The Film Detective

Beware of what's hidden in the woods! In this thriller from Burt Kennedy, a band of orphans is more than they seem to be. Behind those kind faces lies murderous intentions if you don't play along...

Beware of what's hidden in the woods! In this thriller from Burt Kennedy, a band of orphans is more than they seem to be. Behind those kind faces lies murderous intentions if you don't play along with their games. John Savage, Samantha Eggar, and Stacy Keach star in this thriller from the golden age of TV movies!

This hilarious wild and sexy ride from prolific soft-core director Chuck Vincent follows a group of rowdy teenagers as they pack their van full of beer and hit the road in search of sexual...

This hilarious wild and sexy ride from prolific soft-core director Chuck Vincent follows a group of rowdy teenagers as they pack their van full of beer and hit the road in search of sexual adventures. Campy and breezy, "Blue Summer" is a naughty romp straight out of the sexploitation scene of the 1970s.

A young woman is believed to be the reincarnation of an egyptian maiden driven to suicide in this drama from the silent era. Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard) is Sunya, a young singing student torn...

A young woman is believed to be the reincarnation of an egyptian maiden driven to suicide in this drama from the silent era. Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard) is Sunya, a young singing student torn between two lovers. With the aid of a mystic who helps her see into the future, she makes her decision. The great cast includes John Boles, Pauline Garon, and Ivan Lebedoff, with direction by Albert Parker (The Black Pirate, Eyes of Youth).

An excellent cast featuring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and the immortal Dwight Frye headline this macabre tale of vampire attacks in a small village. Does a troubled man-child with an...

An excellent cast featuring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and the immortal Dwight Frye headline this macabre tale of vampire attacks in a small village. Does a troubled man-child with an affection for bats have something to do with it? Or is it a local scientist who appears to know quite a bit about vampirism? Director Frank R. Strayer spins a thrilling tale from Hugo nominated screenwriter Edward T. Lowe (House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula) and will have you craving more films...

Part seven of the Why We Fight series of wartime documentaries describes the issues leading up to America's entry into the Second World War. In the year 2000, the United States Library of Congress...

Part seven of the Why We Fight series of wartime documentaries describes the issues leading up to America's entry into the Second World War. In the year 2000, the United States Library of Congress declared this film (and the previous six documentaries in the series) as "culturally significant" and designated them for preservation in the National Film Registry.

A man trying to get back to the USA finds himself onboard a ship full of foreign agents plotting the destruction of the Panama Canal! Is there really an atomic bomb being smuggled in the hold of the...

A man trying to get back to the USA finds himself onboard a ship full of foreign agents plotting the destruction of the Panama Canal! Is there really an atomic bomb being smuggled in the hold of the ship? Directed by Paul Guilfoyle and starring the likes of Barton MacLane, Leif Erickson, and Virginia Grey, Captain Scarface will make you think twice about your next cruise...

"Get away from me. Don't touch me, you ape. You hairy ape!" So says wealthy society girl Mildred Douglas (Susan Hayward) when she boards a freighter and encounters Hank Smith (William Bendix), a...

"Get away from me. Don't touch me, you ape. You hairy ape!" So says wealthy society girl Mildred Douglas (Susan Hayward) when she boards a freighter and encounters Hank Smith (William Bendix), a stoker with a brutal disposition. Her callous comment sends Smith on a journey of self examination. Based loosely on the play by Eugene O'Neil, this was one of the last movies directed by Alfred Santell, a Hollywood journeyman who began his career in the silent era on the Mack Sennett lot. The film...

A redneck officer leads a squad of African-American troops on a mission against the Nazis in this intriguing feature from director George McCowan (Frogs, The Magnificent Seven Ride!). Billy Dee...

A redneck officer leads a squad of African-American troops on a mission against the Nazis in this intriguing feature from director George McCowan (Frogs, The Magnificent Seven Ride!). Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, NFL star Roosevelt Grier, and one of Hollywood's great character actors Paul Stewart, fill out the cast. Co-written and produced by television legend Aaron Spelling as a pilot for a possible series, this forgotten war drama will strike you as being...

A multifaceted mystery full of shocking twists and turns, this is one of the earliest onscreen appearances of the detective figure known as "The Shadow." The story follows Lamont Cranston (Rod La...

A multifaceted mystery full of shocking twists and turns, this is one of the earliest onscreen appearances of the detective figure known as "The Shadow." The story follows Lamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), an amateur criminologist and detective who gets tangled up in a web of deception and danger when he sets out to capture an infamous safe cracker. A wildly popular print and radio character birthed in pulp novels of the 1930s, The Shadow left such an enduring impression on the American public...

The Inspector General stars Danny Kaye as Georgi, an illiterate member of a traveling medicine show who escapes to a mysterious town after accidentally revealing that the elixir they're selling is a...

The Inspector General stars Danny Kaye as Georgi, an illiterate member of a traveling medicine show who escapes to a mysterious town after accidentally revealing that the elixir they're selling is a fraud. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the Inspector General whom they believe is traveling in disguise. Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine wrote the original songs "The Inspector General" and "Happy Times," both sung by Kaye in the film. The Inspector General is a classic case of comedic genius...

After a condemned gunfighter (Steve Forrest) survives his own hanging, he helps a young widow stop a pitiless land baron from taking her ranch. This television feature boasts a strong cast of...

After a condemned gunfighter (Steve Forrest) survives his own hanging, he helps a young widow stop a pitiless land baron from taking her ranch. This television feature boasts a strong cast of recognizable characters, including Will Geer, Dean Jagger, and Cameron Mitchell. Director Michael Caffey would go on to work on such hit shows as Barnaby Jones and MacGyver.

Tom Tyler plays Tom Wade, a range detective whose brother has been accused of robbery and murder. Wade has only one clue to prove his brother's innocence: a set of unusual tire tracks. This film was...

Tom Tyler plays Tom Wade, a range detective whose brother has been accused of robbery and murder. Wade has only one clue to prove his brother's innocence: a set of unusual tire tracks. This film was directed by Sam Katzman, who later became known as "Jungle Sam" for his association with a variety of jungle thrillers, and then as a master of all exploitation genres, from teen horror to flying saucer flicks!

One of the many films placed on the United Kingdom's banned list of 'video nasties', this brutal story of a young nurse being terrorized by the patients of an asylum was shot in 12 days on a budget...

One of the many films placed on the United Kingdom's banned list of 'video nasties', this brutal story of a young nurse being terrorized by the patients of an asylum was shot in 12 days on a budget of less than $100,000. Texas indy director S.F. Brownrigg was known for such delights as Keep My Grave Open, Don't Open the Door, and Scum of The Earth, but most gorehounds agree that Don't Look in the Basement (originally released as The Forgotten) is his best. And remember, as the original posters...

How do we describe this tale of endless double crosses, lies, and frame ups? The mayhem starts when Ernie Matthews (George Pembroke), feeling despondent about his failed love life and his role as a...

How do we describe this tale of endless double crosses, lies, and frame ups? The mayhem starts when Ernie Matthews (George Pembroke), feeling despondent about his failed love life and his role as a state executioner, finds himself in a brawl with a news reporter. Johnny Martin (Robert Wilcox), a prison trustee and the warden's chauffer, breaks up the fight but ends up losing his prison privileges. It only gets worse from there, with sadistic guards and brain damaged prisoners battling it out....

Ernest Hemingway's classic tale gets the Hollywood treatment in this 1952 adventure from Twentieth Century Fox. Gregory Peck stars as Harry Street, a hunter reflecting on his life as he lies dying...

Ernest Hemingway's classic tale gets the Hollywood treatment in this 1952 adventure from Twentieth Century Fox. Gregory Peck stars as Harry Street, a hunter reflecting on his life as he lies dying while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. The movie, which also starred Ava Gardner and Susan Hayward, received Oscar nominations for cinematography and art direction, and was listed as one of the top ten films of the year by the National Board of Review. Thanks to a star-studded cast and...

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are two rascals trying to leave Melbourne to avoid impending wedding dates. They take jobs as divers and end up on an island, where each tries to win the affections of the...

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are two rascals trying to leave Melbourne to avoid impending wedding dates. They take jobs as divers and end up on an island, where each tries to win the affections of the exotic Princess Lala (Dorothy Lamour). Director Hal Walker (My Friend Irma, That's My Boy) keeps the fun coming in this one, with plenty of songs and gags. And if uncredited cameos by the likes of Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, and Jane Russell aren't enough to entice you, this is the only Road To......

A deranged scientist (Bela Lugosi) develops an aftershave lotion that incites his gigantic bats to kill! Director Jean Yarbrough (House of Horrors, She-Wolf of London) guided Lugosi to one of his...

A deranged scientist (Bela Lugosi) develops an aftershave lotion that incites his gigantic bats to kill! Director Jean Yarbrough (House of Horrors, She-Wolf of London) guided Lugosi to one of his most fiendish performances in a film that turned out to be a big hit for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). This movie may not stop you from shaving, but it will make you crave more horrors from Hollywood's Poverty Row!

Culled from the 12 part serial The New Adventures of Tarzan, this stirring feature has been singled out as the only Tarzan film between the silent era and the 1960s to present the character as Edgar...

Culled from the 12 part serial The New Adventures of Tarzan, this stirring feature has been singled out as the only Tarzan film between the silent era and the 1960s to present the character as Edgar Rice Burroughs meant him to be, as a sophisticated English nobleman who preferred living outside of society and could speak to animals in their own language... Olympic athlete Herman Brix (aka Bruce Bennett) stars as the Lord of the Jungle. Watch as he searches for an ancient formula that can be...

This epic of America's westward march stars Leo Carrillo and Preston Foster in a tale of men building a cattle empire, only to battle rustlers, the weather, and each other! The romantic adventure...

This epic of America's westward march stars Leo Carrillo and Preston Foster in a tale of men building a cattle empire, only to battle rustlers, the weather, and each other! The romantic adventure from director William C. McGann (In Old California, Alcatraz Island) features a strong leading performance by Oscar nominated RKO star Richard Dix (Cimarron, The Ghost Ship) plus cinematography by six-time Oscar nominee Russell Harlan (To Kill a Mockingbird, Rio Bravo).

William Powell stars as detective Philo Vance in this suspenseful locked-room murder mystery. Along with a lot of head-scratching clues, there's plenty of fun stuff about stuffy art collectors, a...

William Powell stars as detective Philo Vance in this suspenseful locked-room murder mystery. Along with a lot of head-scratching clues, there's plenty of fun stuff about stuffy art collectors, a beautiful debutante trapped in a house of hate, a glamorous stage star keeping a tryst with a "dead" man, a walking corpse, and a wounded dog that knows the answer to the most inexplicable mystery ever tackled by the most captivating sleuth since Sherlock Holmes! Oscar winning Director Michael Curtiz...

A psychotic killer prowls the night...will he be stopped before he kills again? Ronnie Burns (the son of TV favorites George Burns and Gracie Allen!) stars as Chet, a delusional young man boiling...

A psychotic killer prowls the night...will he be stopped before he kills again? Ronnie Burns (the son of TV favorites George Burns and Gracie Allen!) stars as Chet, a delusional young man boiling with rage after his brother is sentenced to death for murder. As his paranoid feelings increase, Chet decides to create some mayhem of his own, including arson! A cast of unknowns come together for this feature by Boris Petroff, who also directed the cult favorite The Unearthly. Just sit back and...

ITS PRINTS SPELLED DOOM! Based on a pair of Foulton Osler's thrilling detective stories, The Panthers Claw tracks Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Rosemary's Baby's Sidney Blackmer) and his...

ITS PRINTS SPELLED DOOM! Based on a pair of Foulton Osler's thrilling detective stories, The Panthers Claw tracks Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Rosemary's Baby's Sidney Blackmer) and his trusted partner Anthony Abbot as they use methods both scientific and deductive to solve the murder of an opera singer. In doing so, the pair get caught up in a larger mystery involving a mysterious blackmailer known only as "The Panther," eventually winding up victims of his vindictive games in this...

Two Harlem crooks are in love with the same woman in this amusing tale that combines gangland rivalries with music. The cast is headlined by Monte Hawley but it's the lovely Jeni Le Gon who...

Two Harlem crooks are in love with the same woman in this amusing tale that combines gangland rivalries with music. The cast is headlined by Monte Hawley but it's the lovely Jeni Le Gon who dominates the screen as Nita, the showgirl at the center of the storm. Songs include: 'Hole In The Wall', and 'Jitterbugs Cuttin' Rugs'. For trivia buffs: Director Arthur Dreifuss started out as a choreographer before directing a series of B-movies for Hollywood's Poverty Row...

This gritty, rough-and-tumble crime drama follows street urchin Johnny Boylan, a young man who turns to a life of crime after his father is unfairly sentenced to death Before long, the charismatic...

This gritty, rough-and-tumble crime drama follows street urchin Johnny Boylan, a young man who turns to a life of crime after his father is unfairly sentenced to death Before long, the charismatic Boylan has formed his own street gang, complete with a generous benefactor A a " but when the identity of their mysterious donor is revealed, fiery Boylan and his band of thugs find their worlds turned upside down. Both exciting and full of pathos, this was the first of several films and serials that...