Movies and TvShows featuring "poverty-row-film" theme.
When strange creatures from underground appear in a small town, Superman must save the neighborhood and uncover their true intentions.
Nora Moran, a chorus girl, is involved in a car crash that leads to the death of the State Governor. As she faces trial and impending execution, the true events of that fateful night are revealed, exposing corruption and deceit. Nora is torn between her loyalty to her brother and her own desire for vindication.
The Wasp Woman is a cult horror B-movie from 1959. It tells the story of a successful advertising campaign executive who injects herself with a serum made from wasp enzymes to reverse the aging process. However, the serum turns her into a hideous and deadly creature, leading to a series of women being killed. The movie explores themes of fear of growing old, lost youth, and the consequences of trying to defy nature. It is a campy horror film with elements of surrealism and creature feature. The music score features piano and flute, adding to the eerie atmosphere. The Wasp Woman was remade in 1995.
The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob to go into business with them, and figures it's better all around if he does that rather than cause trouble. However, when he starts to see what kind of place his nice little neighborhood bar is turning into, and when one of the mob's goons tries to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat service requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recommends that 'Sarge' be given a few weeks' rest before hospitalization. Through the Dean of San Juan Junior College, Sarge enters the school on a temporary basis. Meanwhile, the Teen-Agers are rehearsing a show and Freddie is worried because they have no band. Through a series of romantic entanglements, will they be able to put on the big show?
"Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed 'Sky Patrol,'a branch of the Army Reserves which operates along the borders and coast-lines, on the lookout for smugglers. Carter Meade, whose father is the Colonel in charge of the patrol, has a terror of firing guns and his father insists he conquer this fear. Tommy sends him out on patrol, on orders from Washington D. C., to stop any unfamiliar aircraft. Carter challenges an unmarked amphibian plane, which opens fire on him. Carter, afraid to shoot, bails out as his plane is shot down. Carter is missing, and Tommy and Skeeter are searching for him and the mysterious airplane.
Documentary on the life and work of B-movie filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer, spanning from his early life to his last film.
Hellzapoppin' is a musical comedy film that follows the chaotic and anarchic adventures of a couple who find themselves in a demon-filled theater. Filled with slapstick comedy, singing, and vaudeville acts, the film is a riotous display of chaos and absurdity.
In this fictionalized retelling of Jesse James' life, Bob Ford forms a close friendship with the infamous outlaw before ultimately betraying him and shooting him in the back. The film explores themes of treachery, vengeance, and the mythologizing of historical figures.
In the last of his four western programmers for Allied Artists, Wayne Morris plays frontiersman Jim Bisby. Mistaken for a notorious gunslinger, Jim is appointed deputy sheriff of a wide-open cattle town. Playing along, our hero gets down to business -- and by the time his true identity is revealed, it hardly matters, since most of the bad guys are pushing up daisies on boot hill.
Tubercular Frank James has become a born again and retired from his career as an outlaw with his family but a look-a-like outlaw causes suspicion to fall back on him.
In Five Minutes to Live, a photographer plans a bank robbery and holds a family hostage, leading to a thrilling standoff. The film explores themes of deception, lust, and dysfunctional relationships.
Fog Island is a suspenseful movie that takes place on a mysterious island enveloped by thick fog. The story follows a man who is wrongly accused of a crime and seeks to clear his name. As he unravels the secrets of the island, he must navigate through treacherous relationships and unexpected twists to vindicate himself. With elements of romance, deception, and revenge, Fog Island keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.
Gangster and police look for a gangster's son who witnessed a murder.
Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.
Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger and Leon capture her and when she disappears, a warrant is issued for her arrest as a material witness. The bank robbers flee across the border into Canada where they steal a trailer in which they lock Ann and the loot. The hitch breaks and the trailer plunges into a lake. Sergeant Renfrew and Constable Kelly, of the Canadian Mounties, rescue Ann and she tells them she is a hitch-hiking tourist and gives a false name. Renfrew sends Kelly for aid, Ann escapes and Kelly returns with the news that she is wanted. The leader of the gang, Cardigan, sends the gang back for Ann and the loot, which Ann has hidden in a trappers cabin, just before Trigger recaptures her. Renfrew goes to her rescue, but is also captured. But reliable Constable Kelly is somewhere in the woods.
Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.
After his father's death, a young man starts having strange dreams about his mother remarrying a politician. He becomes suspicious of his stepfather and begins to investigate, leading him down a dangerous path where he questions his own sanity.
A young man with a love of horses, Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) lives on the family ranch with his uncle Bill (Damian O’Flynn). When he buys a wild stallion from his black-sheep cousin Daniel (Rand Brooks), Scott names the horse Midnight and does his best to tame him. But when the sheriff (Sky King’s Kirby Grant) suspects the stallion was stolen and Daniel’s plan to get rid of the horse ends with a man being trampled, Scott must prove Midnight acted in self-defense before his uncle destroys him. The fourth of six films McDowall coproduced and starred in for Monogram Pictures, Black Midnight was directed by Oscar “Budd” Boetticher, whose seven Westerns with Randolph Scott are considered classics of the genre.
Railroaded! is a crime thriller film-noir released in 1947. The story revolves around an innocent man who is framed for a robbery he did not commit. As he tries to clear his name, he uncovers a web of deception and double-crossing that leads to a shocking conclusion. With its gritty atmosphere and tense narrative, Railroaded! is a classic example of the genre.