James Craven

Based on the novel by Chuck Klosterman, Downtown Owl thrusts viewers into small-town Owl, North Dakota, as a motley crew of characters brace for a historic blizzard.

This is a shortened version of the 1945 Republic serial "The Purple Monster Strikes," which was released to television in 1966.

A warlord from Mars recruits an Earth industrialist with a Nazi past to manufacture weapons by means of which Mars can take over the Earth. Feature version of the 1951 movie serial "Flying Disc Man from Mars".

Duke Mullane, gerente de una mina de estaño malaya, va a una isla poco conocida para abrir una nueva mina en la selva. Inicialmente, los nativos de allí son amistosos, especialmente el bailarín Minyora ... quien demuestra estar afianzado con el gobernante local King Kiang. Por desgracia, una serie de desafortunados incidentes cambia la actitud de Kiang hacia la hostilidad, y Duke queda varado con su tripulación, Minyora, y su vieja llama Lory ... ¡que ahora está comprometida con su jefe!

In the future (1970) the US sends a mission to the moon to investigate the building of a moon base.

In 1625 France, D'Artagnan joins the king's musketeers, meets three new friends - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - among them and, together, the four quickly find themselves embroiled in court intrigue with Prime Minister Richelieu attempting to sabotage the congenial relationship existing between France and England. Originally produced as a 60-minute episode of THE MAGNAVOX THEATER on CBS as THE THREE MUSKETEERS. This has the distinction of being the first movie specifically made for TV. Later retitled and released theatrically.

Año 1700. Un capitán inglés (Errol Flynn) se ha infiltrado entre los corsarios de una isla del Índico con el fin de destruir sus fortificaciones. No contaba, sin embargo, con enamorarse de una enérgica y bella mujer pirata (Maureen O'Hara).

Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort to clean up the town of Sadderlock.

Hawai, verano de 1942. Los aviones surcando constantemente el cielo contrastan con la placidez de las playas y ponen de manifiesto una trágica realidad: la guerra. Los japoneses dominan las islas hasta Guadalcanal. El mayor Dan Kirby es nombrado comandante del escuadrón de combate VMF-247, noticia que no es muy bien recibida por los soldados, que esperaban el ascenso de Carl Griffin, su capitán. Los caracteres de Kirby y Griffin chocan al principio, aunque el capitán irá descubriendo poco a poco el valor y la entereza de Kirby, sobre todo cuando deban emprender la gran batalla del Pacífico.

Feature version of the 1949 serial, KING OF THE ROCKETMEN: Young member of scientific group uses new rocket-powered flying suit to thwart shadowy saboteur known only as "Dr. Vulcan".

Rocky Lane, Special Investigator for Wells Fargo, shows up just in time to save the stage from being robbed. Unable to find the mastermind, or even the outlaws who rob the stage, Rocky goes undercover as an outlaw.

Mota is a Martian representative, who has come to impose interplanetary law on the Earth (which has become too dangerous); opposing his authority is Kent Fowler, who resists the alien plot, without understanding its details.

Dos agentes de policía son encargados de desbaratar una organización de timadores. Los incautos son atraídos ante la posibilidad de ponerse en contacto con seres queridos ya fallecidos. Un experto timador reúne a una banda ante una víctima ideal: una viuda millonaria cuyo hijo murió en la guerra en Europa.

A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.

Rosa (Bette Davis), la insatisfecha esposa de Lewis Moline (Cotten), un bondadoso médico de pueblo, es una mujer ambiciosa y sin escrúpulos que no se detendrá ante nada con tal de lograr su propósito: acostarse con el rico industrial Neil Latimer (David Brian) e irse a vivir con él a Chicago. Para conseguirlo utiliza todos los medios a su alcance: el engaño, la traición y el crimen.

Failed TV pilot short which had an episode name of "Chapter One: The Lion Men of Tanganyika". The end of the short advertised another chapter, which did not materialize.

Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.

Cuando Jim Fletcher (Bill Williams) sale del estado de coma en que se encontraba, descubre que, en cuanto se recupere, será llevado ante un Tribunal Militar para ser sometido a un consejo de guerra por haber traicionado a sus compañeros en un campo de concentración japonés durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Decide entonces escapar del hospital y visitar a Martha Gregory (Barbara Haley), viuda de un camarada que declaró en su contra. Para encontrar las pruebas que demuestren su inocencia cuenta con la ayuda de Ted Niles (Richard Quine), uno de los pocos supervivientes del campo japonés.

The female leader of an international crime ring steals a valuable artifact that can give her the power to control men's minds. Federal agents are dispatched to get it back and stop her evil plans.

A stock broker embezzles a million bucks and plans to take off to Shanghai. A number of obstacles stands in his path, however.

Hoppy and his pals arrive in a remote town to investigate the counterfeiting of both U.S. and Mexican money; his only clues are the name "Mordigan" and a drawing of a comet. He quickly finds out that Mordigan is the town "boss"; but what or who is "the comet", and why are Mordigan and his henchmen intent on persecuting a young woman, her drunken brother, and her deathly ill sister-in-law who've also just arrived in town?

Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of the four is the gang leader. Rocky has to learn his identity and retrieve the message.

La vida es dura en la granja de Mac Donald en Nueva Escocia y todavía resulta más difícil para Belinda, una joven sorda cuya desgracia se confunde con discapacidad mental. El nuevo médico de la ciudad muestra interés en ayudarla a salir de su silenciosa cárcel.

Recién terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo de personas de diversas nacionalidades (un americano, un inglés, un francés, una misteriosa mujer que habla diferentes idiomas, un par de alemanes, ...) viaja de París a Berlín, vía Frankfurt. En el tren, fuertemente vigilado, también ocupa compartimento el doctor Bernhardt, un pacifista cuya misión es unificar Alemania. Un mensaje en clave accidentalmente hallado en una paloma mensajera ha puesto en alerta a militares y servicios secretos. Antes de llegar a Frankfurt, Bernhardt es asesinado, lo que supone el inicio de una complicada trama de espionaje que pondrá en peligro a todos los pasajeros, ahora unidos para desenmascarar al culpable o culpables del homicidio.

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.

Basada en hechos reales, esta obra maestra del genio Chaplin cuenta la historia de Henri Verdoux, un hombre de doble vida. Por un lado es un respetable hombre casado padre de un hijo, pero por otro es un seductor que, bajo otra identidad, se dedica a casarse con viudas ricas a las que posteriormente asesina para quedarse con su fortuna.

An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.

Redwood Valley residents raise $50,000 for blasting a mountain tunnel to bring a new railroad there. Town leader Bidwell engineers a plot to steal the money and to blame it on the Reno Kid (Bob Steele) who has recently broken out of prison in order to clear himself of false charges that sent him there and caused him to lose his ranch. The badly-wounded sheriff turns his badge over to Red Ryder. Reno visits his wife, Molly and their ailing son Johnny, and Red, also wounded, is brought there by Little Beaver. There, Red begins to believe Reno's story about being innocent. Written by Les Adams

In this western, a cowpoke gets in an argument; a scuffle ensues leaving the cowboy to believe that he killed his opponent. He is so wracked with guilt that he travels to the ranch of the dead man's sister, gives himself a new name and begins helping her. Rustlers come; he stops them. Trouble ensues after she learns his true identity. A scuffle ensues. She wings him with a gun; he disarms her. Later she hears the real murderer bragging about his crime during a fight with the hero.

A Martian invader crashes his spaceship conveniently close to the workshop of a scientist who is developing an interplanetary craft. If the extraterrestrial Purple Monster can complete the rocket ship and return to Mars, he will be able to start a full-scale invasion of Earth. Good thing Craig Foster sets out to thwart the Monster's mission!

El Mayor Chick Davis demuestra ante el ejército de los EEUU la superioridad de los bombarderos de precisión a gran altitud y lo destinan a enseñar sus conocimientos en una escuela para bombarderos. Al estallar la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los métodos utilizados por el Mayor Davis y sus alumnos serán ratificados durante un ataque en Tokio.

A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.

Michelle de la Becque está enamorada del diseñador industrial Robert Cortot. Juntos disfrutan en París de una vida lujosa hasta que Michelle descubre que su amante se relaciona con oficiales nazis y que sus fábricas trabajan para el ejército alemán. Al mismo tiempo, ayuda a un aviador americano cuyo avión ha sido derribado y acaba enamorándose de él.

A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.

Mining executive Neal Wallace arrives to investigate the losses at a gold mine and is immediately framed for murder. The murderers then incite a lynch mob but the Sheriff lets him go. Wallace eventually convinces the Sheriff of his innocence and the two then work together to get the gang that is looting the gold ore.

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

Secret Service Major Steel is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator dedicated to fighting gangsters and enemies of America.

Henry Courtney, a wealthy importer is found murdered and the famous DeNormand necklace has been stolen. The false testimony of two witnesses, Rand and Hobbs, puts Jim O'Brien in the shadow of the hangman's noose. Martha Courtney, widow of the murdered man and Jim's former sweetheart is convinced he isn't guilty, and promises crooked lawyer Roger Lanning the necklace - which Jim doesn't have - if he can arrange for Jim's escape. Rand and Lanning killed Courtney, but Lanning doesn't know that Rand has the necklace.

El conde Franchi tiene dos hijos gemelos. Cuando el barón Colonna decide exterminar a la familia Franchi, el doctor Paoli escapa con los dos bebés.

Tim Baker, joven piloto estadounidense, recala en Londres, durante la II Guerra Mundial. Durante un bombardeo de los nazis, Baker se reencuentra con Carol Brown, una antigua novia. Para impresionarla, se alista en la Real Fuerza Aérea británica (RAF), para combatir a los nazis.

Dos ladrones de joyas, Gerald Meldrick y Anya Von Duren, buscan en la India el mismo botín: un maravilloso diamante que pertenece a una duquesa y está custodiado por un inspector de Scotland Yard. Anya utiliza sus armas de seducción para tener bajo control al inspector, pero tras la invasión de Bombay por los japoneses, todo se complica.

Rodeo contestants Johnny King and Corrigan meet, their fathers having been members of the Range Busters. When Johnny is knocked unconscious, time reverts to their father's era and the Range Busters are soon involved in the scheme to get Railroad right-of-way across Mother Slocum's ranch. When she is tricked into signing a release, the Range Busters find their job more difficult as the Sheriff is in with the crooks.

Serials usually spawned feature film versions, but with this film, it was the other way around. A 1932 Buck Jones Western, White Eagle was made into a serial nine years later, again starring Jones in the title role, a (supposedly) Native American Pony Express Rider defending his people against a gang of evil Whites.

Columbia's 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940's "Deadwood Dick" and ahead of 1941's "White Eagle") is another of director's James Horne's "classics" where he evidently figured that the same reactions that served him well in Laurel and Hardy films would work well in action serials where he has all hands, heroes and villains alike, doing some kind of over-the top "take", no matter the situation. This loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace story finds Michael Bellamy (Kenne Duncan in his Kenneth Duncan period) inheriting Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel Bellamy (James Craven, as usual making Oil-Can Harry look smooth), has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael's wife, Elaine Bellamy (Dorothy Fay), fails to return after visiting Abel, her sister Valerie Howett (Iris Meredith), accompanied by their father,