The Baron of Arizona 1950  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Beulah Bondi, Vladimir Sokoloff, Reed Hadley, Robert Barrat, Fred Kohler Jr., Tristram Coffin, Robin Short, Barbara Woodell
Nineteenth-century entrepreneur James Addison Reavis (Vincent Price) has big plans to ignore Spanish land grants and purchase Arizona for his own selfish interests.
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Big House, U.S.A. 1955 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard W. Koch
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, Randy Farr, William Talman, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bronson, Roy Roberts, Willis Bouchey
Convict Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) breaks out of prison in order to recover a cache of money he extorted earlier and wants back in his possession.
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Brain of Blood 1972  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Creature's Revenge
The Undying Brain
Director: Al Adamson
Cast: Kent Taylor, Grant Williams, John Bloom, Regina Carrol, Vicki Volante, Angelo Rossitto, Reed Hadley, Zandor Vorkov, Richard Smedley, Gus Peters
King Amir, the leader of an Arab country, appears doomed to die. But not to worry, mad Doctor Trenton (Kent Taylor) has a new technique to transplant brains. When the King is brought in, time is limited to complete the job, so when an appropriate recipient isn't found quickly, Trenton transplants Amir's brain onto the body of his grotesque assistant. When Amir awakens and looks at his new body, he goes on a rampage. And there's even more weird stuff going on in the basement, and elsewhere, in this, another low-budget film from Director Adamson.
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Circumstantial Evidence 1945  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Larkin
Cast: Michael O'Shea, Lloyd Nolan, Trudy Marshall, Billy Cummings, Ruth Ford, Reed Hadley, Roy Roberts, Scotty Beckett, Byron Foulger, Dorothy Adams, John Eldredge, Eddie Marr
Joe (Michael O'Shea) has been found guilty of murder and is on death row when he breaks out of prison. His young son, Pat (Billy Cummings), tells him to give himself up and convinces Joe that he will be proved innocent in a retrial.
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The Dark Corner 1946  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Mark Stevens, Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix, Kurt Kreuger, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley, Constance Collier, Molly Lamont, Minerva Urecal, Matt McHugh, Forbes Murray, Charles Wagenheim, Ellen Corby, John Goldsworthy
Ex-con Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) goes back to his private investigator business upon release from jail. He soon notices that someone–Stauffer, alias Fred Foss (William Bendix)–is tailing him, but what he does not know at this point is that he is being set up to take the blame for the murder of his ex-partner Anthony Jardine (Kurt Kreuger). Now, Bradford is on the lam, and his secretary, Kathleen Stewart (Lucille Ball), steps in to save the day.
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Diamond Horseshoe 1945 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers, William Gaxton, Beatrice Kay, Margaret Dumont, Eddie Acuff, George Melford, Reed Hadley, Edward Gargan
Nightclub singer Bonnie Collins (Betty Grable) gives up her stardom for marriage to a struggling medical student (Dick Haymes). Songs include "The More I See You" and "I Wish I Knew."
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Doll Face 1945  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
aka: Come Back to Me
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda, Martha Stewart, Stephen Dunne, Reed Hadley, Stanley Prager, Charles Tannen, George E. Stone, Frank Orth, Donald MacBride
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll (Vivian Blaine) and her manager, Mike Hannegan (Dennis O'Keefe), have their share of problems in the romance department when Mike tries to refine Doll Face's image to make her more acceptable on the Broadway scene.
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He Walked by Night 1948 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann
Cast: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, Jack Webb, Robert Bice, Reed Hadley, John McGuire, Kenneth Tobey
Based on a true story and told in semi-documentary fashion, this is the tale of Davis Morgan (Richard Basehart), a loner psychopath who is also an electronics expert. Davis has conducted a series of robberies and listens in on the police (with a receiver he made) in order to stay ahead of his pursuers. After killing a policeman, he is on the run. The climatic conclusion involves a chase through the sewer system of Los Angeles. A good thriller.
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Hollywood Stadium Mystery 1938 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Stadium Murders
Director: David Howard
Cast: Neil Hamilton, Evelyn Venable, Jimmy Wallington, Barbara Pepper, Lucien Littlefield, Lynne Roberts, Charles Williams, James Spottswood, Reed Hadley, Smiley Burnette, Robert Homans, William Haade
D.A. Bill Devons (Neil Hamilton) is assigned the task of solving the mysterious murder of a boxer preparing for a championship fight–a murder that occurred in front of hundreds of boxing fans.
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The House on 92nd Street 1945 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Leo G. Carroll, Gene Lockhart, Lydia St. Clair, Reed Hadley, William Post Jr., Harry Bellaver, Charles Wagenheim
FBI agent Bill Dietrich (William Eythe) is given the job of breaking up a Nazi spy ring that is attempting to steal atomic bomb secrets. This film is an excellent example of how actual documentary film footage can be interwoven with a Hollywood film.
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I Shot Jesse James 1949 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley, J. Edward Bromberg, Victor Kilian, Barbara Woodell, Tom Tyler, Tommy Noonan, Byron Foulger, Margia Dean, Eddie Dunn, Jeni Le Gon, Phillip Pine, Robin Short
In Samuel Fuller's directorial debut, he puts together a dark, fictionalized tale of Bob Ford (John Ireland) who killed his friend Jesse James (Reed Hadley) for the reward money. As a result, he loses his girlfriend Cynthy (Barbara Britton), is reduced to making money by acting out his killing in bars, and finally must run from would-be killers who seek to kill the man who killed Jesse James.
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Kansas Pacific 1953 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Nazarro
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Tom Fadden, Reed Hadley, Douglas Fowley, Irving Bacon, Robert Keys, Myron Healey
Just before the start of the Civil War, the Kansas Pacific Railroad is expanding west, and Southern sympathizers attempt to stop the expansion. Army Captain Nelson (Sterling Hayden) is tasked to keep the construction going.
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Leave Her to Heaven 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman, Ray Collins, Gene Lockhart, Chill Wills, Mary Philips, Reed Hadley
Beautiful Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) is a psychopath who marries Richard Harlan (Cornel Wilde) and destroys everyone around her–including herself. Tierney received an Academy Award nomination.
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Little Big Horn 1951 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Marie Windsor, Reed Hadley, Hugh O'Brian, Sheb Wooley, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, King Donovan, Richard Emory
A group of cavalry soldiers try to warn General George Custer of the Sioux ambush that lies in wait.
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 Now, Voyager 1942 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Ilka Chase, Bonita Granville, John Loder, Franklin Pangborn, Lee Patrick, Charles Drake, Katharine Alexander, Mary Wickes, James Rennie, Reed Hadley, Janis Wilson
Lonely spinster Charlotte (Bette Davis) has been turned into an introverted woman by her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper) but changes her life around–thanks to a psychiatrist, Dr. Jaquith (Claude Rains). Charlotte embarks on an ocean voyage off South America and begins a shipboard romance with unhappily married Jerry Duran (Paul Henreid). While on the voyage, her mother dies, and Charlotte returns home. She meets Jerry's troubled daughter Tina, and the two bond. But there is not much hope of Jerry divorcing his wife. Bette Davis and Gladys Cooper were nominated for Oscars (Best Actress and Supporting Actress).
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Rimfire 1949 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: James Millican, Mary Beth Hughes, Reed Hadley, Henry Hull, Fuzzy Knight, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, George Cleveland, Margia Dean, Ray Bennett, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, John L. Cason, Jason Robards Sr.
After thwarting a stagecoach robbery, Tom Harvey (James Millican) rides into a New Mexico town presumably looking for work–but we know that he's a Secret Service agent investigating stolen gold. Hired as Deputy Sheriff, Tom soon becomes involved in a case of multiple murders that some superstitious townsfolk believe are the result of a hanged man's ghost. Tom is able to solve both his case as well as the town's problem.
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Shock 1946 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Anabel Shaw, Stephen Dunne, Reed Hadley, Renee Carson, Charles Trowbridge, John Davidson, Selmer Jackson, Pierre Watkin, Robert Adler, George E. Stone, Charles Tannen, Mary Young
After witnessing a murder, Elaine Jordan (Lynn Bari) seeks help from a psychiatrist, Dr. Cross (Vincent Price), who is–unknown to Elaine–the killer she saw.
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Sky Raiders 1941 N/R, 230 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Cast: Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Reed Hadley, Roy Gordon, John Holland, Irving Mitchell, Robert Armstrong, Eduardo Ciannelli, Alex Callam, Kathryn Adams, Jacqueline Dalya, Jean Fenwick
In this 12-episode serial, a new, top secret fighter plane is nearing completion and ready for testing. But there are plenty of enemy agents who have designs on the plane.
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A Southern Yankee 1948 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: My Hero
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris, Lloyd Gough, John Ireland, Minor Watson, Charles Dingle, Art Baker, Reed Hadley
Aubrey (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in Missouri who wants to be a spy for the Yankees in the Civil War. He gets his chance when he substitutes for a captured Southern spy. Skelton is hilarious.
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 Zorro's Fighting Legion 1939 N/R, 212 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, Leander De Cordova, Edmund Cobb, John Merton, C. Montague Shaw, Budd Buster, Carleton Young, James Pierce
This good 12-episode serial takes place in Mexico shortly after the country gained independence. A member of a group opposing the council setting up the government masquerades as Don del Oro, in full armor, pretending to be a god of the Yaqui Indians and intending to become emperor. Don Diego (Reed Hadley), a relative of resident Volita (Sheila Darcy), enters the scene. The foppish Don Diego works with the council while, as the masked Zorro, he deals with the henchmen of Don del Oro. Traps, explosions, avalanches, and other assorted hazards will not stop Zorro in his quest for justice, and the real identity of Don del oro is revealed. Some of the best cliffhangers of any serial.
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| 1. The Baron of Arizona (1950)
2. Big House, U.S.A. (1955)
3. Brain of Blood (1972)
aka: The Creature's Revenge
aka: The Undying Brain
4. Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
5. The Dark Corner (1946)
6. Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
aka: Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe
7. Doll Face (1945)
aka: Come Back to Me
8. He Walked by Night (1948)
9. Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938)
aka: The Stadium Murders
10. The House on 92nd Street (1945)
11. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
12. In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
13. Kansas Pacific (1953)
14. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
15. Little Big Horn (1951)
16. Now, Voyager (1942)
17. Rimfire (1949)
18. Shock (1946)
19. Sky Raiders (1941)
20. A Southern Yankee (1948)
aka: My Hero
21. Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
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