The Alligator People 1959  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Beverly Garland, George Macready, Richard Crane, Lon Chaney Jr., Frieda Inescort, Bruce Bennett, Ruby Goodwin, Douglas Kennedy, Hal K. Dawson, Dudley Dickerson, Bill Bradley, John Frederick, Vince Townsend Jr., Lee Warren
Paul and Jane Webster (Richard Crane and Beverly Garland) are newlyweds riding on a train when Paul receives a telegram. He gets off at a station, and the train leaves before he re-boards. Jane spends years searching for Paul. She finally finds him in the Louisiana bayou country and discovers that Paul has been given reptile genes as the means to bring him back to health, and he is now transformed into an alligator mutant.
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The Devil's Partner 1958  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Cast: Ed Nelson, Jean Allison, Edgar Buchanan, Spencer Carlisle, Richard Crane, Claire Carleton, Byron Foulger, Joe Hooker, Brian O'Hara, Harry Fleet
An old man makes a pact with the Devil, dies, and then returns as his younger self. Upon his return, bad things start happening in his remote Texas town.
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Dynamite 1949 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William H. Pine
Cast: William Gargan, Virginia Welles, Richard Crane, Irving Bacon, Douglass Dumbrille, Mary Newton, Frank Ferguson, Edward Gargan
Gunner and Johnny (William Gargan and Richard Crane), both dynamite experts, work for Jake (Irving Bacon) who runs a dynamite contracting business. Gunner is jealous of the new ideas that Johnny brings to the company and is not happy about the fact that Johnny is interested in Jake's daughter, Mary (Virginia Welles), in whom Gunner is also interested. The explosions are many, climaxing with Johnny being trapped in a tunnel with dynamite about to go off. Will Gunner come to the rescue?
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Man in the Saddle 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Rober, John Russell, Alfonso Bedoya, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Clem Bevans, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Crane, Frank Sully
Laura Bidwell (Joan Leslie) is married to land baron Will Isham (Alexander Knox), but she still loves Owen Merritt (Randolph Scott) who owns a nearby ranch. Involvement in this romantic triangle leads to bloody fist and gun fights in the ensuing battles for love and property.
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The Saint in Palm Springs 1941  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Hively
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hale, Linda Hayes, Ferris Taylor, Harry Shannon, Eddie Dunn, Richard Crane, Charles Quigley
In George Sanders' last appearance as the Saint, he is out to find out how rare postage stamps are being smuggled out of England. He ends up in Palm Springs with murder and mayhem following him.
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Wing and a Prayer 1944 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Cedric Hardwicke, Kevin O'Shea, Richard Jaeckel, Harry Morgan, Richard Crane, Glenn Langan, Eddie Acuff
Real World War II combat footage is a highlight in this story that takes place shortly after Pearl Harbor. An aircraft carrier is deployed to the South Pacific as the U.S. prepares for the Battle of Midway. Don Ameche is effective as the tough flight squadron commander, and an Oscar nomination was received for the well-researched screenplay.
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Winning of the West 1953 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis, Robert Livingston, Gregg Barton, Richard Crane, House Peters Jr., William Forrest, Rodd Redwing, George Chesebro
Gene Autry sings his way through protecting a publicist, who is somewhat of a zealot, from a band of outlaws, one of which is Gene's brother.
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| 1. The Alligator People (1959)
2. The Devil's Partner (1958)
3. Dynamite (1949)
4. Man in the Saddle (1951)
5. Riders of the Deadline (1944)
6. The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
7. Wing and a Prayer (1944)
8. Winning of the West (1953)
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