Cobra Woman 1944  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Barrier, Mary Nash, Samuel S. Hinds, Moroni Olsen, Fritz Leiber, Lois Collier
Maria Montez plays twin sisters–Toilea is the prisoner of her evil sister, Princess Nadja. When Toilea's fiance (Jon Hall) tries to rescue her, confusion reigns as he tries to discern the true identity of the look-alike sisters.
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The Crimson Pirate 1952  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartok, Nick Cravat, Leslie Bradley, Christopher Lee, Frederick Leister, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter, Margot Grahame, Frank Pettingell, Noel Purcell, Eliot Makeham, Dana Wynter, Ewan Roberts
This film has developed a cult following for its thrills and laughter as it verges on satire of the action genre. The Crimson Pirate, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster) does it all; he intercepts a cargo ship, swings his sword, and wins the fair lady Consuelo (Eva Bartok).
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Criss Cross 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Tony Curtis, Richard Long, Alan Napier, Percy Helton, Griff Barnett, Vito Scotti
Armored-car driver Steve (Burt Lancaster) is coerced by his ex-wife, Anna (Yvonne De Carlo), to enter into a plot to rob the armored car he drives. Tony Curtis makes his film debut.
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Cry of the City 1948  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Betty Garde, Berry Kroeger, Roland Winters, Debra Paget, Hope Emerson, Tommy Cook
Homicide police Lieutenant Candella (Victor Mature) sets out to capture cop-killer Martin Rome (Richard Conte) in this slick police story.
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Custer of the West 1967  G, 143 min.
Genre: Western
aka: A Good Day for Fighting
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter, Lawrence Tierney, Charles Stalmaker, Kieron Moore, Marc Lawrence, Robert Ryan, Robert Hall, Jack Gaskins, Jack Taylor
Many facets of Gen. George A. Custer's (Robert Shaw) personality are revealed in this biography covering his years fighting in the Civil War; cleaning up the Indian problem in the West; and, finally, commanding the Seventh Cavalry during the massacre at Little Big Horn.
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The Dark Mirror 1946 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Evans, Richard Long, Garry Owen, Lela Bliss, Lita Ward, William Halligan, Ida Moore
A police detective (Thomas Mitchell) must crack a murder case in which one of two sisters (both played by Olivia de Havilland) was identified as being at the scene of the crime. Finally, a psychologist (Lew Ayres) solves the mystery.
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The File on Thelma Jordan 1949 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Thelma Jordan
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober, Minor Watson, Barry Kelley, Laura Elliot, Basil Ruysdael
Attorney Cleve Marshall (Wendell Corey) leaves his wife Pamela (Joan Tetzel) and falls in love with Thelma Jordan (Barbara Stanwyck). The ill-fated romance leads to murder and atonement.
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The Great Sinner 1949 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Ludwig Stossel, Ludwig Donath, Curt Bois
Based on Dostoyevsky's "The Gambler," this film is about gambling addictions. When Fedja (Gregory Peck) helps Pauline Ostrovsky (Ava Gardner) overcome her gambling problems, he becomes addicted himself.
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The Killers 1946 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, William Conrad, Virginia Christine, John Miljan, Donald MacBride, Vince Barnett, Charles McGraw, Charles D. Brown, Jack Lambert, Queenie Smith, Jeff Corey
Ernest Hemmingway's story is the springboard for this tale about killers (Charles McGraw and William Conrad) who murder an aging prizefighter Ole "Swede" Anderson (Burt Lancaster). Insurance investigator Jim Rearden (Edmond O'Brien) looks for "Swede's" beneficiary, and, in a series of flashbacks, he connects "Swede" to an unsolved robbery. It was "Swede" and his ex-girlfriend Kitty Collins (Ava Gardner) who conspired to take the goods, double-cross crime boss Big Jim Colfax (Albert Dekker), and then take off on their own. And, no, they do not live happily ever after.
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 Son of Dracula 1943 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Pat Moriarity, Frank Craven, J. Edward Bromberg, Samuel S. Hinds, Etta McDaniel, George Irving
Lon Chaney Jr. plays a mean Count Alucard–DRACULA spelled backwards. He marries Katherine Caldwell (Louise Allbritton), but their extracurricular activities are doomed from the start because her ex-fiance, Frank Stanley (Robert Paige), hovers nearby.
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The Spiral Staircase 1946 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver, Elsa Lanchester, James Bell, Charles Wagenheim, Ellen Corby, Richard Tyler, Erville Alderson, Sara Allgood, Rhys Williams, Myrna Dell
A crazed killer is on the loose, peeking through a hole in the wall looking for his next victim. He has his eye on Helen Capel (Dorothy McGuire), a mute servant girl, who works in the very eerie house of the bedridden Mrs. Warren (Ethel Barrymore). Barrymore received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 1945 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Uncle Harry
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines, Sara Allgood, Moyna MacGill, Samuel S. Hinds, Harry von Zell, Ethel Griffies, Judy Clark, Craig Reynolds
Harry (George Sanders) is a quiet designer living with his sisters Lettie (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Hester (Moyna MacGill). When he falls for, and intends to marry Deborah (Ella Raines), the jealous Lettie throws a fit and pretends to have a heart seizure. The frustrated Harry must get rid of the sister, but his plans go amiss.
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The Suspect 1944 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Dean Harens, Stanley Ridges, Henry Daniell, Rosalind Ivan, Molly Lamont, Raymond Severn, Eve Amber, Maude Eburne
Philip (Charles Laughton) is a successful shopkeeper in the early 1900s and has an ever-complaining wife. After he meets another woman (Ella Raines) and falls in love with her, he kills his wife and convinces the authorities that she had an accident. But a neighbor and a police detective are not convinced of his innocence.
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Time Out of Mind 1947 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert, Leo G. Carroll, Helena Carter, John Abbott, Henry Stephenson, Samuel S. Hinds, Janet Shaw
Raised in a family of New England mariners, Chris Fortune (Robert Hutton) dreams of being a musician, but he must first convince his relatives that he has every intention of attaining his dream.
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| 1. Christmas Holiday (1944)
2. Cobra Woman (1944)
3. The Crimson Pirate (1952)
4. Criss Cross (1949)
5. Cry of the City (1948)
6. Custer of the West (1967)
aka: A Good Day for Fighting
7. The Dark Mirror (1946)
8. The File on Thelma Jordan (1949)
aka: Thelma Jordan
9. The Great Sinner (1949)
10. The Killers (1946)
aka: Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
11. Son of Dracula (1943)
12. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
13. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
aka: Uncle Harry
14. The Suspect (1944)
15. Time Out of Mind (1947)
16. The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
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