KAREN GREEN FROM 'ZEBRA IN THE KITCHEN' TO 'WAGON TRAIN'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdi0mkOQkOz9t6S-PY0fMd_wS0g-P5493CPiSUpSp7wNMm-HX9tX79ElhP4Pp1-ApJS3Bc4LewGxP4cOqO4x5vXrNcKy1kQzB4AJrwiwjUIFGoUyA042871yk4ErOP_PwkpZuQ6QtoImnaO-2B1vvwbZZYC1xX7ikaqBLaVEVMgYIj2spuSuizMi_HtDCH/s2102/Screen%20Shot%202026-05-01%20at%2010.53.09%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="2102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdi0mkOQkOz9t6S-PY0fMd_wS0g-P5493CPiSUpSp7wNMm-HX9tX79ElhP4Pp1-ApJS3Bc4LewGxP4cOqO4x5vXrNcKy1kQzB4AJrwiwjUIFGoUyA042871yk4ErOP_PwkpZuQ6QtoImnaO-2B1vvwbZZYC1xX7ikaqBLaVEVMgYIj2spuSuizMi_HtDCH/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-05-01%20at%2010.53.09%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Karen Green from ZEBRA IN THE KITCHEN Year: 1965 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Part zoo renovation propaganda, part children's film, ZEBRA IN THE KITCHEN has a memorable yet misleading title: as that otherwise innocuous striped horse is only shown once, digging around a random suburban kitchen... <br><br>The most important wild animal belonging to DENNIS THE MENACE child actor Jay North: a mountain lion named Sunshine raised by his family in the woods... until their move to the city... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, andy devine, children, dorothy green, jay north, jim davis, joyce meadows, karen green, martin milner, sixties

KAREN GREEN FROM 'ZEBRA IN THE KITCHEN' TO 'WAGON TRAIN'

Karen Green from ZEBRA IN THE KITCHEN Year: 1965 Rating: *** Part zoo renovation propaganda, part children's film, ZEBRA IN THE KITCHEN ...

JOHN BROMFIELD, EVE MILLER & ROSEMARY STACK 'THE BIG BLUFF'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvSQZEWXIXQleOJPBGb0k-SgfyIHvfM0M91jaD9aaanKZ4JvaB0SLp5BQxQxc8NfpTtml-BMgAuowMbLtKC2VJEHEn2gMhZK21mnca4h9UA-sZ4fx0Qi70PtXs1PjurJ3PLagdSqJ_X3O5RdFeCcTJRrcEJhhT9Pzkp652kJYS_uf5OfNSFoeLPD3t1W2/s1612/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-24%20at%204.42.36%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvSQZEWXIXQleOJPBGb0k-SgfyIHvfM0M91jaD9aaanKZ4JvaB0SLp5BQxQxc8NfpTtml-BMgAuowMbLtKC2VJEHEn2gMhZK21mnca4h9UA-sZ4fx0Qi70PtXs1PjurJ3PLagdSqJ_X3O5RdFeCcTJRrcEJhhT9Pzkp652kJYS_uf5OfNSFoeLPD3t1W2/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-24%20at%204.42.36%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Bromfield, Rosemary Stack and Max Palmer in THE BIG BLUFF Year: 1955 Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the 1956 crime thriller <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2023/11/HotCars.html">HOT CARS</a>, b-movie actor John Bromfield is perfect as a married used car salesman, who, with a sick child, is pushed into a stolen vehicle racket with no way out but his wits, and charm... <br><br>The year before, he starred in another noirish programmer, THE BIG BLUFF, only here he's given the kind of skinny mustache that makes you think of tying a girl to train tracks... making the overall performance too up-front and obvious, clashing with his usual natural under-acting style... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

eve miller, fifties, film noir or melodrama, john bromfield, martha vickers, max palmer, robert hutton, rosemary stack, thriller

JOHN BROMFIELD, EVE MILLER & ROSEMARY STACK 'THE BIG BLUFF'

John Bromfield, Rosemary Stack and Max Palmer in THE BIG BLUFF Year: 1955 Rates: ***1/2 In the 1956 crime thriller HOT CARS , b-movie actor ...

JOHN BROMFIELD WITH JULIE LONDON IN 'CRIME AGAINST JOE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAdNr4YMc61lurgEKTtzUxdLNz2iWQnvzS0D3jxRNbVOx2yrz7pYONiaFLwO_C-UgH5VcmpDNnES9QbAf40LjMDiG3hkwcOqKG9oULriEJTj_llFnAFuLDsXO91XXPIAZKQI8-ETZLbuE2ihg2C-RazCv-RwbrBg2eihRYkTfVIfyIex_WYC3iXtUZeOY/s1282/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAdNr4YMc61lurgEKTtzUxdLNz2iWQnvzS0D3jxRNbVOx2yrz7pYONiaFLwO_C-UgH5VcmpDNnES9QbAf40LjMDiG3hkwcOqKG9oULriEJTj_llFnAFuLDsXO91XXPIAZKQI8-ETZLbuE2ihg2C-RazCv-RwbrBg2eihRYkTfVIfyIex_WYC3iXtUZeOY/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Bromfield and Julie London in CRIME AGAINST JOE Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1956, handsome, muscular, square-jawed yet still somehow affable/relatable-everyman actor John Bromfield starred in three features by low-budget studio Bel Air Productions...<br><br>In their best remembered and best in quality, HOT CARS, he's a beguiled used car salesman reluctantly working for criminals; in THREE BAD SISTERS an idealistic pilot trying to save the only good sibling; and in CRIME AGAINST JOE the titular wrong-man character... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

bel air productions, film noir or melodrama, henry calvin, john bromfield, julie london, morgan jones, patricia blair, rhodes reason, thriller, wrong man

JOHN BROMFIELD WITH JULIE LONDON IN 'CRIME AGAINST JOE'

John Bromfield and Julie London in CRIME AGAINST JOE Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 In 1956, handsome, muscular, square-jawed yet still somehow a...

JOHN BROMFIELD WITH JOI LANSING & MARK DANA IN 'HOT CARS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_LsWqSvlHZ3mMNy_It7VRbV9mQiVfqp_TOch3lBGykJgeTLeDTHiPECB0Oi7NQMm6sFGlyCnoWHmmNnf8lIThihaP5DLPkNDnslZ5PiNrJ9TrffbgnlJwT0cgXvkTYk4ArmzQnOPbxUKeG16p2tVjiCWNqhvRo019yNikmaJ6pb0xcFk5EBiQCGQ1GBi/s1896/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-23%20at%203.55.32%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1896" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_LsWqSvlHZ3mMNy_It7VRbV9mQiVfqp_TOch3lBGykJgeTLeDTHiPECB0Oi7NQMm6sFGlyCnoWHmmNnf8lIThihaP5DLPkNDnslZ5PiNrJ9TrffbgnlJwT0cgXvkTYk4ArmzQnOPbxUKeG16p2tVjiCWNqhvRo019yNikmaJ6pb0xcFk5EBiQCGQ1GBi/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-23%20at%203.55.32%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Joi Lansing, John Bromfield, Carol Shanno & Mark Dana in HOT CARS Year: 1956 Rates: ****</u><u>*</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Despite not making any Film Noir lists, HOT CARS is the epitome of the seedy side of crime cinema led by an otherwise honest guy who, in this case, is ironically a used car salesman in John Bromfield, married to the perfect suburban wife and father of a sick child: thus needing extra money, and quick...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yet the best scenes occur in the first act when Bromfield's Nick can't catch a break, mainly from bullying boss Robert Osterloh, who both sophisticated desk-set villain Ralph Clanton and handsome killer henchman Mark Dano... eventually targeting token snoopy cop Dabs Greer... are initially a nice break from...</p><p><span></span></p>

bel air productions, carol shannon, fifties, film noir or melodrama, jazz-score, john bromfield, joi lansing, mark dana, paula hill, ralph clanton, robert osterloh, thriller

JOHN BROMFIELD WITH JOI LANSING & MARK DANA IN 'HOT CARS'

Joi Lansing, John Bromfield, Carol Shanno & Mark Dana in HOT CARS Year: 1956 Rates: **** * Despite not making any Film Noir lists, HOT C...

JOHN BROMFIELD WITH KATHLEEN HUGHES IN 'THREE BAD SISTERS'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RQy15U1rVCwGortt3YqRaMvK1dC7DeJooVpdwURear6QCpnvZ1uzDYCvtxbGyDgb5HGOw1z6f9q3GYLtLY_GqajgHR1PGkV0hB49dd4Yn6ltfRh7gHV4tiPuZX3hynbQj8Noq2SFiEtwBRAa50fYsYSkrZkP1_6OpqHHJZ0aKBrCBgLGag4tSapaZ7RK/s1574/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-20%20at%208.18.58%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RQy15U1rVCwGortt3YqRaMvK1dC7DeJooVpdwURear6QCpnvZ1uzDYCvtxbGyDgb5HGOw1z6f9q3GYLtLY_GqajgHR1PGkV0hB49dd4Yn6ltfRh7gHV4tiPuZX3hynbQj8Noq2SFiEtwBRAa50fYsYSkrZkP1_6OpqHHJZ0aKBrCBgLGag4tSapaZ7RK/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-20%20at%208.18.58%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THREE BAD SISTERS Year: 1956 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It seems impossible that a 1950's b-movie titled THREE BAD SISTERS wouldn't be totally fantastic, because all three actresses look... totally fantastic: and while technically it makes sense/and is realistic having them look similar, but the token femme fatale villain Kathleen Hughes and her sadistic harassment of lookalike blonde Sara Shane gets a bit confusing...</p><p></p><p>Shane has a pointier face, isn't as outright gorgeous but has the mousy-vulnerable thing down... as production studio <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2023/11/HotCars.html">Bel Air's HOT CARS star John Bromfield</a>, a small plane pilot involved in a crash that killed the three heirs' millionaire father, is instantly smitten... </p><p><span></span></p>

bel air productions, brett halsey, exploitation, fifties, film noir or melodrama, john bromfield, kathleen hughes, sara shane

JOHN BROMFIELD WITH KATHLEEN HUGHES IN 'THREE BAD SISTERS'

Title: THREE BAD SISTERS Year: 1956 Rating: *** It seems impossible that a 1950's b-movie titled THREE BAD SISTERS wouldn't be total...

BIFF ELLIOT ORIGINALLY HAMMERS PEGGIE CASTLE 'I, THE JURY'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIL7HRkA-TrCJVtXN8yRbT7OoPTWKh_rZT_Z6ha-Ug7ZLcmhQ1Ozm2w3iRXx9TLeicSWFYrJz_Ajnbd8fJxegknLKKueawMiA_WHVQzQoQYcyxkcwQUTD5DQkfX8ULUpgogjq6k6vLhJWZSvoJ355mVi9XtE5gwEKaAl5l5Hqcr_poRBetWcDDxb3saOe/s1716/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-19%20at%203.35.05%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1716" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIL7HRkA-TrCJVtXN8yRbT7OoPTWKh_rZT_Z6ha-Ug7ZLcmhQ1Ozm2w3iRXx9TLeicSWFYrJz_Ajnbd8fJxegknLKKueawMiA_WHVQzQoQYcyxkcwQUTD5DQkfX8ULUpgogjq6k6vLhJWZSvoJ355mVi9XtE5gwEKaAl5l5Hqcr_poRBetWcDDxb3saOe/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-19%20at%203.35.05%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Peggie Castle and Biff Elliot in I, THE JURY Year: 1953 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first Mike Hammer film was in 3D, and so the first Mike Hammer actor, Biff Elliot, had to practically burst through the screen... in every single scene, in fact, traipsing from location to location in the usual gumshoe fashion, questioning suspects from wealthy bookies to random hoods to a pair of gorgeous sisters to an eventual twist-ending gun-moll who needed more screen-time for that inevitable (and somewhat predictable) transition to matter...<br><br>Said to be inspired by the pretty psychologist fatale in NIGHTMARE ALLEY, future 99 RIVER STREET bad-girl blonde starlet Peggie Castle still visually shines next to Elliot's scrappy, duck-tailed Hammer whenever he doubles-back to her lavish home... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

3D, action, biff elliot, elijah cook jr., fifties, film noir or melodrama, gumshoe, mary anderson, mickey spillane, mike hammer, peggie castle, preston foster

BIFF ELLIOT ORIGINALLY HAMMERS PEGGIE CASTLE 'I, THE JURY'

Peggie Castle and Biff Elliot in I, THE JURY Year: 1953 Rating: ***1/2 The first Mike Hammer film was in 3D, and so the first Mike Hammer ac...

RALPH MEEKER, JEFF RICHARDS & ROBERT HORTON IN 'CODE TWO'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rIqvB0C4YoJU6F1uCvSD9MIjibltxnQ-BUsD9gw-jopF1PFYHRdXMLMLI2QsJ-1hDT_XG1X8KSaMaLfYXTmE95Gtc8JjbPqaLveC6E4_QMyrBKowMEM8ivF_O_Umz9bealuer-VxHHK2wcaoYMEBKpgSG33BJ9bUOg2qy9slssfqBxYPHm-mgWU8w00X/s1816/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-15%20at%201.23.16%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rIqvB0C4YoJU6F1uCvSD9MIjibltxnQ-BUsD9gw-jopF1PFYHRdXMLMLI2QsJ-1hDT_XG1X8KSaMaLfYXTmE95Gtc8JjbPqaLveC6E4_QMyrBKowMEM8ivF_O_Umz9bealuer-VxHHK2wcaoYMEBKpgSG33BJ9bUOg2qy9slssfqBxYPHm-mgWU8w00X/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-15%20at%201.23.16%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1953 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of many B&W b-crime flicks mistakenly promoted as film noir, CODE TWO is basically propaganda for the police force, including rookies Ralph Meeker, Robert Horton and Jeff Richards going through the karate-chopping police academy boot camp (liken to what James Cagney weathered in G-MEN)... <br><br>Before honing in on the specific task of motorcycle cops, called motor cops before being known as CHP years later... and it's not until 40-minutes into the semi-entertaining programmer does a little hint of noir creep in...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, chuck connors, cop, elaine stewart, fifties, film noir or melodrama, james craig, jeff richards, keenan wynn, ralph meeker, robert horton, sally forrest

RALPH MEEKER, JEFF RICHARDS & ROBERT HORTON IN 'CODE TWO'

Year: 1953 Rating: *** One of many B&W b-crime flicks mistakenly promoted as film noir, CODE TWO is basically propaganda for the police ...

RALPH MEEKER HAMMERS ROBERT ALDRICH'S 'KISS ME DEADLY'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08pO4qc5MbAoDeqi7Gs1-mYufr0mg4QOavoNUgEz7pTVCrLhnbPhjCSm1bVn5L5WxpmLMJ9RGys4laeryoZQbhHtjm5Ukln2fqy6LSUErWjwO5MH17WO4ay8C2JB5d6NemC-SEQdNa3UmZ7KBXFQtfyTJ717QzGXXkkbWK1l68tV1noQwuMQfyIehMOxe/s2570/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-09%20at%2011.45.51%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08pO4qc5MbAoDeqi7Gs1-mYufr0mg4QOavoNUgEz7pTVCrLhnbPhjCSm1bVn5L5WxpmLMJ9RGys4laeryoZQbhHtjm5Ukln2fqy6LSUErWjwO5MH17WO4ay8C2JB5d6NemC-SEQdNa3UmZ7KBXFQtfyTJ717QzGXXkkbWK1l68tV1noQwuMQfyIehMOxe/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-09%20at%2011.45.51%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Wesley Addy & Ralph Meeker in KISS ME DEADLY Year: 1955 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>When hitchhiking damsel-in-distress Cloris Leachman is picked up by convertible driving private-eye rogue Mike Hammer in Robert Aldrich's noir classic KISS ME DEADLY, actor Ralph Meeker epitomizes the role without uttering a single word... <br></p><p></p><p>After she asks if he likes poetry, his manly/glib shrug speaks volumes in what's a gumshoe thriller that plays out like a tapestry of vignettes... thrust into a cautionary tale involving the most important of three ingenues that Meeker's Hammer uses to figure out what/who killed first-girl Leachman, and why... </p><p><span></span></p>

albert dekker, cloris leachman, fifties, film noir or melodrama, gumshoe, jack elam, jack lambert, leigh snowden, marian carr, maxine cooper, paul stewart, ralph meeker, robert aldrich, wesley addy

RALPH MEEKER HAMMERS ROBERT ALDRICH'S 'KISS ME DEADLY'

Wesley Addy & Ralph Meeker in KISS ME DEADLY Year: 1955 Rating: ***** When hitchhiking damsel-in-distress Cloris Leachman is picked up ...

ROBERT BRAY HAMMERS 'MY GUN IS QUICK' WITH PAMELA DUNCAN

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh523Duu91HCGfNohzQHnv1eHBH0CkJu7QFHvtCPHNZhJPKUQ5SB3Cuy56etizCuUcsCgWeF2vbgzxhfF2H6bwRQZLGUIfgYKiHI8rYEo2cbmMMVQRT6v5qUgjrbgeY6DaJ-R6XyAdayHbkRa7GRxcQIFx_upiR2IZ9VgsMPS00tm9uibMojteId4kUCy9y/s2040/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-08%20at%2010.28.37%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="2040" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh523Duu91HCGfNohzQHnv1eHBH0CkJu7QFHvtCPHNZhJPKUQ5SB3Cuy56etizCuUcsCgWeF2vbgzxhfF2H6bwRQZLGUIfgYKiHI8rYEo2cbmMMVQRT6v5qUgjrbgeY6DaJ-R6XyAdayHbkRa7GRxcQIFx_upiR2IZ9VgsMPS00tm9uibMojteId4kUCy9y/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-08%20at%2010.28.37%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Bray and Booth Colman in </u><u>MY GUN IS QUICK</u><u> Year: 1957 Rating: **</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Robert Bray plays Mickey Spillane's no-nonsense private-investigator Mike Hammer in-between Ralph Meeker's quintessential big screen tough guy under-performance in KISS ME DEADLY, and the energetic, watered-down charm of TV's Darren McGavin... and ironically, Bray's MY GUN IS QUICK is a jazz-scored, low-budget b-movie that ironically feels more made-for-television than the series...<br><br>The only aspect mirroring DEADLY is how Hammer's secretary Velda looks... as otherwise scream-queen Pamela Duncan's a dead-ringer for full-lipped Maxine Cooper... and while this Velda seems game with the usual jealousy for her boss's inclination for pretty dames, she literally only phones in her few scenes... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

booth colman, fifties, film noir or melodrama, mickey spillane, mike hammer, robert bray, whitney blake

ROBERT BRAY HAMMERS 'MY GUN IS QUICK' WITH PAMELA DUNCAN

Robert Bray and Booth Colman in  MY GUN IS QUICK Year: 1957 Rating: ** Robert Bray plays Mickey Spillane's no-nonsense private-investig...

PAMELA DUNCAN, RICHARD GARLAND & ALLISON HAYES 'THE UNDEAD'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB0POnyqRnS6kkuxD4ZozzbCeuz-GfGxM7UPatus5671F5XN3px9YYL0IaoD98tKCN05o4rD__1UB5X-v11l2D2_cl4kI03WGBYkRA047AUBbmm-LFMxiZRJtwcnd7zdaKMl5gPtKwYsaQt1uCeWmxJ98ofLq_5ZBOCzXqNEpvMUbCPXshBZNmsmQ2ynW/s1674/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB0POnyqRnS6kkuxD4ZozzbCeuz-GfGxM7UPatus5671F5XN3px9YYL0IaoD98tKCN05o4rD__1UB5X-v11l2D2_cl4kI03WGBYkRA047AUBbmm-LFMxiZRJtwcnd7zdaKMl5gPtKwYsaQt1uCeWmxJ98ofLq_5ZBOCzXqNEpvMUbCPXshBZNmsmQ2ynW/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Pamela Duncan in THE UNDEAD Year: 1957 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The same year that Pamela Duncan and Richard Garland starred in <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/roger%20corman">Roger Corman'</a>s limp creature-feature <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/04/AOTCM.html">ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS</a> they were paired in one of the low-budget director's most ambitious, THE UNDEAD, with a modern frame-story of a prostitute hypnotized back into <span class="duration-200" lang="en-US"><span>medieval times where she's falsely accused of being a witch... <br></span></span></p><p></p><p><span class="duration-200" lang="en-US"><span>But it's actually shape-shifting sorceress in ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN Allison Hayes who wants the stalwart knight Garland (looking like a handsome diesel truck mechanic in ancient knight's clothing) for herself... putting poor Pamela's character through the kind of on-the-run ringer that never lets up...</span></span></p><p><span class="duration-200" lang="en-US"><span><span></span></span></span></p>

adventure, allison hayes, billy barty, bruno vesota, dick miller, dorothy neumann, fantasy, fifties, horror, mel welles, pamela duncan, richard devon, richard garland, roger corman, val dufour

PAMELA DUNCAN, RICHARD GARLAND & ALLISON HAYES 'THE UNDEAD'

Pamela Duncan in THE UNDEAD Year: 1957 Rating: **** The same year that Pamela Duncan and Richard Garland starred in Roger Corman' s limp...

PAMELA DUNCAN & RICHARD GARLAND IN CORMAN'S 'ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbZnGg5D824A505E4szq3DtzfvK09UP0d-0QZy7BdCdcx92qOHnolI0WBsPD2yCsi204j2cf5AUjwoiQhQ9OydbpmchYe2G1GPZ3kD13e04r-9LYEor4nQIkKge8YQaszONTmAtXCANP3R2tSysBHIW3jDcdsEs_TkRyEaI4nVL-KhudnTyF7wQfK5AjP/s1794/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-20%20at%205.53.45%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbZnGg5D824A505E4szq3DtzfvK09UP0d-0QZy7BdCdcx92qOHnolI0WBsPD2yCsi204j2cf5AUjwoiQhQ9OydbpmchYe2G1GPZ3kD13e04r-9LYEor4nQIkKge8YQaszONTmAtXCANP3R2tSysBHIW3jDcdsEs_TkRyEaI4nVL-KhudnTyF7wQfK5AjP/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-20%20at%205.53.45%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1957 Rating: **</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's a shame Roger Corman's remote island thriller ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS winds up so convoluted because leads Richard Garland and Pamela Duncan have an intriguing presence and story-line, investigating strange behavior of crabs on an island where two former colleagues vanished...<br><br>The problem is that Corman goes the THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD route by loading too many characters, including future GILLIGAN'S ISLAND professor Russell Johnson with Ed Nelson and more than half a dozen others: so when ghostly voices begin calling out from beyond, transforming nuclear-era science-fiction into a kind of slow-burn horror, there are way too many cooks to concentrate on how any single actor/actress can actually matter. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

creature, fifties, horror, pamela duncan, richard garland, roger corman, russell johnson, science-fiction

PAMELA DUNCAN & RICHARD GARLAND IN CORMAN'S 'ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS'

Year: 1957 Rating: ** It's a shame Roger Corman's remote island thriller ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS winds up so convoluted because ...

BEVERLY GARLAND NURSING ROGER CORMAN'S 'NOT OF THIS EARTH'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXftNAIqJbd9a_-aTAMUJZBJwD2HHv-Uhyphenhyphen-KCl2xupGZrz_aiwCQvlgV9LMh5zntI36aUxH3fTBeMFiYt2Fpn8I6iGl9-6PzFzl6E9OPlfckXz13PLJXw8-NIaKYVyux6VV8C-738cvjkDQE5e6ov5FL1FOa9liknq1Wb4bv5DfTf9YgG_Xg6YEBK4oYd/s1694/1%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1694" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXftNAIqJbd9a_-aTAMUJZBJwD2HHv-Uhyphenhyphen-KCl2xupGZrz_aiwCQvlgV9LMh5zntI36aUxH3fTBeMFiYt2Fpn8I6iGl9-6PzFzl6E9OPlfckXz13PLJXw8-NIaKYVyux6VV8C-738cvjkDQE5e6ov5FL1FOa9liknq1Wb4bv5DfTf9YgG_Xg6YEBK4oYd/s16000/1%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: NOT OF THIS EARTH Year: 1957 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Roger Corman's underrated NOT OF THIS EARTH is a hybrid of science-fiction... a man wearing sunglasses gathering blood for his dying planet... and horror: particularly since this alien stealthily stalks and kills like a vampire... <br><br>In that, veteran actor Paul Birch is the perfect fit, especially given his crisp monotone narration, making EARTH his own story... with help from young loser Jonathan Haze as his driver/housekeeper, and the lead ingenue who not only winds up being this film's final girl, but has enough intriguing stuff to do leading up...</p><p><span></span></p>

beverly garland, dick miller, exploitation, fifties, gail ganley, horror, jonathan haze. william roerick, morgan jones, paul birch, roger corman, science-fiction, thriller

BEVERLY GARLAND NURSING ROGER CORMAN'S 'NOT OF THIS EARTH'

Title: NOT OF THIS EARTH Year: 1957 Rating: ****1/2 Roger Corman's underrated NOT OF THIS EARTH is a hybrid of science-fiction... a man ...

SCOTT BRADY, LISA GAYE & VIRGINIA MAYO IN 'CASTLE OF EVIL'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5_i1pDUoxkq7tPzI6ZTJOn9u6p_9q0TBU4iKROVn4ozooHCJ32qQYE88pWolIa27mosU7gn9rrnfoK_y8DxvmH3gN_yS7MtRxo8CyvMhyphenhyphenjHzI0X_PmKRgRU_icwHC1XmlLzQ34gHr9x0SXvguyfB2OMUCXkvpgO77Vi5hXHKxP76cxzO4iH38rppRIaG/s1978/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-04%20at%202.33.06%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5_i1pDUoxkq7tPzI6ZTJOn9u6p_9q0TBU4iKROVn4ozooHCJ32qQYE88pWolIa27mosU7gn9rrnfoK_y8DxvmH3gN_yS7MtRxo8CyvMhyphenhyphenjHzI0X_PmKRgRU_icwHC1XmlLzQ34gHr9x0SXvguyfB2OMUCXkvpgO77Vi5hXHKxP76cxzO4iH38rppRIaG/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-04%20at%202.33.06%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1966 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The horror/mystery trope of a group of heirs meeting in a spooky location and getting picked off only partially occurs in CASTLE OF EVIL starring terrific b-movie actors led by the always gruffly affable Scott Brady, linked to sexy younger Lisa Gaye while middle-age Virginia Mayo has a terrific line of "I attract bums like park benches..."<br><br>She's played some wild, loose women and could have really shined here, but pretty much all the roles consist of the performers... including Hugh Marlowe as a patient doctor and David Brian an intense lawyer... standing around spouting expository dialogue without fleshing out their potential... as being either would-be killers or victims... <br><span></span></p>

david brian, ernest sarracino, francis d. lyon, horror, hugh marlowe, lisa gaye, mystery, scott brady, shelley morrison, sixties, virginia mayo, william thourlby

SCOTT BRADY, LISA GAYE & VIRGINIA MAYO IN 'CASTLE OF EVIL'

Year: 1966 Rating: **1/2 The horror/mystery trope of a group of heirs meeting in a spooky location and getting picked off only partially occ...