Paul Palmentola

Airplane passengers prepare for a crash landing in the ocean.

Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.

With his assistant, Laura Hutchinson, Dr. David Conway develops a device to advance the fledgling science of earthquake prediction. After forecasting a large trembleor that will rock California within twenty-four hours, Conway cannot persuade the Governor to act. When the prediction proves true and further tests indicate that there are more quakes to come, Conway and Laura seek to perfect their device. Subsequent tests deep within Carlsbad Caverns discover an unknown element—E-112—that is responsible for the earthquakes and threatens to destroy the globe if it ever reaches the surface. The team determines that with only four weeks until Armageddon, the race is on to neutralize the killer element before it takes a devastating toll.

Mitch MacAfee es miembro del equipo técnico que está probando un nuevo radar para el ejército. Un día, mientras vuela, ve un OVNI que da varias vueltas alrededor de su avión. Tras la señal de alerta, muchos escuadrones intentan interceptar el objeto sin éxito. Los militares creen que ha sido una falsa alarma de Mitch, pero empiezan a llegar numerosos informes de aviones desaparecidos en la zona. Cuando Mitch y la matemática Sally Caldwell regresan a la ciudad, son atacados por el OVNI y se estrellan. Tras ser rescatados por un lugareño, éste les habla de "La Cacanya", un ser mitológico alado que surca los cielos. Cuando Mitch y Sally llegan por fin a la ciudad, se enteran de que hay más informes de aviones desaparecidos y de que el ejército ha logrado fotografiar el objeto. Se trata de una gran nave alienígena, aparentemente indestructible, que sigue en sus ataques un rumbo definido. Todo hace suponer que pronto llegará a Nueva York.

A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of ancient alchemists, who have insinuated themselves as the prison's chief staffers, to keep themselves alive and free from an insidious petrification, which is already afflicting one of their number.

American tycoon George Harrison, his beautiful wife, Mona, and deep-sea diver Jeff Clark are off the coast of Africa hoping to salvage a fortune in diamonds at the bottom of the sea near the voodoo-haunted island of Mora Tau, and are joined by an English girl named Jan. The treasure is reported to be guarded by Zombies, walking dead-men doomed to roam the earth until men stop trying to find the sacred treasure. Here, they are walking the sea-bottom, and there is a large conflict of interest between them and the treasure-seekers.

Utah Blaine salva a un ranchero a quien Nevers, que desea sus tierras, ha colgado y dejado por muerto. Agradecido, el ranchero le deja en herencia la mitad de su rancho (la otra mitad es para la hermosa Angie), pero Nevers y sus hombres no dejarán la cosa así.

Rock-and-roller Arnie Haynes returns to his hometown as a hero to the teenagers. However, the mayor and other concerned adults have banned him from performing in his hometown because they consider him and his music a negative influence on the youth. But with the help of disc jockey/publicist Alan Freed and fellow artists (including Bill Haley and the Comets and Little Richard), they hope to convince everyone that rock and roll is not as dangerous as the adults think.

A police detective baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.

El Dr. Russell Marvin dirige la operación Skyhook, que consiste en enviar cohetes a la atmósfera superior para probar futuros vuelos espaciales. Sin embargo, misteriosamente todos ellos desaparecen...

En el pequeño pueblo de Mountaincrest, un hombre afectado de amnesia mata a otro en la calle. La policía intenta atraparlo. El problema es que no están seguros de si persiguen a un hombre o a un animal salvaje.

A former gunslinger comes to the aid of ranchers battling a murderous land baron.

Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.

A delinquent girl involves an innocent friend in an armed robbery followed by a jail-break and hostage-taking with her equally delinquent boyfriend.

Tras la Guerra de Secesión, el gobierno envía u na partida de ganado desde Texas a Kansas, pero bandidos mexicanos y apaches renegados planean robar el ganado y un cargamento de rifles de repetición.

An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.

Un pulpo gigante, de más de 100 metros de longitud, surge de las profundidades de la fosa de Mindanao y ataca pesqueros y navíos militares, dirigiéndose hacia San Francisco para sembrar el pánico y la destrucción.

Un gángster financia a un científico para crear cadáveres revividos con fuerza sobrehumana, que el primero utiliza con fines de venganza. La policía está desconcertada, puesto que las pruebas químicas apuntan a la naturaleza irreal de los crímenes.

Filled from front to back with stock footage taken from the Columbia serials "The Phantom-1943" and, primarily, "The Desert Hawk-1944", with John Hart and the always-dull Rick Vallin making less-than-adequate substitutes for Tom Tyler and Gilbert Roland, this Sam Katzman "production" finds the mighty jungle avenger and legendary Captain Africa - A "Phantom" rip-off that side-stepped the need to pay King Features another fee for using the character - pledging to see that the legitimate Arabian caliph, Hamid, is restored to the throne which a tyrannical rival has usurped. He is joined in this enterprise by adventurer Ted Arnold, wild-animal trapper Nat Coleman, and his assistant Omar and, to cover all bases

Año 1855. En el Oeste americano, el teniente de Caballería Cam Elliott recibe la misión de capturar a Gato Negro, el jefe de los indios seminola, que lleva a su pueblo a la destrucción a través de luchas interminables. Gato Negro secuestra a Susan, la hija del coronel Hannah, con la intención de venderla a un grupo de blancos renegados a cambio de armas. El teniente Elliott, enamorado de la joven, perseguirá a los indios para rescatarla. (FILMAFFINITY)

Un guía (Johnny Weissmuller) de la selva conduce a un escritor (Jean Byron) hasta la eterna sacerdotisa (Helene Stanton) de una tribu pigmea.

William Castle directed this Sam Katzman production, a gritty crime thriller about a newly-discharged sailor who gets a job as a longshoreman in The Big Easy. He swiftly discovers mob corruption throughout the docks, and when a friend is killed by the gangsters, he convinces the police to let him go undercover and take matters into his own hands. Filmed on location on the docks and in the French Quarter.

A pirate tries to help a deposed Arabian princess reclaim her throne.

El sheriff Masterson está empeñado en probar que un grupo de vaqueros ha tendido una trampa a Merrick haciéndole parecer culpable de asesinato. Merrick hizo un trato con los Kiowa para cederles una reserva que los cowboys querían para pasto. Masterson sabe que los Kiowa declararán la guerra si Merrick es ejecutado, por lo que deberá encontrar al único testigo de los oscuros hechos. (FILMAFFINITY)

Columbia Pictures elevated a run-of-the-mill B-western supporting player, Marshall Reed, to the title role in this equally run-of-the-mill western serial released in 15 chapters. Like most serials in the '50s, Riding with Buffalo Bill consisted of quite a bit of budget-stretching stock footage telling a highly fictionalized account of Buffalo Bill Cody aiding a group of ranchers in their defeat of a local crime lord. The serial's assistant director, Leonard Katzman, later produced the long-running television series Gunsmoke and Dallas.

Jungle Jim fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles.

Tras ser acusado de asesinar a un hombre durante un tiroteo, Billy el Niño y su mejor amigo huyen y encuentran trabajo en el rancho de John Tunstall. El capataz, celoso de la relación de Billy con la sobrina del propietario, se enfrentará con él.

Durante años, el ejército ha sufrido los ataques de los indios de Oregón. El nuevo comandante, el Mayor Archer, será destinado a la zona para acabar de una vez por todas con estos enfrentamientos.

Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.

Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.

A low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies. The groom is able to wed or cast away his bride simply by saying "I Marry You" or "I Divorce You" three times.

The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus, king of the Persians, who has been living as a shepherd, is proclaimed king and defeats Nebuchadnezzar.

Colonel Ed Wyatt is regarded by pilots under his command as being a ruthless disciplinarian. His co-pilot, Lt. Hobson Lee, and Jo McWethy, a war correspondent assigned to the squadron become more friendly than meets Wyatt's approval. When Wyatt's plane is forced down behind enemy lines, he orders his crew to proceed to the American lines with the vital film they have shot, while he remains behind to hold off the enemy.

El drama de Antonio y Cleopatra, con bajo presupuesto y filmado en los sets de SALOMÉ (1953) de Rita Hayworth.

Siglo XVI. Tras una sangrienta campaña contra las tropas españolas que han invadido Francia, Rolando, el intrépido príncipe de los Países Bajos, regresa a su país con su ejército de voluntarios. Al llegar a la Corte, tendrá que desenmascarar una conspiración en la que participa su propio hermano, que tiene la intención de traicionar al país y venderlo al enemigo.

Pathfinder, un hombre blanco criado por los indios mohicanos, une fuerzas con el ejército británico para vengarse de los guerreros mingo y los franceses, que han traído la muerte y el saqueo a su pueblo.

Kit Gerardo, un conocido bucanero español al que llaman "El Halcón Dorado" rescata a una encantadora pelirroja a la que había secuestrado Luis del Toro, su principal enemigo. (FILMAFFINITY)

Norteamericanos y rusos se enfrentan entre sí por la propiedad de la tierra de California en el siglo XIX.

En Indiana, a principios del siglo XIX, vuelve a surgir el conflicto entre Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña por el territorio y las fronteras. Cada lado se esfuerza por ganarse el apoyo de las tribus indias Shawnee de la zona. El gobernador William Henry Harrison solicita la ayuda de Steve Ruddell, cuya amistad con el jefe de Shawnee, Tecumseh, se remonta a la infancia. El liderazgo de Tecumseh del Shawnee es impugnado por su hermano , conocido como El Profeta, que se pone del lado de los británicos. Tecumseh, quien creció como un compañero de juegos de la infancia de Steve y de Laura McGregor, ama a Steve como hermano y espera casarse con Laura. Pero Laura está enamorada de Steve. El padre de Laura, Shayne McGregor, lidera en secreto el apoyo local de los británicos contra los estadounidenses, a pesar de que arriesga la vida y el amor de su hija. Todo llega a un punto crítico en la batalla de Tippecanoe.

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.

Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.

Accountant Augustis King discovers that his wife, Marfhe, is having an affair with his boss Sam Bellows. He telephones Internal Revenue Bureau that he can give evidence of a large tax-evasion racket. Before IRS-agent Steve Daniels arrives, King is murdered by a henchman of Bellows and his partner, Ernie Medford. Daniels discovers that Bellows and Medford are smuggling gold bullion from their mine in Mexico, and sell and bank the money under assumed names. they hide the bullion in a compartment welded to the bottom of a car.

Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) fights a gorilla, finds a Wac (Ann Savage) and keeps high fiber from falling into enemy hands.

Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.

Jungle Jim is out to save Joan from an evil witch doctor whilst simultaneously fighting evil treasure hunter Barton.

Buffalo Bill Cody battles a gang of outlaws secretly headed by an unscrupulous lawyer.

Nazis dressed to look like Great Apes are looking for gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them.

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a lady friend who operates an antique shop gets mixed up in a twisted murder plot.

U.S. agent Major Tom Blake is sent to Tripoli to uncover who it is in Washington that is tipping off the pirates as to what's being shipped where. A fast-moving story with lots of sabers and rapiers.

Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.

Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.

Primera de una serie de 16 películas protagonizadas por Johnny Weissmuller, basadas en el cómic “Jungle Jim” (1934) de Alex Raymond y Don Moore. Hilary Parker es una médica científica que está en la búsqueda de una droga poco común para ayudar a combatir la polio. El oportunista Bruce Edwards se une a ella, pero en realidad su intención es encontrar un tesoro escondido en la selva.

After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England Sir Allan Claire is returning home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian Claire, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognising a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is the be married to another against her well in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.

The biggest town problem is worrying whether the high school basketball team will win the championship...until racketeers move into town and the kids begin to bet on horses, become overly fond of stripped-down racing cars, and Genevieve Rogers (Jean Porter) suspects her father of being too fond of the school principal's secretary. Town nerd Bill Kennedy (Jimmy Lydon) invents a new fuel amidst rumors that - horrors - the basketball game might be fixed. River City is not the only town that has trouble starting with a "T" and there's not a pool hall in sight.

Columbia's 34th serial production starring Buster Crabbe, the Serial King himself

A family-oriented adaption of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." As the French-Indian War rages across the untamed territory of the Great Northwest, the embattled wilderness gives birth to a legend -- the proud legend of "The Last of the Red Men." August, 1757, General Montcalm and his Iroquois alalies are on the war path -- and General Munro fears for the lives of his children as they travel to join him at Fort William Henry. Although Munro dispatches a letter urging them to take refuge at Fort Edward until the road is safe, an Iroquois scout intercepts the warning. So Major Duncan Hayward, handsomely portrayed by Jon Hall, is unaware of the danger as he escorts Alice Munro (Evelyn Ankers), her sister Cora (Julie Bishop), and her young brother Davy (Buzz Henry) from the sanctuary of the fort. When their guide Magua, a vengeful Iroquois played by Buster Crabbe, betrays them, only one man can save the travelers from his savage trap. Starring Jon Hall and Michael O'Shea.

A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car. Good guy Kruger attempts to hide McDonald's body, with the help of chauffeur Hogan (Jenks), to keep from being charged with murder. However, zany scenarios occur as the body just won't stay hidden, and keeps on popping up in multiple places where Kruger is located, leading to him hiding the body again and again while Kruger tries to find the real killer.

An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.

El joven Paul padece una noche un extraño sueño en el que se entremezcla la imagen de su madre enamorándose de un hombre peligroso con la fantasmagórica visión de la muerte de su padre en accidente de coche. Con la ayuda de su tío médico, Paul irá desentrañando el oculto significado de su pesadilla nocturna hasta que descubre el terrible secreto que se esconde tras la muerte de su padre. Lo que en principio había sido tomado como desafortunado accidente se torna en terrible y trágico crimen.

A war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman speeding away from her wedding day in her fiance's car. Seeing the soldier, she gives him a ride and explains her predicament. Things get sticky when the cops capture them and accuse the soldier of desertion.

Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of his late wife. Leo was framed by a group of former business associates, and he also suspects that one of them killed his wife. He has invited the group to his island, tempting them by hinting about a hidden fortune, and he has installed a number of traps and secret passages in his home. He is aided in his efforts by a former cell-mate who holds a grudge against the same persons. When everyone arrives, the atmosphere of mutual suspicion and the thick fog that covers the island promise a tense and hazardous weekend for everyone.

A madcap comedy about a kid sister who tries to steal her older sister's boyfriend. Her plan involves joining forces with a burglar to rob the unfortunate suitor's home.

Reportero Patsy Reynolds (Robin Raymond) y el fotógrafo Eddie Porter (Frank Jenks) se asignan a entrevistar a John Foster (Davison Clark), jefe de la Foundadtion Emmerson en relación con un dispositivo de escucha en el que la organización está trabajando. Foster acude al laboratorio para ver al profesor Reynolds (HB Warner), el verdadero inventor. Pronto se ven involucrados en varios tiroteos, un cadáver en su coche que aparece y desaparece varias veces, la pérdida de sus puestos de trabajo y varias personas que, o bien piensan que son asesinos o son candidatos a ser asesinados.

Un peligroso asesino, apodado Barba Azul, tiene aterrorizados a los habitantes de París. A todos menos a Lucille, una modesta costurera que, desoyendo el clamor popular, decide salir a dar un paseo nocturno por la ciudad. Gracias a ello conocerá a Gaston Morrell, un titiritero que le ofrecerá trabajo como modista en su espectáculo de marionetas. La llegada de Lucille a la compañía provocará los inevitables celos de Renee, la amante de Gaston. Lo que ninguna de las dos conoce es que Gaston posee una cara oculta que desearían no conocer jamás.

Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he must confront the truth, his past, and his parents. The judge cites parental neglect in the case of a teenager (John Miljan) charged with murder.

An architect (Chick Chandler) studies the doors of six shops and an apartment house to solve a gem theft/double murder.

A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth of the town.

Mad scientist injects his enemies with acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed.

A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime.

A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three suitors she will choose.

When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.

Cuando la compañía Heath & Morton se enriquece gracias al doctor Carruthers, éste no se siente suficientemente recompensado y decide vengarse de los dueños del negocio familiar. Para ello, hará uso de un murciélago al que ha conseguido, mediante impulsos eléctricos, hacer alcanzar dimensiones gigantescas, y que guarda en su laboratorio. El murciélago ha sido entrenado para atacar cuando percibe el olor de un perfume que el propio doctor ha producido y se va encargando de suministrar a sus futuras víctimas.

Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses. Santell orders Bob to take a dive in the fourth round so Santell can recoup prior gambling losses. Taunted by his ring opponent, Bob wins the fight. Realizing that his profession and underworld characters connected to it are causing him problems, Bob decides to join the police force. After taking nurse Mary Prentiss (Geneva Mitchell) to a drive-in restaurant where the total bill is a depression-era cheap eighty-two cents, Bob and his fellow officers round-up a gang of fur thieves in a warehouse shoot-out.

A reporter is frustrated with women after a string of failed relationships. But then he finds himself taking up the cause of a young women he believes is falsely accused of killing her husband.

Hoping to impress a pretty girl he's after, a playboy poses as a newspaperman and goes after a big story.

When a California mother loses custody of her young son to her ex-husband, she flees with the child to the jungles of Mexico with hopes of starting life anew.

Cub reporter Daniel Greely gets a job on a big city newspaper. A string of robberies occur and the owner of the paper blames the police for not rounding up the crooks. Daniel discovers that a coded message in the newspaper's editor's box tips the crooks about each robbery.