The Film Detective

Inspector Drummond is back in action! This time, he's called to duty when a woman he nearly hits with his car asks for his help. Ray Milland stars as Drummond, while the rest of the cast includes...

Inspector Drummond is back in action! This time, he's called to duty when a woman he nearly hits with his car asks for his help. Ray Milland stars as Drummond, while the rest of the cast includes Heather Angel, Reginald Denny, and Porter Hall. This is one of eight Drummond adventures produced by Paramount during the 1930s. They were so popular that the entire series was rereleased in the 1950s!

The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.

The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.

San Francisco is the backdrop for the story of Frank Johnson, an eyewitness to a gangland murder. As he flees to avoid trouble, his wife, who thinks he's trying to escape their marriage, pursues...

San Francisco is the backdrop for the story of Frank Johnson, an eyewitness to a gangland murder. As he flees to avoid trouble, his wife, who thinks he's trying to escape their marriage, pursues him. But she's not the only one after him. There are cops, reporters, and even the murderer. This hard-boiled drama from director Norman Foster (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands) features Ann Sheridan as Frank's wife, and cinematography by two-time Oscar winner Hal Mohr (The Wild One).

An all-star cast including Donald O'Connor, the Andrews Sisters, and Joe E. Lewis help to tell this tale of bandleader Harry James being drafted into the army! Great musical numbers and hysterical...

An all-star cast including Donald O'Connor, the Andrews Sisters, and Joe E. Lewis help to tell this tale of bandleader Harry James being drafted into the army! Great musical numbers and hysterical gags highlight this treat from World War II, but the unheralded scene stealer in this film is Shemp Howard, who proves that a single Stooge can be just as funny as three!

The Three Mesquiteers appeared in several Republic Pictures during the 1930s, and this is considered one of their best. It's about a mysterious murder at an archeological expedition, which leads the...

The Three Mesquiteers appeared in several Republic Pictures during the 1930s, and this is considered one of their best. It's about a mysterious murder at an archeological expedition, which leads the three prairie pals into some dangerous territory. Can they solve the murder without losing their own lives? The cast includes Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Roger Williams, all trying to survive a hail of poison arrows and hot lead!

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are a pair of mild-mannered bookworms who pose as big game hunters travelling deep into the African jungle in search of a rare gorilla - but what's really at stake is a...

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are a pair of mild-mannered bookworms who pose as big game hunters travelling deep into the African jungle in search of a rare gorilla - but what's really at stake is a secret diamond mine. Along the way they'll tangle with lions, cannibals, criminals, and, of course, wild apes! Their accomplices include the lovely Hillary Brooke (who later appeared on their TV series) and Three Stooges co-horts Shemp Howard and Joe Besser - plus, cameos from real-life lion tamer...

You know the story: A radioactive rock at the bottom of the ocean causes a sea creature to mutate into a horrible, amphibious monster. This seemed to happen a lot in the 1950s. Director Dan Milner...

You know the story: A radioactive rock at the bottom of the ocean causes a sea creature to mutate into a horrible, amphibious monster. This seemed to happen a lot in the 1950s. Director Dan Milner (who also gave us From Hell It Came, a film about an evil tree stump) hits all the right notes here, helped by a cast that includes Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, and Michael Whalen. Also, pay attention to the score by Ronald Stein, who graduated from the Yale School of Music to become the Tchaikovsky of...

Shot in just five days for a meager $20,000, "Girls in Chains" was nonetheless a massive success at the time of its release thanks in part to the tactful direction of B-movie maestro Edgar G. Ulmer,...

Shot in just five days for a meager $20,000, "Girls in Chains" was nonetheless a massive success at the time of its release thanks in part to the tactful direction of B-movie maestro Edgar G. Ulmer, former apprentice to Fritz Lang and William Wyler. Arline Judge ("The Mysterious Mr. Wong") plays Helen Martin, a clean-cut girl who is forced to accept a position at a girls correctional facility after she loses her respectable teaching position because her sister is married to a notorious...

They played for high stakes in Alaska! This rousing adaptation of a Jack London short story was shot in the majestic Big Bear Lake in California. The story centers on Sadie Martin, Irene Rich, the...

They played for high stakes in Alaska! This rousing adaptation of a Jack London short story was shot in the majestic Big Bear Lake in California. The story centers on Sadie Martin, Irene Rich, the plucky owner and operator of a riverboat frequently used by miners traveling to their claims. Hard up for cash, Sadie is left with no choice but to sell her beloved riverboat but before she can the malicious Yukon Mining Co. sends one of their stooges to take it from her! Featuring a stirring...

A Bucket of Blood tells the story of Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) who, after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, is acclaimed as a...

A Bucket of Blood tells the story of Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) who, after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor. Walter finds himself resorting to the same methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing. Not wanting to direct another conventional horror flick, Roger Corman and screenwriter Charles B. Griffith came up with the concept for this entertaining black comedy...

The legendary Roger Corman is known for low budget, cult classics that provide a lasting impression. Showcased here are three of Corman's iconic works, beautifully restored in high definition from...

The legendary Roger Corman is known for low budget, cult classics that provide a lasting impression. Showcased here are three of Corman's iconic works, beautifully restored in high definition from 35mm archival film elements. A Bucket of Blood (1959), Dementia 13 (1963), and The Terror (1963) are true Corman classics with reused sets, crew, and actors. A Bucket of Blood tells the story of Walter Paisley who, after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide...

Lew Ayres is the undisputed king of the newsboys in this stirring melodrama from Republic Pictures. Ayres plays Jerry Flynn, a young man from the slums whose girlfriend leaves him for a rich...

Lew Ayres is the undisputed king of the newsboys in this stirring melodrama from Republic Pictures. Ayres plays Jerry Flynn, a young man from the slums whose girlfriend leaves him for a rich gangster. Determined to become a success, Flynn pours his energy into a newspaper distribution business that becomes the best in the city, but at what price? Also starring Alison Skipworth, Helen Mack, and Alice White, this movie shows what kind of people grow out of the squalor of the tenements

Bela Lugosi headlines this creepy thriller about an influential man who becomes a bloodthirsty maniac after his wife deserts him. It was the first of nine films made by Lugosi for Sam Katzman of...

Bela Lugosi headlines this creepy thriller about an influential man who becomes a bloodthirsty maniac after his wife deserts him. It was the first of nine films made by Lugosi for Sam Katzman of Monogram Pictures, but it's director Joseph H. Lewis (Gun Crazy, The Big Combo) who elevates this low budget potboiler into something memorable. Aided by veteran cinematographers Harvey Gould and Marcel Le Picard, Lewis creates the perfect atmosphere for this tale of a murderer who strikes in the night...

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef was the third Twentieth Century Fox feature filmed in 3-D, earning cinematographer Edward Cronjager an Oscar nomination for his efforts. The scenic film follows the growing...

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef was the third Twentieth Century Fox feature filmed in 3-D, earning cinematographer Edward Cronjager an Oscar nomination for his efforts. The scenic film follows the growing rivalry between two fishing families on the Florida Gulf Coast. Action packed and beautifully photographed, the film was directed by Robert D. Webb with music by the legendary Bernard Herrmann, and includes such familiar faces as Gilbert Roland, Peter Graves, Richard Boone, J. Carrol Naish, and...

"You're under arrest, sugah!" Former Laugh-In star Teresa Graves stars as a charming police detective in this exciting television drama from Emmy nominated director William A. Graham (Guyana...

"You're under arrest, sugah!" Former Laugh-In star Teresa Graves stars as a charming police detective in this exciting television drama from Emmy nominated director William A. Graham (Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones). Get Christie Love!, which also starred Harry Guardino and Ron Rifkin, was done in the flavor of the Blaxploitation movies that were popular at the time and would kick off a weekly ABC series of the same name. In what was the character's debut, Christie goes undercover to...

This fascinating compilation of footage comes from the personal collection of actor Ken Murray, who arrived in Hollywood in 1927, bought himself a 16mm camera, and started shooting the people around...

This fascinating compilation of footage comes from the personal collection of actor Ken Murray, who arrived in Hollywood in 1927, bought himself a 16mm camera, and started shooting the people around him. Here, he gathers the footage together for one heck of a tribute to his adopted hometown. Charlie Chaplin, Ward Bond, John Barrymore, Pat Boone, Lew Ayres, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, and many others appear. Music is provided by Oscar winner George Stoll (Anchors Aweigh, Meet Me In St...

Cult director Bert I. Gordon was at the helm for this terrifying story of supernatural passion. On an island community off of California, Tom Stewart (Richard Carlson) is preparing to marry the...

Cult director Bert I. Gordon was at the helm for this terrifying story of supernatural passion. On an island community off of California, Tom Stewart (Richard Carlson) is preparing to marry the woman he loves. When his old girlfriend, Vi, confronts him at the top of the island's lighthouse, the railing breaks and the scorned woman falls. Tom's relief fades when her vengeful spirit begins to follow him wherever he goes. He's soon tormented, body and soul, by an unforgiving she-ghost! Susan...

He Dared Death In The Outlaw's Lair! John Travers (John Wayne) takes on a mysterious gang leader known as The Shadow in this vintage western from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Director/writer Robert N....

He Dared Death In The Outlaw's Lair! John Travers (John Wayne) takes on a mysterious gang leader known as The Shadow in this vintage western from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Director/writer Robert N. Bradbury (Blue Steel, Riders of Destiny) gets the best of a remarkable cast that includes George "Gabby" Hayes. Of interest to film buffs is that the feature was shot in various California locations by Oscar winning cinematographer Archie Stout (The Quiet Man).

Famed B-movie cowboy star Bill Cody (The Vanishing Riders, Blazing Justice) plays the daring and fearless undercover Wells Fargo agent Bill Maywood in this early talkie Western from genre director...

Famed B-movie cowboy star Bill Cody (The Vanishing Riders, Blazing Justice) plays the daring and fearless undercover Wells Fargo agent Bill Maywood in this early talkie Western from genre director Robert F. Hill (Flash Gordon, Tarzan the Fearless). When Maywood, posing as his alter ego The Pinto Kid, strolls into a small frontier town to investigate a stagecoach holdup, an unfortunate series of circumstances causes him to become an unwitting suspect for the very murder he is looking into....

The fifth installment in a six-part mystery series centering around beloved detective James Wong - and the last to feature the great Boris Karloff in the title role - Doomed to Die follows Won and a...

The fifth installment in a six-part mystery series centering around beloved detective James Wong - and the last to feature the great Boris Karloff in the title role - Doomed to Die follows Won and a female reporter (Marjorie Reynolds) as they investigate the murder of a shipping magnate. A compelling whodunit featuring a characteristically charismatic performance from Karloff, this film features actual news footage from the burning of the liner SS Morro Castle, which caught fire in September...

Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon, Dodsworth) heads the cast in this tale of workplace intrigue and romance. She plays Mary Linden, the unrecognized brains behind successful executive James Duneen...

Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon, Dodsworth) heads the cast in this tale of workplace intrigue and romance. She plays Mary Linden, the unrecognized brains behind successful executive James Duneen (Robert Ames). A rival (Ricardo Cortez) is interested in hiring her away from Duneen, but Mary only has eyes for her boss. Will she smarten up, or will she continue to let herself be taken for granted? The pre-Code drama from RKO Radio Pictures was directed by Melville W. Brown and shows us where sexual...

Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, and Leslie Howard star in this RKO drama about a love triangle. The film was based on a play by Philip Barry, one of the most revered writers in Hollywood, television, and...

Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, and Leslie Howard star in this RKO drama about a love triangle. The film was based on a play by Philip Barry, one of the most revered writers in Hollywood, television, and Broadway history, whose work included The Philadelphia Story, Holiday, and Without Love. For trivia buffs: Legendary director George Cuckor went uncredited on this feature, though he stepped in to guide several scenes after official director Edward Griffith walked off the production.

Gene Autry finds himself in a jam when his horse selling business is threatened by a tractor company. How do you tell a famous singing cowboy that horses might be obsolete? This charming feature...

Gene Autry finds himself in a jam when his horse selling business is threatened by a tractor company. How do you tell a famous singing cowboy that horses might be obsolete? This charming feature from Republic Pictures also stars Smiley Burnette as Gene's buddy, Frog Millhouse. The story gets a musical kick from Walt Shrum and his Colorado Hillbillies, and also features Roy Rogers in a cameo (when he was still known as Dick Weston). Songs include 'Rocky Mountain Rose' and many other old...

A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.

A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.