My Favorite Brunette (1947) [Comedy] [Romance] [Mystery]

The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Hope) relates the events to a group of reporters the events that lead to his predicament. Jackson is a baby photographer who dreams about being a real private detective like his friend Sam McCloud (Ladd). One day he is mistaken for a detective …

Range Busters | Texas to Bataan (1942) [Western]

“Texas to Bataan” is a 1942 American film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey featuring the Range Busters. The film is also known as “The Long, Long Trail” in the United Kingdom. Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army buys some horses from the Range Busters’ ranch for service in the Philippines. The …

The Trigger Trio (1937) [Western]

“The Trigger Trio” with “The Three Mesquiteers” is a 1937 American Western directed by William Witney. The movie is about the rancher Brent, who has some infected cattle. He has the brands changed and then has them put on the Evans ranch, With the law requiring the entire herds to be destroyed, he gets Larry …

Range Busters | Trail Riders (1942) [Western]

Trail Riders is a 1942 American film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey, one of the Range Busters series. The film is also known as Dead Men Don’t Ride (American pre-release title). The sheriff of Gila Springs is murdered by a gunmen, leaving the town wide open for many corruptions. Three traveling cowboys known as the …

I’m from Arkansas (1944) [Comedy] [Romance]

“I’m from Arkansas” is a 1944 American film directed by Lew Landers. The movie is not quite a classic, but it has a delightful surprise for the viewers. — Directed by Lew Landers, produced by E.H. Kleinert and Irving Vershel, written by Marcy Klauber (screenplay) and Joseph Carole (screenplay), starring Slim Summerville as Juniper Jenkins …

The Big Combo (1955) [Film Noir] [Crime]

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. He’s also dangerously obsessed with Brown’s girlfriend, the suicidal Susan Lowell. His main objective as a detective is to uncover what happened to a woman called “Alicia” from the crime boss’s past. Mr. Brown, his second-in-command McClure and thugs …

The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) [Film Noir] [Crime]

Wealthy socialite Lois Frazer wants a divorce from her husband, but he’s not ready to let her go so easy. Suspecting that he intends to murder her, she calls Lieutenant Ed Cullen, with whom she’s been having an affair, in an effort to save herself from her husband’s wrath. When Ed arrives someone dies, but …