Sentenced to slavery in the New World for killing her husband in self-defence Abby Hale (Paulette Goddard) is auctioned on the American-bound ship by the villainous Garth (Howard De Silva) who desires to keep the feisty English woman for himself. But the intrepid frontiersman Captain Chris Holden (Gary Cooper) buys Abby to set her free before leaving the ship. Furious at being outdone Garth bribes the ship's captain to pretend that Holden has not lodged the money to buy the slave and so Abby is forced to go with Garth's as his slave. When Garth arrives in the Ohio Valley he secretly begins to arrange an Indian uprising with the Senecan chief Guyasuta (Boris Karloff) in to get kill the settlers and gain a monopoly of the fur trade. Captain Holden discovers Garth's treachery but cannot prove anything against him. Aware that the outpost of Fort Pitt and all its settlers could be massacred by the Indians Holden rides into the camp of the Senecas with the aim of talking peace and rescuing Abby; but Garth and his Indian wife Hannah (Katherine DeMille) have other plans for Holden and the fiery redhead...
Roger Moore is Simon Templar better known as The Saint. The Saint out-swindles the swindlers for the good of the little guy: he's handsome charming suave and sophisticated. Episode 3 - The Careful Terrorist: When one of his closest friends is murdered in New York The Saint goes on the trail of his killer and comes up against a crooked union boss. Episode 4 - The Covetous Headsman: The Saint becomes involved with a young woman whose long lost brother has been murdered and discovers that wearing a Saint Christopher can be dangerous. Episode 5 - The Loaded Tourist: The Saint witnesses a murder and finds himself in the midst of a mystery involving a faithless wife and smuggled jewels. Episode 6 - The Pearls of Peace: In Mexico The Saint runs into an old friend who asks him to loan him money to fund an expedition to locate fabled jewels - the pearls of San Domingo.
It will scare you to death! In the winter of 1972 a young filmmaker named Roger Watkins began work on what is commonly referred to as the most vile and disgusting film ever made. Under the pseudonym of Victor Janos Watkins wrote directed produced and starred in The Last House on Dead End Street. Roger Watkins stars as Terry Hawkins a down and out pornographer fresh out of prison. Disgusted by the world around him he begins work on a series of snuff films-target
Staunton Hill
The one film in John Cusack's filmography he'd probably like us all to forget, this 80s-style preppy-in-peril film (compare and contrast with After Hours and Something Wild) casts him as a college student who gets mixed up with pirates and drug runners around the Caribbean. The wannabe screwball comedy falls flatter with each gag but Cusack's hang-dog sweetness and knack with one-liners carries it through and at the very least it's worth catching if only for a glimpse of Ben Stiller in his pre-There's Something About Mary fame days, in a double act here with his real-life father Jerry Stiller. --Leslie Felperin
Second Chorus: Trumpet players Danny (Fred Astaire) and Hank (Burgess Meredith) have been avoiding graduation for seven years so that they can continue playing with their college band. They hire pretty Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) as the band's agent and as she quickly increases their earning power the boys find themselves with flourishing musical careers. Ellen is one day hired as Artie Shaw's band manager and makes plans for Danny and Hank to audition for Shaw. Both ho
A gripping story unfolds after a cop accidentally shoots a hostage and sees his partner killed. Tortured by guilt he leaves the area and vows to avoid firearms... a decision he will soon regret! Haunted by the past his further weakness and indecision lead to three convicts escaping transfer to a top security prison. By a cruel twist of fate the trio led by a psychopathic killer take his family hostage. Tormented by his past and his pledge to never use a gun he prepares to take on
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