Emlen Davies Movies
- 1966
In Southern California, Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and Rhodes (Stephen Brooks) go undercover as missile-plant works to plug up a security leak and capture an enemy spy. The situation becomes even more precarious when the Communist higher-ups arrange the "accidental" demise of one of their own agents to cover their tracks--and then formulate a plan to kill Erskine as well. In a plot device worthy of Alfred Hitchcock, the spies operate their network out of a local movie theater (which seems to run nothing but old Warner Brothers films!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1963
Ever in need of extra money, Lucy (Lucille Ball bluffs herself into a job as society columnist for the local newspaper. After several typically Lucy-like misadventures, the erstwhile newshound is on the verge of being fired. To save her job, Lucy tries to arrange an interview with a prominent millionaire--but to do this, she'll have to disguise herself as her roommate Viv (Vivian Vance). Veteran comic actor Roscoe Karns, fresh from a three-year stint on the classic sitcom Hennessey, makes a guest appearance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Vivyan, Roscoe Karns, (more)
- 1958
Three juvenile-delinquents launch a reign of terror upon those who witnessed a deadly auto accident in this exploitation drama. The kids got into trouble while joy-riding down a California road in a stolen car. For malicious fun, they deliberately sideswipe a car and then accidentally hit another car, causing all the passengers therein to die. The first couple they hit survives, and now, to keep the two from testifying, the punks begin terrorizing them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gene Evans, Scott Marlowe, (more)
- 1956
In this crime drama, a young man with a love of hot cars and fast women gets into real trouble when he finds himself involved with a beautiful bank robber who forces him to help her hijack an armored car. At her insistence they end up hiding out in a remote cabin in the High Sierras. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1956
Trouble brews when a widowed, small town librarian takes a stand against censorship. The trouble begins when the town fathers ask that she remove a book from the shelf because they deem it a pro-communist tract and fear it will taint susceptible young minds. She sees the idiocy of their request and defies them. They in turn fire her and replace her with her old friend and assistant. The town judge considers the whole mess a gross miscarriage of justice and demands a trial. This gives an ambitious young lawyer, the boyfriend of the new librarian the opportunity to do a little grandstanding by publicly proclaiming the highly-principled widow a communist. The poor woman suddenly finds herself the town pariah; her only remaining friend is a small boy she used to talk to in the library. He plays a key role in restoring her good name. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, Kim Hunter, (more)
- 1954
The scene is a dingy rooming house, where the body of a former vaudeville actress is found tied to a chair. The woman has been beaten to death, and Friday (ack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) deduce that her killer wanted to find out what she kept in the huge trunk in the middle of her room. In an exceptionally well-directed scene, the detectives use "state of the art" electronic surveillance to get the goods on the two main suspects. This episode is adapted from the Dragnet) radio broadcast of March 22, 1951. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1952
In this musical comedy, a rambunctious small-town girl inadvertently joins the Army and decides to make the best of it. Songs include: "Lovey," "If Only Dreams Came True," "Boy, Oh Boy," "Song of the Women's Army Corps." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Judy Canova, Stephen Dunne, (more)
