Baby Face Morgan 1942  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Cast: Mary Carlisle, Richard Cromwell, Robert Armstrong, Chick Chandler, Charles Judels, Warren Hymer, Vince Barnett, Ralf Harolde, Hal K. Dawson, Kenneth Chryst, Pierce Lyden, Toddy Peterson
This gangster comedy is a tale about over-the-hill mobsters who are tricked into thinking "Baby Face" Morgan (Richard Cromwell) is now in charge of a phony trucking insurance scam. But "Baby Face" isn't in on the scam, pays off claims, and reduces the gang's profits.
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Border Patrol 1943  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Russell Simpson, Claudia Drake, George Reeves, Duncan Renaldo, Cliff Parkinson, Pierce Lyden, Robert Mitchum
Texas Rangers Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd), California (Andy Clyde), and Johnny (Jay Kirby) are tasked to break up the smuggling of Mexicans into the U.S. who are being held as, essentially, slaves in Orestes' (Russell Simpson) silver mine. When one Mexican is shot by a member of the Orestes gang, the Rangers are convicted by a kangaroo court and sentenced to be hanged. They escape and, with great dispatch, take care of the situation. Look for young Robert Mitchum as one of the gang members.
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Phantom from 10,000 Leagues 1956  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Dan Milner
Cast: Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen, Helene Stanton, Rodney Bell, Phillip Pine, Vivi Janiss, Pierce Lyden, Michael Garth
When bodies wash ashore, oceanographer Ted (Kent Taylor) is sent to investigate. What he finds is a (poorly) man-made monster that gets its power from atomic light. The dastardly scientist King (Michael Whalen) must be at work.
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Pirates of the High Seas 1950 N/R, 260 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Symona Boniface, Gene Roth, Tristram Coffin, Stanley Price, Marshall Reed, I. Stanford Jolley, Terry Frost, Pierce Lyden, Neyle Morrow, Tommy Farrell
There's a lot happening on a tropical island what with pirates raiding the place and the search for a cache of diamonds stolen by Nazis during World War II (among other goings-on). The pirate ship is particularly troublesome since it can turn into a submarine. Things change for the good guys when Navy-buddy Jeff (Buster Crabbe) is called in by his friends in this cheap, but fun, 15-episode serial.
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Private Snuffy Smith 1942 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Snuffy Smith, Yard Bird
Snuffy Smith
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Sarah Padden, Doris Linden, Andria Palmer, J. Farrell MacDonald, Patrick McVey, Frank Austin, Jimmie Dodd, Pierce Lyden
Hillbilly moonshiner Snuffy Smith (Bud Duncan) joins the Army, and a clash between Snuffy and his former enemy, Sergeant Cooper (Edgar Kennedy), is inevitable. Sgt. Cooper was the revenue agent who had pursued Snuffy back home, and their past history contributes to the mayhem.
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Texas Lawmen 1951 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, I. Stanford Jolley, Lee Roberts, Terry Frost, Marshall Reed, Lane Bradford, Lyle Talbot, John Hart, Roy Butler, Pierce Lyden, Stanley Price
The Morrow gang, led by Bart Morrow (I. Stanford Jolley), robs a stagecoach, killing the sheriff (Pierce Lyden). On his deathbed, sheriff hands his badge to his deputy Tod (James Ellison) urging him to catch the gang. When Marshal Johnny (Johnny Mack Brown) is assigned to track down the gang, he asks for help from Tod. But Tod is Morrow's son, and is torn between his duty and his family. He comes to the conclusion that he must help the Marshal.
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They Raid by Night 1942  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi, George N. Neise, Charley Rogers, Paul Baratoff, Leslie Denison, Crane Whitley, Sven Hugo Borg, Eric Wilton, Pierce Lyden, John(2) Beck
British Commando Capt. Robert Owen (Lyle Talbot) leads a mission to Norway where he plans to overpower the Gestapo and use their uniforms when he and his men rescue a Norwegian General (Paul Baratoff) from a Nazi prison camp.
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Twilight in the Sierras 1950  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez, Pat Brady, Russ Vincent, George Meeker, Fred Kohler Jr., Edward Keane, House Peters Jr., Pierce Lyden
An ex-counterfeiter has been kidnapped, and U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers is out after the counterfeiting gang who did it. Dale Evans is there to provide songs and romance.
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Wagon Team 1952  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis, Gregg Barton, Dickie Jones, George J. Lewis, Gordon Jones, Harry Harvey, Henry Rowland, Pierce Lyden
Gene Autry is a Wells Fargo detective and goes after the bad guys who stole the payroll.
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| 1. Baby Face Morgan (1942)
2. Border Patrol (1943)
3. Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1956)
4. Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
5. Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
aka: Snuffy Smith, Yard Bird
aka: Snuffy Smith
6. Texas Lawmen (1951)
7. They Raid by Night (1942)
8. Twilight in the Sierras (1950)
9. Wagon Team (1952)
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