The Ghost Ship 1943  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard, Edmund Glover, Skelton Knaggs, Tom Burton, Steve Winston, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Bice, Dewey Robinson, Steve Forrest, Boyd Davis, George DeNormand, Skelton Knaggs
Third Officer Tom Merriam (Russell Wade) tries in vain to warn crewmen that Captain Stone (Richard Dix) is psychotic. When the men ignore him, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse follows that endangers the entire crew.
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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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Invasion U.S.A. 1952  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Bice, Tom Kennedy, Wade Crosby, Erik Blythe, Phyllis Coates, Aram Katcher, Noel Neill
The Communist scare was on in the early 1950s, and this film, though weak in most respects, captures the flavor of the times. Mr. Ohman (Dan O'Herlihy) enters a bar in New York where the customers discuss current events. A TV news bulletin on the bar's TV states that the U.S. is being invaded. All but Mr. Ohman react with panic and head out to deal with their fate. Mr. Ohman's calm in the storm is revealed at film's end as an invasion, including the use of a nuclear bomb, takes place.
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It! The Terror from Beyond Space 1958  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: It! The Vampire from Beyond Space
The Terror from Beyond Space
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Richard Benedict, Ray Corrigan, Paul Langton, Robert Bice, Richard Hervey
The sole survivor of an expedition to Mars is rescued by another ship, and the survivor–the expedition's commander–is accused of killing his shipmates. He contends that a Martian monster was responsible, which proves to be right as the monster is a stowaway and starts wreaking havoc. Good, though the low budget shows. The plot was re-used in "Alien."
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Night Stage to Galveston 1952 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Virginia Huston, Robert Livingston, Thurston Hall, Clayton Moore, Frank Sully, Harry Lauter, Harry Cording, Robert Bice
Gene Autry i a former Texas Ranger who comes back to expose corruption.
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The Snow Creature 1954  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Cast: Paul Langton, Leslie Denison, Teru Shimada, Rollin Moriyama, Robert Kino, Robert Hinton, Darlene Fields, George Douglas, Robert Bice, Rudolph Anders, William Phipps, Jack Daly
A snow creature has been captured in the Himalayas and is being shipped to the U.S. when a problem develops during the Customs inspection. The creature, which will kill anyone it comes near, escapes from the meat cooler that it is being shipped in and disappears into and under the L.A. city streets.
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Susanna Pass 1949 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez, Martin Garralaga, Robert Emmett Keane, Lucien Littlefield, Douglas Fowley, David Sharpe, Robert Bice, Foy Willing
There's oil under that thar lake, and the bad guys have to get rid of the hatchery in order to get to it. So, dynamite is the answer. But–along comes game warden Roy Rogers to investigate (and sing).
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Tarzan and the She-Devil 1953  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Lex Barker, Joyce Mackenzie, Raymond Burr, Monique Van Vooren, Tom Conway, Michael Granger, Henry Brandon, Robert Bice, Michael Ross
In Lex Barker's last appearance as Tarzan, he has a run-in with ivory thieves who seek revenge when Tarzan refuses to help them capture a herd of elephants.
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| 1. The Ghost Ship (1943)
2. He Walked by Night (1948)
3. Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
4. It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
aka: It! The Vampire from Beyond Space
aka: The Terror from Beyond Space
5. Night Stage to Galveston (1952)
6. The Snow Creature (1954)
7. Susanna Pass (1949)
8. Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)
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