“He used to be a big shot.” Based on Mark Hellinger’s short story, “The World Moves On,” this fast-paced crime drama has a nostalgic, documentary-style feel and was directed by…

“In 1901, after 33 years in San Quentin, Bill Miner ‘The Gentleman Bandit,’ was released into the Twentieth Century.” A low-key, brilliantly acted Canadian production, The Grey Fox is based…

“Hemingway-Hot Adventure!” In terms of film adaptations of Ernest Hemingway’s 1937 novel To Have and Have Not, The Gun Runners ranks well below established classics To Have and Have Not…

“A Story of Wild and Wonderful Days.” A true forgotten classic, this wonderful little coming-of-age story was directed by William A. “Wild Bill” Wellman (The Public Enemy) and based on…

“Powderpuff punch and a glass jaw… that’s a great combination!” Humphrey Bogart’s last film (he passed away from esophageal cancer the following year at the age of 57) in which…

“It was an evil house from the beginning – a house that was born bad.” Arguably the best of the haunted-house genre, this superb psychological horror film was directed by…

“Who would believe in something like this?” A true unappreciated low-budget horror classic, The Sadist (AKA Profile of Terror and Sweet Baby Charlie) is very loosely based on the infamous…

“The tortured ghost who claimed vengeance in the bride’s bedroom.” If you enjoy campy, extremely low-budget horror films as much as I do, then don’t miss the opportunity to check…

“Go ahead and shoot if you got the nerve.” A gritty, Pre-Code gangster flick from MGM, The Secret Six features a solid performance by Wallace Beery as “Louis ‘Slaughterhouse’ Scorpio,”…

“Weird pagan rites in secret dens of exotic mystery!” A young woman named “Mary Gibson” (Kim Hunter) leaves a boarding school to search for her missing sister “Jacqueline” (Jean Brooks)…