The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970  R, 121 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Peter Whitney, R.G. Armstrong, Gene Evans, Kathleen Freeman, William Mims, Susan O'Connell, Vaughn Taylor, Max Evans, James Anderson
Loner Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) builds a home and a new life for himself in the old West–until his stagecoach stop loses out to a new invention: the automobile.
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The Big Heat 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Lee Marvin, Carolyn Jones, Jeanette Nolan, Alexander Scourby, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Harry Lauter, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Chris Alcaide, Dorothy Green
Following his colleague's suicide, homicide detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) investigates possible mob influence from within the city's police force. When a car bomb, meant for him, kills Bannion's wife Katie (Jocelyn Brando), he is taken off the case. Now, with help from Debbie (Gloria Grahame) who is the ex-mistress of gang leader Vince Stone (Lee Marvin), Bannion seeks revenge.
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Blues in the Night 1941  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson, Wallace Ford, Howard Da Silva, Elia Kazan, Billy Halop, Peter Whitney, Joyce Compton, Herbert Heywood, George Lloyd, Charles C. Wilson, Matt McHugh
"Jigger" Pine (Richard Whorf) forms a jazz band, and the trumpeter Leo's (Jack Carson) wife Ginger "Character" Powell (Priscilla Lane) is their singer. They wait for that big break that doesn't come and spend their time riding the trains from one small gig to another. On one train ride they meet gangster Del Davis (Lloyd Nolan) who offers the band a job at his New Jersey roadhouse. They begin performing for Davis and employ sultry Kay (Betty Field) as their singer–and, too late, learn how mobster's moll Kay can tear the band apart.
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The Brute Man 1946  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Rondo Hatton, Jane(2) Adams, Tom Neal, Jan Wiley, Peter Whitney, Donald MacBride, Fred Coby, Janelle Johnson Dolenz, Tristram Coffin, Joseph Crehan
Hal Moffet "The Creeper" (Rondo Hatton) seeks revenge for a lab accident that grossly disfigured him years ago in college. (Fred Coby takes on the role of Hal before the disfigurement.) After finding and killing his former classmates, "The Creeper" seeks refuge in the home of blind, piano teacher Helen Page (Jane Adams). But, an unrelenting police officer, Lt. Gates (Peter Whitney), is on his trail, and capture appears to be a certainty for "The Creeper."
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Destination Tokyo 1943 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely, Dane Clark, Warner Anderson, William Prince, Robert Hutton, Tom Tully, Faye Emerson, Peter Whitney, John Forsythe, Warren Douglas, John Alvin, Bill Kennedy
Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant) commands a United States submarine during World War II. His assignment is to sail into Tokyo Bay to gather information about weather conditions in preparation for a bombing of Tokyo. The plan involves putting ashore meteorologist Raymond (John Ridgely) who will obtain the needed data. The submarine leaves San Francisco on Christmas Eve, and the voyage will prove harrowing as the crew sets out to fulfill its mission. This film was released during World War II, and, while propaganda is obvious, it is still an exciting story.
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Gorilla at Large 1954 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Burr, Peter Whitney, Lee Marvin, Warren Stevens, Charlotte Austin, John Kellogg, Charles Tannen, John McKee, Max Wagner
A series of murders take place at an amusement park, The Garden of Evil, where the main attraction is a huge gorilla. The chief suspect is a gorilla–or is it someone else wearing a gorilla suit?
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The Great Bank Robbery 1969 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Hy Averback
Cast: Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins, Akim Tamiroff, Larry Storch, John Alexander, Sam Jaffe, Mako, Elisha Cook Jr., Ruth Warrick, John Fiedler, John Larch, Peter Whitney, Norman Alden
When a con man, the Reverend Pious Blue (Zero Mostel), attempts a bank robbery, he is met by a Texas Ranger (Clint Walker) and his six Chinese agents who are on the scene investigating a crooked mayor. When their paths cross, chaos becomes the name of the game. This is a pretty good spoof on Westerns; the tale takes place in the aptly named town of Friendly.
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The Last Frontier 1955 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Savage Wilderness
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, James Whitmore, Anne Bancroft, Guy Williams, Russell Collins, Peter Whitney, Pat Hogan, Mickey Kuhn
The ruthless Colonel Frank Marston (Robert Preston) alienates everyone–including his own wife and soldiers–at the outpost he commands.
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Man from Del Rio 1956  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney, Douglas Fowley, John Larch, Whit Bissell, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Douglas Spencer, Barry Atwater, Katherine DeMille
Swarthy Mexican gunman Dave Robles (Anthony Quinn) is hired by a town to enforce law and order; however, he runs into problems when his wrist is broken and he cannot effectively use his gun.
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Mr. Skeffington 1944 N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Richard Waring, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Marjorie Riordan, Robert Shayne, John Alexander, Jerome Cowan, Charles Drake, Johnny Mitchell, Dorothy Peterson, Halliwell Hobbes, Peter Whitney, Bill Kennedy
Fanny Tullis (Bette Davis) marries banker Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) to save her brother Trippy (Richard Waring). Many trials and tribulations await as Fanny survives divorce, deceit, and a disaster. Davis received an Oscar Nomination for Best Actress and Claude Rains was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Murder, He Says 1945 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Peter Whitney, Mabel Paige, Barbara Pepper, Walter Baldwin, James Flavin
Census taker Pete Marshall (Fred MacMurray) gets more than he bargained for when he knocks on the door of a hillbilly family that distrusts strangers.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, James Gleason, Howard Da Silva, Faye Emerson, Edward Brophy, Charles Drake, Peter Whitney, Vera Lewis, Ben Welden
Matt Sawyer is a newspaper reporter who captures a big story while on the trail of a murderer and then is sued for libel.
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The Notorious Lone Wolf 1946  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Janis Carter, Eric Blore, John Abbott, William B. Davidson, Don Beddoe, Adele Roberts, Peter Whitney, Olaf Hytten, Ian Wolfe
After a three-year gap in films, the Lone Wolf returns from WWII, with Gerald Mohr taking over the role of the ex-jewel thief sleuth. Eric Blore returns as the trusty valet as Lone Wolf gets involved in the case of priceless jewels being stolen from a museum. He must solve the case, since, among other things, he is a prime suspect. Not among the best of the series, but overall, it's fun.
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Rio Rita 1942 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll, Tom Conway, Peter Whitney, Barry Nelson, Patricia Dane, Arthur Space, Joan Valerie
This second remake of the Broadway musical features Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as Doc and Wishy, the heroes who capture Nazis that are threats to peace as they send messages via radio waves.
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Underground 1941 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Jeffrey Lynn, Philip Dorn, Kaaren Verne, Mona Maris, Peter Whitney, Martin Kosleck, Erwin Kalser, Ilka Gruning, Frank Reicher, Egon Brecher, Ludwig Stossel, Roland Varno
During World War II, German brothers Kurt (Jeffrey Lynn) and Eric (Philip Dorn) embrace opposing doctrines. Kurt is a Nazi while Eric is a Socialist in this propaganda film that was released shortly before America's entry into the war.
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Valley of the Sun 1942 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Lucille Ball, James Craig, Cedric Hardwicke, Dean Jagger, Peter Whitney, Billy Gilbert, Tom Tyler, Antonio Moreno, George Cleveland, Hank Bell
When a good Indian scout (James Craig) and an evil Indian agent (Dean Jagger) fall in love with the same woman (Lucille Ball), trouble is bound to result.
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| 1. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
2. The Big Heat (1953)
3. Blues in the Night (1941)
4. The Brute Man (1946)
5. Destination Tokyo (1943)
6. Gorilla at Large (1954)
7. The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
8. The Last Frontier (1955)
aka: Savage Wilderness
9. Man from Del Rio (1956)
10. Mr. Skeffington (1944)
11. Murder, He Says (1945)
12. Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
13. The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
14. Rio Rita (1942)
15. Underground (1941)
16. Valley of the Sun (1942)
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