Author Archive: Retro

Woman must retrieve a letter containing manufactured evidence tying her to the murder of her mentally ill husband, who died of a heart-attack. Dir. Tay Garnett

Invalid George Jones is both physically and mentally ill. He mistakenly believes his wife Ellen and his doctor are having an affair and also planning to kill him. He writes a letter to his lawyer detailing their alleged murder plot. After he has Ellen give the letter to their postman, he reveals its contents to her and then threatens her with a gun. The excitement proves to much and George suffers a fatal collapse. Now Ellen must find a way to retrieve the incriminating letter.

During WWII an American and her British husband are captured in the far east and thrown into a Japanese concentration camp.

Three husbands receive letters from a recently deceased playboy, implicating their wives in extramarital affairs with him. Dir. Irving Reis.

Mexican revolutionary controls town and falls for the daughter of an aristocrat.

This modern tale borrows from an old story in establishing Langan, who works on a ship that docks in San Francisco, as a descendant of the Count of Monte Cristo. Crooked Lawyer Brodie sets up a scheme to get at the treasure of Langan’s famed ancestor, and using the beautiful blonde Jergens, tries to lure Langan into a trap. Langan proves worthy of his heritage, using a gun instead of a sword, and wins legitimately both his forturne and Jergens.

A fugitive makes a run for it with a woman in France. English dubbed. Dir. Frank Tuttle

Up-and-coming ball player finds himself up to his neck in gambling debts and must shave points off the Big Game so crooks will leave him alone. Photographed by Stanley Cortez. Dir. Malcolm St. Clair.

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