The Film Detective

Daniel Boone leads settlers into Kentucky, but must battle Shawnee Indians who have been persuaded by a French renegade that Boone and the settlers are there to kill them and steal their land.

Daniel Boone leads settlers into Kentucky, but must battle Shawnee Indians who have been persuaded by a French renegade that Boone and the settlers are there to kill them and steal their land.

Turhan Bay (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Climax) stars in this sinister tale of ghosts and lost love. Director Bernard Vorhaus found himself on the Hollywood blacklist for his alleged link to the...

Turhan Bay (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Climax) stars in this sinister tale of ghosts and lost love. Director Bernard Vorhaus found himself on the Hollywood blacklist for his alleged link to the communist party, but this story of phony spiritualists remains a kind of masterpiece, bolstered by the gorgeous presence of Lynn Bari (Shock, The Bridge of San Luis Rey) For movie buffs: Vorhaus gave Oscar-winning director David Lean his first job as a film cutter.

A Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters in this action pic from the golden era of Blaxploitation films. Richard Lawson heads up a cast that includes Philip Michael Thomas (Miami...

A Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters in this action pic from the golden era of Blaxploitation films. Richard Lawson heads up a cast that includes Philip Michael Thomas (Miami Vice) and Dabney Coleman (Tootsie; Nine To Five). If you like films about big dudes beating people up on the streets, this is the movie for you!

Robert Vaughn and Aldo Ray star in this sci-fi thriller about Nazi's trying to resurrect the Third Reich by the use of clones! Co-written and co-directed by David L. Hewitt (The Mighty Gorga, The...

Robert Vaughn and Aldo Ray star in this sci-fi thriller about Nazi's trying to resurrect the Third Reich by the use of clones! Co-written and co-directed by David L. Hewitt (The Mighty Gorga, The Girls From Thunder Strip), the film also stars Keenan Wynn (Dr. Strangelove) and Merrie Lynn Ross (The Class of 1984, The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood). Added atmosphere comes from the music by William Loose, known for scoring such cult favorites asTrader HorneeandThe Big Bird Cage!

You may think you've seen everything, but you never saw The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies! Riled by the attack on Pearl Harbor, the boys (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and the rest)...

You may think you've seen everything, but you never saw The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies! Riled by the attack on Pearl Harbor, the boys (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and the rest) discover a real group of Japanese spies in their neighborhood. Are the East Siders bright enough to expose them? Sure they are! It's good old American propaganda at its finest!

Shirley Temple was near the end of her reign as Hollywood's top child star when she starred in Darryl F. Zanuck's production of The Little Princess. She plays Sara Crewe, the privileged daughter of...

Shirley Temple was near the end of her reign as Hollywood's top child star when she starred in Darryl F. Zanuck's production of The Little Princess. She plays Sara Crewe, the privileged daughter of Captain Reginald Crewe. When the Captain leaves to fight in Africa's Boer War, Sara is enrolled into an upper-crust school for girls in London. All is well until Sara's father is reported dead. When Sara's intuition tells her the Captain is still alive, she begins haunting London military hospitals,...

An all-star cast fills out this energetic biopic of Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Featuring tunes from the Kern songbook ("Ol Man River," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," and more than 20...

An all-star cast fills out this energetic biopic of Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Featuring tunes from the Kern songbook ("Ol Man River," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," and more than 20 others), the movie includes such performers as June Allyson, Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Lena Horne, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Kathryn Grayson, Lucille Bremer, Dinah Shore, and the Chairman of the Board himself, Frank Sinatra!

A nightclub singer (Edna Mae Harris) is framed for murder and sent to prison in this drama from writer/director Oscar Micheaux. Known for his complex approach to films about race relations,...

A nightclub singer (Edna Mae Harris) is framed for murder and sent to prison in this drama from writer/director Oscar Micheaux. Known for his complex approach to films about race relations, Micheaux's cast includes Robert Earl Jones as the detective trying to prove the singer's innocence. Among the featured musical numbers are 'You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby', and 'Chinatown My Chinatown'.

The Red House stars Edward G. Robinson as Pete Morgan who, with his spinster sister Ellen (Judith Anderson) has raised Meg (Allene Roberts) as their own on a secluded farm. Now a teen, Meg convinces...

The Red House stars Edward G. Robinson as Pete Morgan who, with his spinster sister Ellen (Judith Anderson) has raised Meg (Allene Roberts) as their own on a secluded farm. Now a teen, Meg convinces her friend Nath (Lon McCallister) to come help with chores on the farm. Despite Pete's warning of terrors within an abandoned red house in the woods, Meg and Nath explore deep into the forest and discover troubling secrets. The gorgeous music score is by Oscar winner Miklos Rozsa who also composed...

Untamed maidens capture their mates! Savage in battle... primitive in love... prehistoric beauties live by the code of the jungle! This schlock epic from Jaywall Productions (Naked Africa) is about...

Untamed maidens capture their mates! Savage in battle... primitive in love... prehistoric beauties live by the code of the jungle! This schlock epic from Jaywall Productions (Naked Africa) is about a tribe of beautiful women on the tropical island of Wongo. They discover that the other side of the island is inhabited by a tribe of handsome men. But a tribe of evil ape men live on the island, too, and that's never any fun. Joyce Nizzari, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the month in December 1958...

Massive bloodsucking monsters are at large in this Drive- in schlock classic from producers Roger and Gene Corman. The legendary Yvette Vickers (Attack of the 50- foot Woman) stars along with Jan...

Massive bloodsucking monsters are at large in this Drive- in schlock classic from producers Roger and Gene Corman. The legendary Yvette Vickers (Attack of the 50- foot Woman) stars along with Jan Shepard, Ken Clark, and some nasty giant leeches! Basically, they're just a bunch of actors in plastic costumes, but director Bernard Kowalski (Hot Car Girl, Night of the Blood Beast) made the most of his small budget. When the Cormans wouldn't hire a crew to push the camera raft while filming water...

This upbeat, toe-tapping, finger-snapping, freeform musical revue was produced by groundbreaking director, activist and founder of the Associated Film Producers of Negro Motion Pictures, William D....

This upbeat, toe-tapping, finger-snapping, freeform musical revue was produced by groundbreaking director, activist and founder of the Associated Film Producers of Negro Motion Pictures, William D. Alexander. Here, the viewer is afforded a rare opportunity to witness a myriad of live performances from some of America's top musicians of all time. With 19 buoyant, energetic musical numbers, and a well rounded cast, this is a film that's sure to entertain. You won't want to miss this lively...

Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien star in the screen version of the Broadway hit about big city news reporting. Edward Everett Horton, Mary Brian, and Slim Summerville are also featured in this classic...

Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien star in the screen version of the Broadway hit about big city news reporting. Edward Everett Horton, Mary Brian, and Slim Summerville are also featured in this classic from director Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Wester Front) and producer Howard Hughes. The Front Page not only paved the way for all newsroom comedies to come, but it's probably the funniest film ever made about a hanging!

Rod Drew (John Wayne) is in search of a missing miner and his daughter in this Lone Star Picture. Along the way, Drew rescues his pal Wabbi (Noah Beery Jr.) from card cheats who have framed him for...

Rod Drew (John Wayne) is in search of a missing miner and his daughter in this Lone Star Picture. Along the way, Drew rescues his pal Wabbi (Noah Beery Jr.) from card cheats who have framed him for murder. You'll find plenty of action and suspense in this vintage horse opera, originally distributed by the kings of the B western, Monogram Pictures!

Mickey Rooney gives one of his greatest performances as mechanic Dan Brady, a desperate young man out to impress Vera, a sexy bottle blond who dreams of diamonds and furs. Feeling too light in the...

Mickey Rooney gives one of his greatest performances as mechanic Dan Brady, a desperate young man out to impress Vera, a sexy bottle blond who dreams of diamonds and furs. Feeling too light in the pocket to show her a good time, Dan embarks on a series of petty crimes to raise money. Dan finds himself in more trouble than he'd bargained for, and gradually sinking into the very quicksand of the film's title. Add Peter Lorre as one of Dan's seedy connections, and a dazzling Jeanne Cagney as the...

Over 1,100 U.S. soldiers were killed during the takeover of a small Italian village that blocked the way for the Allied Forces against Germany. This short documentary, directed by John Huston, is a...

Over 1,100 U.S. soldiers were killed during the takeover of a small Italian village that blocked the way for the Allied Forces against Germany. This short documentary, directed by John Huston, is a stirring examination of that important battle. It provides such a blunt look at war that the US Army refused to show it, feeling it would be damaging to troop morale.

Hippies! Bikers! Dancing in the streets! Teen riots on Sunset Boulevard! Protesters! It's all here in this fascinating documentary from the exploitation team of director Harry Kerwin and...

Hippies! Bikers! Dancing in the streets! Teen riots on Sunset Boulevard! Protesters! It's all here in this fascinating documentary from the exploitation team of director Harry Kerwin and cinematographer Earl Wainwright. A 1960s documentary wouldn't be complete without a bit of narration from that ol' radical rascal Dick Gregory, so he's here, too. And please keep in mind, any similarity to persons, places, or things depicted in this documentary is purely intentional!

When all-girl school Mar Brynn slanders Quinceton College as a publicity stunt, the boys' school promptly sends Bob Sheppard (Johnny Downs) to Mar Brynn dressed as a girl. Bob infiltrates the...

When all-girl school Mar Brynn slanders Quinceton College as a publicity stunt, the boys' school promptly sends Bob Sheppard (Johnny Downs) to Mar Brynn dressed as a girl. Bob infiltrates the campus, but falls in love with Virginia (Frances Landford), a sweetheart who only wishes to put on the school show. Can Bob restore the dignity of Quinceton and still keep the girl? The movie's cast includes Alan Hale Jr. (Gilligan's Island), silent screen star Harry Langdon, and an uncredited Mary...

Jack Palance stars as a mysterious man suspected of being the notorious Jack the Ripper! Palance plays a research pathologist in 1888 London, seeking to rent a quiet attic room for his...

Jack Palance stars as a mysterious man suspected of being the notorious Jack the Ripper! Palance plays a research pathologist in 1888 London, seeking to rent a quiet attic room for his "experiments." Based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, which also inspired Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger, this 1953 thriller also stars Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, and Frances Bavier.

Sherlock Holmes gets the call when several young women turn up dead in London. The only common clue is that each corpse is missing a finger. Holmes suspects a diabolical plot hatched by his arch...

Sherlock Holmes gets the call when several young women turn up dead in London. The only common clue is that each corpse is missing a finger. Holmes suspects a diabolical plot hatched by his arch enemy Moriarty, but the trail leads him to a society of hypnotists, and a mysterious woman. Is she a temptress of pleasure or mistress of murder? Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce reprise their roles as Holmes and Dr. Watson, while Henry Daniell and Hillary Brooke are on hand as Moriarty and the alluring...

Meet the two hilarious wizards! In Dreaming Out Loud, beloved radio characters Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) make the leap to the silver screen. Helmed by The Scartlet Pimpernel...

Meet the two hilarious wizards! In Dreaming Out Loud, beloved radio characters Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) make the leap to the silver screen. Helmed by The Scartlet Pimpernel director Harold Young, this slapstick comedy finds our wildly popular characters engaged in a typical series of misadventures while employed at the Jot 'Em Down, a general store in the heart of a small Arkansas town. A grieving drunk, a lovelorn postmistress, and a cash-strapped young doctor all drift in...

A classic 1940's noir set almost entirely aboard an ominous freighter travelling from Central America to Galveston, Texas, this film revolves around the ill-fated Joe Beck (portrayed by none other...

A classic 1940's noir set almost entirely aboard an ominous freighter travelling from Central America to Galveston, Texas, this film revolves around the ill-fated Joe Beck (portrayed by none other than the original Batman, Robert Lowery) as he attempts to retrieve his deceased grandfather's fortune. With a cast filled out by B-movie royalty like Phyllis Brooks (In Old New York) and Jack LaRue (A Farewell to Arms), this little-known Golden Era gem packs a surprising amount of twists and turns...

In one of the strangest films of the silent era, a woman discovers a magical seed that makes men act like women, and vice versa! Director Sidney Drew also stars in this peculiar comedy that includes...

In one of the strangest films of the silent era, a woman discovers a magical seed that makes men act like women, and vice versa! Director Sidney Drew also stars in this peculiar comedy that includes lots of crossdressing, surreal dream sequences, and screwball hilarity. This old gem from Vitagraph Studios also features Edit Storey, Ethel Lloyd, and Charles Ken, and is bound to leave you slightly confused!