Angel Baby 1961  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: George Hamilton, Salome Jens, Mercedes McCambridge, Joan Blondell, Henry Jones, Burt Reynolds, Roger Clark, R.L. Armstrong, Eddie Firestone, Dudley Remus
This good story follows evangelists as they travel from town to town and "Angel Baby" (Jens) who thinks she was healed by one and thus falls in love with him. Burt Reynolds' film debut.
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Detour 1945  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Roger Clark, Pat Gleason, Don Brodie, Harry Strang, Eddie Hall
Al Roberts (Tom Neal) performs as a pianist in a NYC nightclub. After his girlfriend leaves for L.A., Al decides to follow her and hitchhikes his way west. When the man who gave Al a lift dies, Al, fearing that he will be blamed, buries the body and takes the man's identity. Continuing his journey in the dead man's car, Al picks up another hitchhiker, Vera (Ann Savage), who figures out Al's deception, and, under the threat of blackmail, he gets in ever-deeper trouble when he must join in on her scheme. Cheaply made in six days, this classic film noir has rightly become a cult favorite. 1 User Review
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| | Defeatist guy succombs to bad luck and road to destruction | darknessatnoon 01/10/2007 | | Semi cute... true film noir... but I hoped for better dialog... better acting... better characterization... and better plot... and better directing. Would love to see a remake with a more Whitman male lead and more Stanwick femme fatale and crisper direction (...there're a lot of flow-breaking pauses and non-sequiturs). Still... I wouldn't want to have missed seeing it. |
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The Lady Is Willing 1942  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Stanley Ridges, Arline Judge, Roger Clark, Sterling Holloway, Elisabeth Risdon, Marietta Canty, Harvey Stephens
Broadway star Elizabeth Madden (Marlene Dietrich) wants to adopt a baby, but she needs a husband first. She opts for a staid pediatrician, Doctor Cory McBain (Fred MacMurray), as the solution to her dilemma.
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Secrets of the Lone Wolf 1941 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Warren William, Ruth Ford, Roger Clark, Victor Jory, Eric Blore, Thurston Hall, Fred Kelsey, Victor Kilian, Marlo Dwyer, John Harmon
A pretty good episode in the series as our hero's trusty butler (Eric Blore) is mistaken for his boss by jewel thieves. The butler is forced to aid in the theft of the Napoleon jewels, which have been entrusted to the Lone Wolf's protection during a steamship voyage.
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So This Is Washington 1943  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Alan Mowbray, Mildred Coles, Roger Clark, Sarah Padden, Matt McHugh, Minerva Urecal, Danny Duncan, Barbara Pepper
In this entry of their seven-part film series, radio comedians Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) head for Washington, D.C., during World War II to offer the government their concoction made of licorice to be used as synthetic rubber. In the process of wheeling and dealing, they offer their brand of homespun advice to members of Congress who line up to talk to them.
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Submarine Raider 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Philip Ahn, Bruce Bennett, Marguerite Chapman, John Howard, Warren Ashe, Larry Parks, Forrest Tucker, Stanley Brown, Roger Clark, Eileen O'Hearn
Great battle scenes highlight this film about submarine warfare at the beginning of America's entry into World War II.
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You Belong to Me 1941  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan, Roger Clark, Ruth Donnelly, Melville Cooper, Maude Eburne, Ralph Peters, Renie Riano, Mary Treen
Following an accident on the ski slopes, romance blooms between Helen (Barbara Stanwyck) and Peter (Henry Fonda) in this lame comedy.
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| 1. Angel Baby (1961)
2. Detour (1945)
3. The Lady Is Willing (1942)
4. Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)
5. So This Is Washington (1943)
6. Submarine Raider (1942)
7. You Belong to Me (1941)
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