamela Tiffin, Vito Scotti, Peter Brocco
This remake of 1954's award winning "Three Coins in the Fountain" changes location (Madrid), but it is still the story about seeking romance in Europe.
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 The Prisoner of Zenda 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone, Robert Douglas, Robert Coote, James Mason, Peter Brocco, Francis Pierlot, Jay Adler, Kathleen Freeman, John Goldsworthy, Forbes Murray, Thomas Browne Henry
In this remake of the 1937 film, Stewart Granger stars in the Ronald Colman role of an Englishman, Rudolf Rassendyll, who vacations in Romania where it is discovered that he has a surprising resemblance to Romania's Prince Rudolph (also played by Granger). The Prince's brother Michael, Duke of Strelsau (Robert Douglas) plans to usurp the throne and drugs the Prince the night before his coronation. Because he looks so much like the Prince, Rudolf is asked to impersonate the Prince during the coronation and foil the plot of his evil brother. Once he catches on to the subterfuge, the brother imprisons the real Prince, and now Rudolf, while carrying out the ruse, begins to fall in love with the Prince's fiancee Princess Flavia (Deborah Kerr).
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Radar Men from the Moon 1952  N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred C. Brannon
Cast: George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Bakewell, Clayton Moore, Peter Brocco, Bob Stevenson, Don Walters, Tom Steele, Dale Van Sickel
This very low budget, 12-episode serial pokes a little fun at the sci-fi films of the early 1950s. Defenses on Earth are being destroyed, and super commando Cody (George Wallace), with his flying suit, is assigned the task of finding out why it is happening. It turns out that the power-crazed Retik (Roy Barcroft), the ruler of the Moon, is softening up Earth's defenses in order to wage war. Can Cody and his arsenal of inventions save the Earth?
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The Reckless Moment 1949  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, Roy Roberts, Paul E. Burns, Billy Snyder, Claire Carleton, Peter Brocco
Lucia (Joan Bennett) tries to hide evidence of an accidental homicide by her daughter, Bea (Geraldine Brooks); however, she is later blackmailed for her efforts by Martin Donnellly (James Mason) in this gripping suspense film.
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 The Ring 1952 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno, Lalo Rios, Robert Arthur, Robert Osterloh, Martin Garralaga, Jack Elam, Peter Brocco, Lillian Molieri, Julia Montoya, Pepe Hern, Victor Millan, Tony Martinez
Mexican-American Tommy Cantanios (Lalo Rios) lives in White dominated East Los Angeles in the 1950s when he decides that the best way to improve his lot in life is to train as a boxer and excel in the ring. Tommy gets his training from boxing scout Pete Genusa (Gerald Mohr) and gains success as a boxer but learns that despite his standings in the ring, he is still considered to be an "outsider" in the neighborhood.
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Rogue Cop 1954 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft, Steve Forrest, Anne Francis, Alan Hale Jr., Robert F. Simon, Robert Ellenstein, Peter Brocco, Anthony Ross
Undercover cop Christopher Kelvaney (Robert Taylor) seeks the killers of his brother. Well made flick.
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Search for Danger 1949 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Bernhard
Cast: John Calvert, Myrna Dell, Albert Dekker, Douglas Fowley, Ben Welden, Peter Brocco, Michael Mark, James Griffith, Mauritz Hugo, Jack Daly
This is the last of the "Falcon" series. John Calvert stars as the Falcon on the trail of two gamblers who have made off with $100,000.
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Then Came Bronson 1969 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Michael Parks, Bonnie Bedelia, Akim Tamiroff, Gary Merrill, Sheree North, Martin Sheen, Peter Brocco, Bert Freed, Ted Gehring, Gene Dynarski
James Bronson (Michael Parks) is a reporter who sets off on an American odyssey looking for his true values in life in this pilot for a TV series.
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The Three Stooges in Orbit 1962 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Bernds
Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Carol Christensen, Edson Stroll, Emil Sitka, George N. Neise, Nestor Paiva, Norman Leavitt, Peter Brocco
The Three Stooges travel into space where they fight off evil Martians who want to capture a military weapon.
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| 1. Appointment with Murder (1948)
2. The Balcony (1963)
3. Black Hand (1950)
4. Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
5. Champagne for Caesar (1950)
6. Dark Intruder (1965)
7. Games (1967)
8. He Laughed Last (1956)
9. Hot Blood (1956)
10. House by the River (1950)
11. The Killing Kind (1973)
12. The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
13. Mutiny (1952)
14. The One and Only (1978)
15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
16. Our Man Flint (1965)
17. The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
18. The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
19. Radar Men from the Moon (1952)
20. The Reckless Moment (1949)
21. The Ring (1952)
22. Rogue Cop (1954)
23. Search for Danger (1949)
24. Then Came Bronson (1969)
25. The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)
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