Bela Lugosi stars in this serial turned made-for-tv-movie complete with mad scientists, Lugosi hamming it up, a crazy robot, and all the other reasons you would ever want to watch a movie like this. Does knowing the story really help you make your decision to watch?
Videos released sometime between 1940 - 1949
Angel and the Badman - 1947
This little Romantic Western film, starring none other than THE John Wayne, is all about the recovery of Quirt Evans (John Wayne). Quirt is a pretty bad notorious gunman kind of guy, not a very likable guy. While wounded and on the run, Quirt (I love that name) eventually makes it to a Quaker family’s land, […]
Pimpernel Smith - 1941
Professor Horatio Smith discreetly rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II. These victims become his students and work for his cause. Things begin to complicate when one of his students brings a mysterious girl into the group who isn’t everything she appears to be.
Too Many Women - 1942
Richard Sutton is happily engaged to his girlfriend, Linda Pearson, but they are unable to matrimonially bind themselves together until their financial situation improves. In an effort to help their situation, he ends up telling a lie about his rich uncle dying, leaving him a fortune. Once the town hears about him being eligible to receive a fortune, […]
Suspense – A Cask Of Amontillado - 1949
An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s story for early television. This isn’t really the best adaptation, but it is really cool to see Bela Lugosi (who plays the Fortunato) doing early tv, even in the bad health (plus addiction) he was in at the time.
Public Prosecutor – Case Of The Man Who Wasnt There - 1947
Allen tries to convict Prince Zernie, an often accused but never convicted criminal, for a jewel theft and learns at the trial that the man has another air-tight alibi. This episode features a young DeForest Kelley, better known as Bones from the original Star Trek.
Whispering City - 1947
When a well-known actress gets into a car accident, a reporter comes to interview her. The dying actress tells the reporter that the death of her fiance a few years back was actually a murder. This bit of knowledge thrusts the reporter into a web of deceit and puts her life in jeopardy because now […]
Public Prosecutor – Case of the Comic Strip Murder
This shows a bit of distinction because it’s filmed rather than performed live, which doesn’t seem that odd to us now since a lot of our tv is done like that. Back when this aired, basically all of tv was performed in front of an audience and filmed at the same time. According to it’s Wikipedia […]
One Body Too Many - 1947
An insurance investigator gets caught up in an inheritance dispute and eventually murder while staying in a creepy mansion waiting to bury a dead millionaire.
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