The Adventures of Martin Eden 1942  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin, Dickie Moore, Ian MacDonald, Frank Conroy, Rafaela Ottiano, Pierre Watkin
This film adaptation of the Jack London novel is the story of a sailor, Martin Eden (Glenn Ford), who writes of his adventures at sea while under the command of the tough Captain "Butch" Ragan (Ian MacDonald).
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The Big Night 1960  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Randy Sparks, Venetia Stevenson, Dick Foran, Jesse White, Dick Contino, Frank Ferguson, Paul Langton, House Peters Jr., Robert Paget, Marc Cavell, Kay E. Kuter, Anna Lee
Frank (Randy Sparks) and Ellie (Venetia Stevenson) watch as a car being chased by the police crosses a bridge, and one of the passengers tosses a briefcase into the canal. Later, Frank retrieves it and, instead of notifying the police, hides it nearby. He reads about a robbery in which $209,000 was stolen and two robbers were slain but still keeps his secret cache hidden. Problems ensue when the third robber, Carl Farrow (Dick Contino), returns to the scene and finds the case missing. Now, both the police and Farrow set out to find the stolen money
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City Without Men 1943  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Linda Darnell, Edgar Buchanan, Michael Duane, Sara Allgood, Glenda Farrell, Leslie Brooks, Margaret Hamilton, Sheldon Leonard, Doris Dudley, Rosemary DeCamp, Don DeFore, Constance Worth
While staying at a boarding house adjacent to a prison, women await the release of their men from prison. Heavy melodrama.
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Flight Lieutenant 1942  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Jonathan Hale, Frank Puglia, Larry Parks, Lloyd Bridges, Hugh Beaumont, Minor Watson
Disgraced following a plane crash in which his co-pilot was killed, Sam Doyle (Pat O'Brien) lives to see his son, Danny (Glenn Ford), become an Air Force pilot.
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 The Last Man on Earth 1964 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Antonio Corevi, Christi Courtland, Umberto Raho, Ettore Ribotta, Gieuseppe Mattei, Carolyn De Fonseca, Rolando De Rossi
Based on Richard Matheson's novel "I Am a Legend," this horror film is about the entire population of Earth's humans being turned into vampires. Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) believes that he is the only human remaining on Earth and, alone, must fight off vampires. Morgan finds hope when he cures vampire Ruth Collins (Franca Bettoia) with a transfusion of his own blood. However, his hope for the future will prove to be short-lived. This movie was later remade as "The Omega Man" and "I Am Legend."
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date 1941 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Warren William, Frances Robinson, Bruce Bennett, Eric Blore, Thurston Hall, Jed Prouty, Fred Kelsey, Don Beddoe, Lester Matthews, Edward Gargan
Not one of the better entries in the series as our reformed jewel thief comes to the rescue of another beautiful woman who is carrying ransom money for a kidnapped millionaire.
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady 1940  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Warren William, Jean Muir, Eric Blore, Victor Jory, Roger Pryor, Warren Hull, Thurston Hall, Fred Kelsey, Bruce Bennett, Luis Alberni
The Lone Wolf (William) is back in action when he comes to the aid of a socialite whose necklace is stolen by her ex-husband as she is about to wed again. Another lighthearted entry in the series.
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The Lone Wolf Strikes 1940 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Warren William, Joan Perry, Eric Blore, Alan Baxter, Astrid Allwyn, Montagu Love, Robert Wilcox, Don Beddoe, Fred Kelsey, Addison Richards
Our hero, the reformed jewel thief, comes to the rescue of another damsel in distress whose pearls have been stolen.
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance 1941 76 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Warren William, June Storey, Henry Wilcoxon, Eric Blore, Thurston Hall, Don Beddoe, Evalyn Knapp, Regis Toomey, Lloyd Bridges, Fred Kelsey
Framed for murder, the Lone Wolf (Warren William) breaks up a counterfeit ring in the process of clearing his name.
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Raiders of the Seven Seas 1953 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Henry Brandon, Frank DeKova, William Tannen, Christopher Dark, Claire DuBrey
Pirate Barbarossa (John Payne), in his stolen Spanish ship with a crew of prisoners taken with the ship, has success in embarrassing the Spanish Navy by routinely winning sea battles. He also steals the affections of a high-ranking Spanish officer's love. This adds to the Spanish Navy's desire to capture the pirate.
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Shadow of the Eagle 1950 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese, Greta Gynt, Binnie Barnes, Charles Goldner, Hugh French, Walter Rilla, Dennis Vance, William Tubbs
Catherine the Great (Binnie Barnes) orders Count Orloff (Richard Greene) to Venice where he is to kidnap her rival, Princess Elizabeth Tarakanova (Valentina Cortese), and bring her back to Russia. While on his assignment, Orloff finds and then falls in love with Elizabeth. Catherine discovers that they are lovers, and complications ensue. Elizabeth's execution is how Catherine chooses to solve the problem–but Orloff has another solution that includes escape and sanctuary.
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Sitting Bull 1954 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, Iron Eyes Cody, John Litel, William Hopper, Douglas Kennedy, William Tannen, Joel Fluellen, John Hamilton, Thomas Browne Henry, Al Wyatt
In this reasonably accurate account of the story surrounding the Battle of Little Big Horn, Major Parrish (Dale Robertson) fights for Indian rights, but General Custer presses on into battle. In the aftermath, the Major is tried for treason and sentenced to death. Sitting Bull (J. Carrol Naish), Chief of the Sioux Indians, appeals to President Grant to pardon Major Parrish. The President, knowing the Major from the Civil War, grants the pardon.
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 Twice-Told Tales 1963 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Mari Blanchard, Brett Halsey, Beverly Garland, Richard Denning, Abraham Sofaer, Edith Evanson, Jacqueline deWit, Joyce Taylor
Three Nathaniel Hawthorne stories are included in this horror offering. In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," Heidegger (Sebastian Cabot) tries to give the gift of youth to his elderly friends. In the second story, "Rappaccini's Daughter," a demented father (Vincent Price) inoculates his daughter with a poison so that she will never leave him. Finally, in "The House of Seven Gables," Gerald Pyncheon (Vincent Price) returns home to search for a vault hidden in the estate–despite the fact that the vault contains a curse that has caused the deaths of Pyncheon men over the last 100 years.
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| 1. The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
2. The Big Night (1960)
3. Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
4. City Without Men (1943)
5. Flight Lieutenant (1942)
6. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
7. The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1941)
8. The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
9. The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
10. The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
11. Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
12. Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
13. Sitting Bull (1954)
14. Twice-Told Tales (1963)
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