29 Jun

The Lawless Years (TV-1959) THE DUTCH SCHULTZ STORY

Stars: James Gregory, John Dennis, Ken Lynch
Director: Allen H. Miner

When New York Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey declares war on Dutch Schultz, describing the gangster as an “evil force that has to be destroyed,” the Dutchman plots a hit on Dewey.

 

 

28 Jun

The Lawless Years (TV-1959) THE LION AND THE MOUSE

 

Stars: James Gregory, Richard Bakalyan, Katherine Squire
Director: Allen H. Miner

After surviving a beating by crime boss Johnny Lucky, a small-time hood starts his own shakedown racket using Lucky’s name and calling card–a lead pipe.

 

27 Jun

West of Zanzibar (1928) LON CHANEY , LIONEL BARRYMORE

Stars: Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter
Director: Tod Browning

In this slimy love triangle, Lon Chaney is at his grotesque best as a cuckold magician hellbent on punishing the Congo ivory trader he believes ruined his life.

 

 

 

26 Jun

One Step Beyond (TV-1959) THE BRIDE POSSESSED

 

A newlywed is possessed by the spirit of a recently murdered woman. The bride is played Virginia Leith, who also starred as the doomed disembodied head in the PizzaFLIX cult classic The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962).

 

 

25 Jun

One Step Beyond (TV-1960) MOMENT OF HATE

 

 A  woman believes she has the power to cause death by wishing it, and is placed under a psychiatrist’s care

 

 

24 Jun

One Step Beyond (TV-1959) THE VISION

 

Three French soldiers are arrested and court-martial for abandoning their posts during World War II, each tells a different story as to what happened to them when a bright light appeared during battle.

 

 

23 Jun

One Step Beyond (TV-1959) MAKE ME NOT A WITCH

 

A young girl living on a farm acquires the ability to read people’s minds. Her gift proves instrumental in the rescue of two children. Co-stars Patty “Bad Seed” McCormack the youngest actress every to be nominated for an Academy Award!

 

 

22 Jun

One Step Beyond (TV-1960) TIDAL WAVE

 

As a tidal wave approaches the Hawaiian Islands, the wheelchair-bound wife of a Naval engineer desperately tries to find someone to help her evacuate. Nothing can save the poor young women accept the strange and elusive phenomenon known as telepathy. Watch for young Ted Knight of Mary Tyler Moore fame.

 

21 Jun

Are People Trees? (TV-1957) RUTH DONNELLY

 

Stars: Ruth Donnelly, Ricky Vera, Clancy Cooper
Director: William A. Seiter

A widow living with her daughter in the suburbs longs for her old life in the city. On one of her frequent visits to the old neighborhood, she finds 3 orphan boys living in her old flat. She wants to adopt them, but Child Protective Services won’t allow it.

 

20 Jun

One Step Beyond (TV-1960) THE FORESTS OF THE NIGHT

 

A Chinese box with alleged powers creates havoc for three men on a hunting trip.