Gene Kelly, Rita Hayworth and Phil Silvers star in the 1944 musical Cover Girl, a story of misunderstanding more than anything else and one of love when it comes right down to […]
All the Makings of a… – Cover Girl (1944)
You Do Not Want to Sleep On the… – Pillow of Death (1945)
The sixth and final picture to fall under the Inner Sanctum Mystery banner is one that actually features a mystery as Lon Chaney’s character Wayne Fletcher is under investigation for the murder […]
Neither Dead Nor Alive – The Frozen Ghost (1945)
Starring as a hypnotist, Lon Chaney Jr. is Gregor the Great, a man who can hypnotize people into doing whatever he wants. One night he is mocked by an audience member, saying […]
Did He Do It? – Calling Dr. Death (1943)
The Inner Sanctum Mysteries was a radio program once upon a time that was popular enough to garner a film series from Universal. Calling Dr. Death is the first such film and […]
Who to Trust? – The Accursed (1957)
As far as thrillers go, The Accursed is a good one, if a fairly standard one and if you can overlook a couple of flaws in the story such as the very […]
You Would Never Know That They Are… – The Devil’s Men (1976)
The Devil’s Men, also known as The Land of the Minotaur, is that interesting combination of low budget and big name stars. In fact, despite the film boasting some cheesy dialogue and […]
Simply Misunderstood – Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
There are some things you just never expect to see on film and one of those is James Cagney in a western movie. Funny enough, you could have said the same thing […]
Transformed and Tormented Are… – The Alligator People (1959)
Joyce must be mad. There can be no other explanation for the things that she is remembering and what she remembers is like something out of a horror movie. It is one […]
In Life and Love – Roadblock (1951)
Roadblock is a nice little mystery/noir thriller that calls to mind shadows of Double Indemnity, though obviously not as good. It finds Charles McGraw as an insurance investigator who has a run-in […]
The Slowly Walking Dead – Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Jan comes home to see her grandmother and along the way the chauffeur runs over a man seemingly without a care in the world. Why? It was a zombie. Jan of course […]
The Telltale Mind 